Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Florence, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 13.8 km
Ascend 214 m
Descend 230 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: Chiesa di San Francesco

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The church of San Francesco is a Catholic place of worship located in Piazza Savonarola in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Francesco (Firenze) (IT)

1067 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di San Giuseppino

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The church of San Giuseppe, known as San Giuseppino, is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence, in Via Santa Caterina d'Alessandria and on the corner with Via delle Ruote.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giuseppino (IT)

367 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Giovannino dei Cavalieri

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San Giovannino dei Cavalieri previously named Church of San Giovanni Decollato, is a parish church situated in Via San Gallo in central Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Giovannino dei Cavalieri (EN)

659 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Monumento a Giovanni delle Bande Nere

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The Monument to Giovanni delle Bande Nere is an Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble, by Baccio Bandinelli and his workshop, now in Piazza San Lorenzo in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The work took from 1540 to after 1560 to carve, and the base and statue, though always meant to be together, were only so placed in 1850.

Wikipedia: Monument to Giovanni delle Bande Nere, Florence (EN)

42 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Giovannino degli Scolopi

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Chiesa di San Giovannino degli Scolopi sailko / CC BY 2.5

The church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi is a minor church in the center of Florence, located on Via Martelli corner with Via Gori.

Wikipedia: San Giovannino degli Scolopi (EN)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Colonna di San Zanobi

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In Florence there are some columns erected over the centuries as urban decoration and testimony of various vicissitudes. There are not as many as in Rome, for example, but each one is linked to a particular event, real or legendary, in the city's history.

Wikipedia: Colonne di Firenze (IT)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Giotto's Campanile

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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.

Wikipedia: Giotto's Campanile (EN)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: San Salvatore al Vescovo

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San Salvatore al Vescovo is a church located in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Salvatore al Vescovo (EN)

258 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Santi Michele e Gaetano

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San Gaetano, also known as Santi Michele e Gaetano, is a Baroque church in Florence, Italy, located on the Piazza Antinori, entrusted to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.

Wikipedia: San Gaetano, Florence (EN)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Auditorium al Duomo

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The Auditorium al Duomo is a theatre in Florence, Italy. The main entrance is in Via de' Cerretani, the rear one in Via dell'Alloro, inside a hotel.

Wikipedia: Auditorium al Duomo (IT)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Basilica Santa Maria Novella

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Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Novella (EN), Website

594 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: Ognissanti

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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.

Wikipedia: Ognissanti, Florence (EN)

864 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 13: Giardino Corsini

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The Corsini al Prato garden is part of the complex of Palazzo Corsini al Prato, to be distinguished from Palazzo Corsini sul Lungarno, which belonged to the wealthy Corsini family in Florence. Numerous and illustrious guests have been at the palace, from Frederick IV of Denmark to the Prince of Wales, Charles Edward Stuart, to Queens Victoria of England and Margaret of Savoy.

Wikipedia: Giardino Corsini (IT)

904 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 14: San Jacopo in Polverosa

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San Jacopo in Polverosa

The church of San Jacopo in Polverosa, popularly known as San Jacopino, is a Catholic place of worship located just outside the center of Florence, in Via Benedetto Marcello at number 24. It gives its name to the Florentine district of San Jacopino.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Jacopino (IT)

1575 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Maria al Pignone

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The church of Santa Maria al Pignone is a Catholic place of worship in Florence located in the square of the same name, between Via Felice Cavallotti and Via della Fonderia, and today represents one of the few aggregation spaces in the Florentine district of Pignone, located west of San Frediano in the Oltrarno area. The name of the suburb derives from an ancient wall structure for the mooring of boats that traveled the Arno, called "pigna".

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria al Pignone (IT)

1064 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa Dei Santi Vito E Modesto A Bellosguardo

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The church of Saints Vito and Modesto is a Catholic place of worship in Florence, home of the homonymous parish, located in via Monte Oliveto, between the hill of Monte Oliveto and the Bellosguardo hill.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Vito e Modesto (Firenze) (IT)

1684 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 17: nuova Chiesa di Sant'Angelo a Legnaia

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The church of Sant'Angelo a Legnaia is a Catholic place of worship that is located in via Pisana in Florence, inside the wood district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Angelo a Legnaia (IT)

1186 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di San Paolo a Soffiano

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The church of San Paolo a Soffiano is a Catholic place of worship located in Via Francesco Pesellino, in the Soffiano district of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Paolo a Soffiano (IT)

858 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Maria a Soffiano

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The church of Santa Maria a Soffiano is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence's Soffiano district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria a Soffiano (IT)

1507 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa di San Giusto a Signano

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The church of San Giusto a Signano is an Italian Roman Catholic church located in the municipality of Scandicci, in the province of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giusto a Signano (IT)

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