Top sights in Florence

The most popular museums, churches, and sights in Florence

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If you only have limited to to spend in the Cradle of the Renaissance, here are the top, must-see sights of Florence.

Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Uffizi, Florence*** The Uffizi - Renaissance painting 101, a cornucopia of Old Masters (Giotto, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, etc.), plus the über-famous paintings of Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Allegory of Spring. One of the world's top galleries, and an absolutely un-missable Florence sight... More

The cathedral of Florence*** The Duomo - The cathedral of Florence its ingenious and noble dome by Brunelleschi, the baptistery's Gates of Paradise, and a museum of statues by Michelangelo and Donatello... Full Story

Piazza della Signoria, Florence*** Piazza della Signoria - A lively, statue-studded square lined with cafés and home to the Gothically imposing, fortress-like Palazzo Vecchio, off which stretches the "U" of the Uffizi Galleries, Florence's great art museum... Full Story

Michelangelo's David at the Accademia, Florence*** The Accademia Galleries - Home to Michelangelo's David; need I say more?... Full Story

The San Lorenzo leather market in Florence*** The San Lorenzo leather market - The streets around the Medici family church are now filled with a daily outdoor market of leather goods, T-shirts, and other excellent Florentine souvenirs. I get much of my holiday shopping done here (who doesn't appreciate a leather wallet or belt straight from Florence?)... Full Story

The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in Florence*** The Ponte Vecchio - Hanging off either side of this ancient bridge over the Arno are strings of teensy shops selling gold and jewelry, some of them dating back to the Renaissance... Full Story

The Giotto frescoes in Santa Croce church, Florence*** Santa Croce - This big ol' Franciscan barn of a church sports frescoes by Giotto, the tombs of many famous Tuscans—including Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini—and, oddly enough, has one of the city's finest leather school in the back... Full Story

The Bargello sculpture museum in Florence** The Bargello - What the Uffizi is to painting, the Bargello is to sculpture. It's packed with Renaissance statues and carvings from Donatello, Michelangelo, Luca della Robbia, Giambologna, and more, all of it evocatively installed in the stony halls of the city's medieval prison... Full Story

The Galleria Palatina painting museum in the Palazzo Pitti of Florence** Pitti Palace - A half dozen museums (including a killer painting gallery called the Galleria Palatina that acts as a kind of "Uffizi: Part II," covering the late Renaissance and baroque eras) and the lovely landscaped Boboli Gardens. More

Massaccio's Trinity in the church fo Santa Maria Novella, Florence** Santa Maria Novella - A church containing some of the seminal works of the early Renaissance, including Masaccio's Trinità fresco, the first use of true perspective in Western art... Full Story

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