Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Florence, Italy
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11.7 km
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Experience Florence in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in FlorenceIndividual Sights in FlorenceSight 1: Chiesa Dei Santi Vito E Modesto A Bellosguardo
The church of Saints Vito and Modesto is a Roman Catholic church in Florence, Italy, located in Via Monte Oliveto, between the hill of Monte Oliveto and the hill of Bellosguardo.
Sight 2: Piazza Torquato Tasso
Piazza Tasso is a city square in Oltrarno, Florence, Italy.
Sight 3: Porta San Frediano
The Porta San Frediano was the westernmost gate in the 13th-century walls of the Oltrarno section of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is located where Borgo San Frediano becomes Via Pisana. This was the access gate to the road to Pisa.
Sight 4: Teatro di Cestello
The Teatro di Cestello is located in the square of the same name in Cestello, from which it takes its name, in the district of San Frediano, in the Oltrarno area, the historic center, in Florence. It is the only hall in the neighborhood with regular programming, as well as being a training center. It is considered one of the main Florentine theatres in operation.
Sight 5: Collezione Luigi Bellini
The Bellini Museum or Luigi Bellini Gallery is a private museum in Florence, located on the Lungarno Soderini, in Oltrarno.
Sight 6: Basilica di Santa Maria del Santo Spirito
The Basilica di Santo Spirito is a church in Florence, Italy. Usually referred to simply as Santo Spirito, it is located in the Oltrarno quarter, facing the square with the same name. The interior of the building – internal length 97 m (318 ft) – is one of the preeminent examples of Renaissance architecture.
Sight 7: Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli
The Church of Santi Apostoli is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church in the historic center of Florence, in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is among the oldest church buildings in Florence.
Sight 8: Fontana del Porcellino
Il Porcellino is the local Florentine nickname for the bronze fountain of a boar. The fountain figure was sculpted and cast by Baroque master Pietro Tacca (1577–1640) shortly before 1634, following a marble Italian copy of a Hellenistic marble original, at the time in the Grand Ducal collections and today on display in the classical section of the Uffizi Museum. The original, which was found in Rome and removed to Florence in the mid-16th century by the Medici, was associated from the time of its rediscovery with the Calydonian Boar of Greek myth.
Sight 9: Palazzo Davanzati
Palazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.
Sight 10: Palazzo Medici Tornaquinci
Palazzo Medici-Tornaquinci, or Cambi Del Nero, is a civil building in the historic center of Florence, located in Via Tornabuoni 6, with a rear view in Piazza Strozzi 3 and Via Monalda.
Sight 11: Ognissanti
The chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti, or more simply chiesa di Ognissanti, is a Franciscan church located on the piazza of the same name in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. Founded by the lay order of the Umiliati, the church was dedicated to all the saints and martyrs, known and unknown.
Sight 12: Chiesa di Santa Lucia sul Prato
The church of Santa Lucia sul Prato is a Catholic place of worship located on Via di Santa Lucia in the historic center of Florence.
Sight 13: Palazzo Da Magnale
Palazzo Da Magnale is located in Florence in Via del Sole 11, at the corner of Piazza Santa Maria Novella.
Sight 14: Palazzo Farinola
Palazzo Farinola is located in Florence in Via del Sole 9, at the corner of Via del Moro.
Sight 15: Museo Marino Marini (Chiesa di San Pancrazio)
Marino Marini (1901–1980) was one of the most important Italian artists of the twentieth century, especially as a sculptor. He was born in Pistoia, but he studied art in Florence, before moving to Monza as a teacher and finally arriving at the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan. The museum houses the second-largest collection of his works, after collection dedicated to him in his hometown.
Sight 16: Palazzo Beccanugi
Palazzo Beccanugi is located in Piazza Antinori 1 in Florence.
Sight 17: Palazzo Ricci-Altoviti
Palazzo Ricci-Altoviti is a historic building in the historic center of Florence, located in Via de' Vecchietti 6, at the corner of Via del Campidoglio. It incorporates the ancient tower of the Agli, still visible on the left side.
Sight 18: Giotto's Campanile
Giotto's Campanile is a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.
Sight 19: Basilica di San Lorenzo
The Basilica di San Lorenzo is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the main market district of the city, and it is the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. It is one of several churches that claim to be the oldest in Florence, having been consecrated in 393 AD, at which time it stood outside the city walls. For three hundred years it was the city's cathedral, before the official seat of the bishop was transferred to Santa Reparata.
Sight 20: Chiesa di San Basilio degli Armeni
The former Methodist Episcopal Church, now the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is a religious building in Florence, Italy, located on the corner of Via San Gallo and Via Guelfa. It was originally called the church of San Basilio, also known as the Church of the Armenians.
Sight 21: Galleria dell'Accademia
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600. It is smaller and more specialized than the Uffizi, the main art museum in Florence. It adjoins the Accademia di Belle Arti or academy of fine arts of Florence, but despite the name has no other connection with it.
Sight 22: Generale Manfredo Fanti
The monument to General Manfredo Fanti is a statue of Pio Fedi (1873), located in Florence in the center of St. Mark's Square.
Sight 23: Chiesa Evangelica Valdese di Firenze (Holy Trinity Church)
The Waldensian Church of Florence is located in Via Pier Antonio Micheli on the corner with Via Alfonso La Marmora. It was an Anglican place of worship with the title of Holy Trinity Church from its construction until 1966.
Sight 24: Oratorio di San Pierino
The oratory of San Pierino, formerly the headquarters of the Compagnia della santissima Annunziata, is located in Via Gino Capponi, in the historic center of Florence.
Sight 25: MAF Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze
The National Archaeological Museum of Florence is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta.
Wikipedia: National Archaeological Museum, Florence (EN), Website
Sight 26: Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi
Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church and a former convent located in Borgo Pinti in central Florence, Italy.
Sight 27: Sinagoga di Firenze
The Great Synagogue of Florence is one of the largest synagogues in South-central Europe, situated in Florence, in Italy. The synagogue of Florence was one of the most important synagogues built in Europe in the age of the Jewish emancipation, reached by the Jewish communities living in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1848.
Sight 28: Jewish Museum of Florence
The Jewish Museum of Florence is a museum of Jewish history located in the Great Synagogue of Florence, Italy. The museum, which covers two spaces of the building, gathers an important collection of ancient objects of Jewish ceremonial art, evidence of the high artistic level achieved by the Jewish-Italian communities in the field of applied arts. Exhibitions illustrate the history of Florentine Jews from the first settlements to the post-war reconstruction, featuring old photographs, films and a large number of objects of daily and commemorative use.
Sight 29: Chiesa dei Sette Santi Fondatori
Other dictions:Church of the Holy Seven Founders in Rome
Sight 30: Teatro 13
Teatro 13 is a theatre in Florence, Italy, located in Via Nicolodi 2, Campo di Marte area.
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