Sights near San Lorenzo and San Marco in Florence

A list of the sights just north of the heart of the centro storico in Florence, Italy

Where to eat near San Lorenzo
* Da Nerbone [snack]
* Da Mario [meal]
* Antichi Cancelli [meal]
La Mescita [light meal]
** Carabé [gelato]

Hotels in the San Lorenzo neighborhood
Hotel Belletiini [cheap]
Hotel Centrale [moderate]
Hotel Accademia [cheap/moderate]
Hotel Lorena [super-cheap/cheap]
Hotel City [moderate]
Hotel Collodi [cheap/moderate]
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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

Michelangelo's Tomb of Giuliano in the Medici Cpahel of the Princes of Florence** Medici Chapels - Don't be put off by the tasteless "Chapel of the Princes" at the beginning—picture having all the money in the world, none of the renowned artistic taste of your famous ancestors, and a firm belief that, the more ostentatious and festooned with precious marbles your tomb, the greater your chances of getting into Heaven. It's what's in the basement that counts: three Medici tombs designed and carved by Michelangelo himself... Full story

The church of San Lorenzo in Florence* San Lorenzo - The Medici's home church was decorated with works by the family sculptor, Donatello, and its library's staircase is a wonderful example of Michelangelo's felicitous and playful architecture. A separate entrance by the back of the church leads to the "Chapel of the Princes," containing Medici tombs, several decorated with statues by Michelangelo... Full story

Benozzo Gozzoli's Procession of the Magi in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence*Palazzo Medici-Riccardi - Not really a museum (though it hosts many temporary exhibits), but a nice stopover in the main Medici family palace, famous for the chapel with a vibrant, 360-degree fresco by early Renaissance great Benozzo Gozzoli depicting the Procession of the Magi but populated by various Medici and other famous Florentines of the age... Full story

The Annunciation by Fra' Angelico in San Marco, Florence* Museo di San Marco - This cells in this former monastery was decorated by its most illustrious resident, the devout and humble monk—and great Renaissance painter—Fra' Angelico. It was also later the base of operations for ruling theocrat Girolamo "The Mad Monk" Savonarola... Full story

The church of SS Annunziata in Florence* Santissima Annunziata - Founded in 1250, this church near the northern edge of the tourist center was rebuilt in 1444-81 by Michelozzo and completed by Leon Battista Alberti, two of the greatest architects of the Renaissance, and decorated by some of the most important Mannerist artists of the High Renaissance... Full story

Mercato CentraleMercato Centrale - For great picnic pickings—not to mention photo ops—head to Florence's 19th-century covered food market, snuggled behind the outdoor stalls of the San Lorenzo leather market. It looks a bit like a old grandiose train station inside, all dingy glass and steel struts, but actually was purpose-designed to be a market in 1870–74... Full story

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