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Santissima Annunziata square is a marvellous place, where you can
be surrounded by some beautiful ancient buildings, that were so
important for the city of Florence: the church, dedicated to the Holy
Annunciation, and the “Foundling Hospital”, built by Brunelleschi.
The Pitti Palace is the biggest one in the city ... just think that it contains
7 museums inside! It was commissioned by the Pitti family: they were
rich merchants and bankers and were bitter rivals of the Medici family,
the Grandukes…
The most famous, and obviously the most ancient, bridge in Florence is
the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge)! The shops that you can see on it
originally housed the butchers but then they were replaced by the
jewellers and goldsmiths, which are still there! It is the only bridge, which
was not destroyed during the second world war..
The Strozzi Palace is the most elegant building you can find within the
city. Unfortunately it was never finished, because the head of the Strozzi
family was taken prisoner by Cosimo I Medici and committed suicide.
The characteristics of this “palazzo” are the wrought iron objects on the
façade and the street bench..
The Santa Croce church is one of the neuralgic places of the
Florentine history and culture. It is a place of burials: many important
Italian characters were buried inside the church . For example, you can
find Michelangelo’s tomb, Galileo Galilei’s and Niccolò Machiavelli’s
tombs and also the empty tomb of the “Divine Poet” Dante Alighieri.
Piazza Santa Trinita (Holy Trinity square) is a small and minor square,
but there you can find a very particular museum.. inside you won’t find
any painting, any sculptures but only pair of shoes and bags.. it is the
Salvatore Ferragamo museum!! Do you know him?
The Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore (Holy Mary with Flower) is the
main church in Florence and the fourth biggest Church all over the
world, but when it was built, in 1296, it was the largest one! You will
remain breathless in front of the beauty and the brightness of
its façade, fully decorated by three colours of marble: red, white and
green.
Piazza della Repubblica (Republic Square) is a very elegant and
aristocratic place, and it is the square, where the Roman forum once
stood. Today in the side of the square there is
still a column; which holds a copy of “Abundance”. This column shows
you the precise geographical centre of Florence..
Signoria Square has always been the focal point for the Florentine
political life. The “Old Palace” is where the Medici family lived for 10 years
and today it’s our town hall. The square is an “open air museum”
because the most part of the statues you can see there
are original and not copies…
The “Old Market Portico” is where a typical souvenir market is held
everyday. But this market is called also the “Porcellino” or Little Pig,
because there is a bronze sculpture which represents a wild boar! If you
touch its muzzle and you throw a coin in the water, you will come back to
Florence soon again!
The Uffizi Gallery is the most ancient modern gallery in Italy! This name
comes from “uffici”, offices, because at first it was not a museum but the
building where the Granduke Cosimo I decided to have his offices join
together! It was built by Giorgio Vasari, who demolished a whole quarter
of the city to make space for the Uffizi building!
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