Points of interest
Galleria dell'Accademia
The Accademia Gallery is a museum of Florence. The museum, the fourth in Italy by number of visitors after the Uffizi, displays the largest number of sculptures by Michelangelo in the world (seven), including the famous David.
Inside the Gallery are also...
Giardino di Boboli
Behind Palazzo Pitti lies the wonderful Boboli Gardens. The Medici first took care of the arrangement, creating the model of Italian garden that became exemplary for many European courts. The vast green area is divided into a regular, is a real open-air m...
Palazzo Pitti
Purchased in 1550 by Cosimo I de'Medici and his wife Eleonora di Toledo to transform it into the new grand-ducal residence, Palazzo Pitti soon became the symbol of the consolidated power of the Medici on Tuscany. Palace of two other dynasties, that of the...
Battistero di San Giovanni
The baptistery of San Giovanni Battista stands in front of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, in Piazza San Giovanni. Dedicated to the patron saint of the city of Florence, it has the dignity of a minor basilica.
Initially it was located outside the...
