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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 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 facade, 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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