Loggia del Bigallo

The Loggia del Bigallo on Piazza San Giovanni/Piazza Duomo.

Small medieval museum and facade at the main intersection of Florence

Bernardo Daddi's Madonna della Misericordia (1342).

At the corner of busy pedestrian main drag Via Calzaiuoli—sits the pretty little Loggia del Bigallo (1351–58). Inside is a small museum of 14th-century works collected by the Compagnia Maggiore di Santa Maria del Bigallo, a lay confraternity (a medieval good-works association/brotherhood—something like the Shriners).

It does not have regular open hours, but call tel. +39-055-288-496 if you're interested in trying to make an appointment to get in to see the 1342 Madonna della Misericordia by the school of Bernardo Daddi, which features the earliest known cityscape view of Florence, including the original facade of the Duomo as envisioned by Arnolfo di Cambio.