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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!
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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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!
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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