Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Scandicci, Italy

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 12.2 km
Ascend 190 m
Descend 178 m

Experience Scandicci 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.

Individual Sights in Scandicci

Sight 1: Chiesa di San Bartolo in Tuto

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Chiesa di San Bartolo in Tuto María Diéguez Melo / CC BY 4.0

The church of San Bartolomeo in Tuto is a Roman Catholic church located in Scandicci, in the province of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo in Tuto (IT)

1683 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

1251 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 3: 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 4: 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)

1845 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 5: Santissimo Crocifisso

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The Church of the Holy Crucifix in Monticelli is a Catholic place of worship located in Via Pietro di Cosimo in Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso (Firenze) (IT)

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa di San Piero a Monticelli

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The church of San Pietro a Monticelli is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence, on the corner of Via Pisana and Via di Soffiano.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Piero a Monticelli (IT)

985 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

613 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Porta San Frediano

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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.

Wikipedia: Porta San Frediano (EN)

673 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: San Paolino

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San Paolo Apostolo, more commonly known as San Paolino, is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church and convent located in Via di S. Paolino #8, in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is near the Church of the Ognissanti.

Wikipedia: San Paolino, Florence (EN)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Museo Marino Marini (Chiesa di San Pancrazio)

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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.

Wikipedia: Marino Marini Museum (EN)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Palazzo Larderel

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Palazzo Larderel No machine-readable author provided. Sailko assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Palazzo Larderel, once Tebalducci and Giacomini is a Renaissance-style palace, located on Via de' Tornabuoni number 19, corner via de' Giacomini 1, in the city of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Larderel (EN)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Palazzo Vecchietti

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The Palazzo Vecchietti is a Renaissance architecture palace located on Via degli Strozzi number 4, near Piazza della Repubblica in the quartieri of Santa Maria Novella, city of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Vecchietti (EN)

206 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore

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Santa Maria Maggiore di Firenze is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. This is among the oldest extant churches in Florence.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence (EN)

129 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: 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)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Florence Baptistery of St. John

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Florence Baptistery of St. John Bradley Weber / CC BY 2.0

The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John, is a religious building in Florence, Italy, and has the status of a minor basilica. The octagonal baptistery stands in both the Piazza del Duomo and the Piazza San Giovanni, across from Florence Cathedral and the Campanile di Giotto.

Wikipedia: Florence Baptistery (EN)

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: 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)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: 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)

43 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: 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)

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Basilica di San Lorenzo

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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.

Wikipedia: Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence (EN)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Medici Chapel

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Medici Chapel

The Medici Chapels are two chapels built between the 16th and 17th centuries as an extension to the Basilica of San Lorenzo, in the Italian city of Florence. They are the Sagrestia Nuova, designed by Michelangelo, and the larger Cappella dei Principi, a collaboration between the Medici family and architects. The purpose of the chapels was to celebrate the Medici family, patrons of the church and Grand Dukes of Tuscany.

Wikipedia: Medici Chapels (EN)

291 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Auditorium al Duomo

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The Auditorium al Duomo is a theater in Florence. The main entrance is in via de 'Cerretani, the rear one in via dell'Artoro, inside a hotel.

Wikipedia: Auditorium al Duomo (IT)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 24: 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

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Oratorio dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo

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The Oratory of Saints Jacopo and Filippo is a Catholic place of worship located on Via della Scala in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Oratorio dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo (IT)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Oratorio dei Vanchetoni

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The Oratorio dei Vanchetoni or Oratory of the Vanchetoni is a Roman Catholic prayer hall for the Arch-confraternity of San Francesco, in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Oratorio dei Vanchetoni (EN)

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 27: Chiesa di Santa Lucia sul Prato

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Lucia sul Prato (IT)

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 28: Monumento a Garibaldi

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The Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi is a sculpture celebrating Florence, located on the Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci in the widening between Villa Favard and Palazzo Calcagnini Arese. Made of bronze, cast in 1890 by the sculptor Cesare Zocchi, placed on a high stone pedestal.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Garibaldi (Firenze) (IT)

295 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 29: Teatro Comunale

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The Teatro Comunale di Firenze is an opera house in Florence, Italy. It was originally built as the open-air amphitheatre, the Politeama Fiorentino Vittorio Emanuele, which was inaugurated on 17 May 1862 with a production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and which seated 6,000 people. It became the focus on cultural life in the city. After closure caused by fire, it reopened in April 1864 and acquired a roof in 1882. By 1911 it had both electricity and heating.

Wikipedia: Teatro Comunale, Florence (EN)

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