Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, is one of the most beautiful cities in the World. The city thrived under the rule of the Medici family who were successful merchants and bankers during the Renaissance period from the 15th to the 16th century. The Medici family were great patrons of art and supported numerous great Renaissance painters, sculptors and architects.
If you love art and architecture it is definitely one of the places you should consider visiting.
Here are the Florence Top 10 sites - Part I:
1. The Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery is one of the greatest art galleries in the World with magnificent and vast collections of predominantly Italian Renaissance masters such as Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian and Michelangelo.
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2. Santa Maria del Fiore
Santa Maria del Fiore, also known as Florence Cathedral or Florence Duomo, has dominated the city of Florence since it was designed and built by the Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi.
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3. Galleria dell’Accademia
The Accademia Gallery houses the sculpture of David, one of the greatest sculptures of all time, made by the Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti.
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4. Museo del Bargello
The Bargello Museum has a great collection of Renaissance sculptures including Donatello’s David and Michelangelo’s early works. The museum occupies a beautiful medieval palace that used to serve as a town hall.
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5. Pitti Palace
The Pitti Palace, which used to serve as a residence of the Medici family, houses several museums and galleries such as the Galleria Palatina with great collections of paintings by Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, Filippo Lippi and Rubens.
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6. Boboli Gardens
The Boboli Gardens sit on the hill right behind the Pitti Palace. The gardens were originally designed in the Renaissance style but were also later influenced by the Baroque style.
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7. Santa Croce
Santa Croce is a monumental Franciscan basilica built in the Gothic style that contains magnificent frescos, paintings and sculptures of Giotto, Donatello, Bronzino and Canova as well as the tombs of Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Galileo.
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8. San Marco
San Marco is a Dominican monastery which was home of the great Italian Renaissance artist Fra Angelico who painted numerous beautiful frescos in the cells of his fellow monks.
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9. Palazzo Vecchio
The Palazzo Vecchio, which once was one of the main homes of the Medici family, is still used as the town hall of Florence. Multiple rooms in the palace were decorated by Vasari’s frescos in the 16th century.
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10. Piazzale Michelangelo
On the hill south of the river the Piazzale Michelangelo is a square that offers great panoramas and views of the whole city of Florence.
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Link to the Florence Top 10 sites – Part II: https://www.tadart.co.uk/post/top-10-florence-part-ii
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