Florence, Italy, 2010.

Florence

DK Travel - Florence

Places to visit

     
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) Basilica - Last Judgment by Vasari and Zucarri, Baptistry of St. John, Bell tower (companilla) by Giotto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence) Location
Ognissanti (All-Saints Church)   Location
  Preserved "quattrocento" frescoes in the nave chapels, by Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli  
  Botticelli is buried in the church near his beloved Simonetta Vespucci  
  List of works by Sandro Boticelli  
Orsanmichelle Sculptures from niches by Donatello, Veroccio, Ghbiery, etc Location
Basillica Santa Croce It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Foscolo, Gentile, Rossini, and Marconi. Frescoes by Giotto, works by Canova, Donatello, Vasari, Rossellini Location
Bargello Masterpieces by Michelangelo, David by Donatello, Cosima I by Cellini, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti bronzes for Baptistry's doors Location
Brancacci Chapel Frescoes The Tribute Money, St. Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow, The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden by Masaccio. Frescoes by Fra Filippo Lippi. Location
     
Palazzo Pitti A vast mainly Renaissance palace (1458) is now the largest museum complex in Florence Location
  Collections of Palazzo Pitti