Destination Guide Refined by Name: C Attraction Activities (1) Arts (1) Monuments + Museums (2) Sightseeing + Tours (16) Title Keyword
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Chiesa di Santo Spirito Piazza Santo Spirito 29, Firenze, 50125 |
The resolution became executive only in 1434, when the project was entrusted to Filippo Brunelleschi. The new Church was to be built in the present location. However Brunelleschi suggested changing the orientation of the... more
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Chiesa Evangelica Luterana Lungarno Torrigiani, 11, Florence, 50125 |
This church is the only Lutheran of its kind in Florence. It was built in 1901 in the garden that once belonged to the Torrigiani family. The garden, which is annexed to The Palazzo Torrigiani and was built in the 16th C... more
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Chiesa Ortodossa Russa Via Leone X, 8, Florence, 50129 |
The presence of this church is representative of an international and cosmopolitan period in Florence, right at the beginning of the 20th century. The design, which is a square...
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Chiostro dello Scalzo Via Cavour, 69, Florence, 50129 |
Andrea del Sarto's most striking monument is the grisaille (gray monochrome) series of frescoes on the life of St. John the Baptist in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence. Begun about 1511, the work was not completed u... more
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Christmas in Florence Various venues, Florence, 50121 |
Another delightful procession, organised by the Florence Canoe Society, is held with Father Christmas travelling by boat down the River Arno to wish everyone a very happy Christmas (December 23rd). Like most other cities... more
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Cimitero degli Inglesi Piazzale Donatello, 38, Florence, 50132 |
When this plot of green was nestled up against the city's medieval walls, it was indeed a quiet, shady, and reflective spot. When those walls were demolished in the late 19th century and the boulevard Viale put in their ... more
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Cimitero delle Porte Sante Salita del Monte alle Croci, Florence, 50125 |
This monumental cemetery was created in the second half of the 19th century, according to the taste of the time for revival architecture that employed neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissanc...
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Cimitero Monumentale Ebraico Viale Ariosto, 16, Florence, 50124 |
This cemetery is located in a hidden corner of the city, just outside the San Frediano door. Built in 1777, it was in use up until 1870, when a new Jewish cemetery was built...
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Collezione Alberto della Ragione Piazza della Signoria, 5, Florence, 50122 |
The Collezione Alberto della Ragione dedicated to the engineer Alberto della Ragione donated the series of contemporary works of art to the Florence council in 1970. He wasn’t only passionate about art but came into cont... more
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Corridoio Vasariano - Vasari Corridor Piazzale degli Uffizi, Firenze, 50122 |
The tour began in the Uffizi proper, with a survey of the highlights of the collection. I saw galleries about four years ago, when I toured the museum without benefit of guide. What I thought was familiar, however, becam... more
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