Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Scandicci, Italy
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12.2 km
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 ScandicciSight 1: Chiesa di San Bartolo in Tuto
The church of San Bartolomeo in Tuto is a Roman Catholic church located in Scandicci, in the province of Florence.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Giusto a Signano
The church of San Giusto a Signano is an Italian Roman Catholic church located in the municipality of Scandicci, in the province of Florence.
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Paolo a Soffiano
The church of San Paolo a Soffiano is a Catholic place of worship located in Via Francesco Pesellino, in the Soffiano district of Florence.
Sight 4: Chiesa di Santa Maria a Soffiano
The church of Santa Maria a Soffiano is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence's Soffiano district.
Sight 5: Santissimo Crocifisso
The Church of the Holy Crucifix in Monticelli is a Catholic place of worship located in Via Pietro di Cosimo in Florence.
Sight 6: Chiesa di San Piero a Monticelli
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.
Sight 7: Chiesa di Santa Maria al Pignone
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".
Sight 8: 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 9: 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 10: San Paolino
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.
Sight 11: 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 12: Palazzo Larderel
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.
Sight 13: Santi Michele e Gaetano
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.
Sight 14: Palazzo Vecchietti
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.
Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
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.
Sight 16: San Salvatore al Vescovo
San Salvatore al Vescovo is a church located in Florence, Italy.
Sight 17: Florence Baptistery of St. John
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.
Sight 18: Colonna di San Zanobi
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.
Sight 19: Chiesa di San Giovannino degli Scolopi
The church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi is a minor church in the center of Florence, located on Via Martelli corner with Via Gori.
Sight 20: Monumento a Giovanni delle Bande Nere
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)
Sight 21: 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 22: 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.
Sight 23: Auditorium al Duomo
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.
Sight 24: Basilica Santa Maria Novella
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.
Sight 25: Oratorio dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo
The Oratory of Saints Jacopo and Filippo is a Catholic place of worship located on Via della Scala in Florence, Italy.
Sight 26: Oratorio dei Vanchetoni
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.
Sight 27: 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 28: Monumento a Garibaldi
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.
Sight 29: Teatro Comunale
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.
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