Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Florence, Italy

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 12.3 km
Ascend 115 m
Descend 150 m

Explore Florence in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in FlorenceIndividual Sights in Florence

Sight 1: Stibbert Museum

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The Stibbert Museum is located on via Frederick Stibbert on the hill of Montughi in Florence, Italy. The museum contains over 36,000 artifacts, including a vast collection of armour from Eastern and Western civilizations.

Wikipedia: Stibbert Museum (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di San Martino a Montughi

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The church of San Martino a Montughi is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Stibbert in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Martino a Montughi (IT)

908 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa dei Santi Francesco e Chiara

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The church of San Francesco a Montughi is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence, in Via dei Cappuccini 1, an integral part of the Capuchin convent.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Francesco e Chiara (IT)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza di San Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo

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The Little House of Divine Providence in Florence is located in Via dei Cappuccini 6A and is one of the many houses in Italy of the Little House of Divine Providence in Turin run by the Sisters of St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo.

Wikipedia: Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza (Firenze) (IT)

1015 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 5: Teatro di Rifredi

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The Teatro di Rifredi is a theater in Florence. It hosts prose works, research and theatrical experimentation. For some years he has addressed the most specific didactic support projects to the city schools.

Wikipedia: Teatro di Rifredi (IT)

593 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Sant'Antonio da Padova al Romito

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The church of Sant'Antonio da Padova al Romito is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Filippo Corridoni in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova al Romito (IT)

958 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa dell'Ascensione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

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The Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Giovanni da Empoli in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dell'Ascensione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (IT)

1015 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Maria Regina della Pace

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The church of Santa Maria Regina della Pace is a Catholic place of worship located on Via di Caciolle in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Regina della Pace (IT)

968 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 9: San Donato in Polverosa

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The church of San Donato in Polverosa is a Catholic place of worship located in the Novoli district of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Donato in Polverosa (IT)

13 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Villa San Donato

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The Villa San Donato is a Palladian palace built by Russian industrialist Nikolay Demidov on 42 hectares of marshland to the north of Florence at Polverosa which he had bought from the Catholic church, after he was made Russia's ambassador to the court of Tuscany. The first stone was laid on 27 June 1827 and construction was completed in 1831. It includes an estates with rivers, lakes, churches, a menagerie, a silk factory, a zoo, gardens and a railway. The designs were by Giovan Battista Silvestri, architect to the Uffizi.

Wikipedia: Villa San Donato (EN)

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di Cristo

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The Cappella Demidoff di San Donato, or Demidoff Chapel of San Donato, is occupied at present by the Church of Christ in Florence, and is found on via San Donato. The church was formerly the private chapel of the Villa San Donato, built by the rich Russian noble, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato. It belonged to the Russian Orthodox Church. The chapel recalls both the Pantheon in Rome, with its central oculus, and the Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza by Andrea Palladio. The entrance has a classical portico. The building is in a dilapidated state.

Wikipedia: Demidoff Chapel of San Donato (EN)

379 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Teatro Puccini

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The Puccini Theatre in Florence is located between Piazza Puccini and Via delle Cascine.

Wikipedia: Teatro Puccini (IT)

1153 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 13: Parco delle Cascine

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The Parco delle Cascine (Cascine Park) is a monumental and historical park in the city of Florence. The park covers an area of 160 hectares. It has the shape of a long and narrow stripe, on the north bank of the Arno river. It extends from the centre of Florence until the point where the Mugnone flows into the Arno.

Wikipedia: Parco delle Cascine (EN)

1812 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù ai Bassi

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The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus in the Bassi is a Catholic place of worship located at 99 Via dell'Argingrosso on the southwestern outskirts of Florence. The church stands on the ancient farm of the Bassi, as it was called in a grand-ducal notification dated 21 July 1849.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù ai Bassi (IT)

1054 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Maria a Cintoia

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The church of Santa Maria a Cintoia is a Catholic place of worship located on Via del Saletto in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria a Cintoia (Firenze) (IT)

338 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Cappella di Santa Maria Assunta

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The Chapel of Santa Maria Assunta is a Catholic place of worship located in the street of the same name in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Cappella di Santa Maria Assunta (Firenze) (IT)

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: San Bartolo a Cintoia

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The church of San Bartolo a Cintoia is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence in the Cintoia district of district 4, in the homonymous street of San Bartolo a Cintoia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Bartolo a Cintoia (IT)

1055 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 18: Giardino di Archimede - Un Museo per la Matematica

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The Garden of Archimedes is a museum for mathematics in Florence, Italy. It was founded on March 26, 2004 and opened its doors to the public on April 14 of that year. The mission of the museum is to enhance public understanding and perception of mathematics, to bring mathematics out of the shadows and into the limelight. It has been compared to the National Museum of Mathematics in New York City, the only museum in North America devoted to mathematics.

Wikipedia: Garden of Archimedes (EN)

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