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The best-known site and crowning architectural jewel of Florence is the domed cathedral of the city, Santa Maria del Fiore, known as The Duomo. The magnificent dome was built by Filippo Brunelleschi. The nearby Campanile tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery buildings are also highlights
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Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze,
Arno River,
Baptistery,
Boboli Gardens,
Fountain of Neptune,
Giotto's Campanile,
Palazzo Vecchio,
Piazza del Duomo,
Piazza della Signoria,
Ponte Vecchio,
Santa Maria del Fiore,
Uffizi Gallery,
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ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI FIRENZE
The Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno of Florence was the first academy of drawing in Europe. It was founded in 1561 with high patronage of the Medici by Giorgio Vasari, Agnolo Bronzino and Bartolommeo Ammannati, three of the central artists of Mannerism. At first the academy met in the cloisters of the Church ...
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ARNO RIVER
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa. It is the largest river in the region ...
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FLORENCE BAPTISTERY
The Florence Baptistery or Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of St. John) is a religious building in Florence (Tuscany), Italy, which has the status of a minor basilica. The octagonal Baptistery stands in both the Piazza del Duomo and the Piazza di San Giovanni, across from the Duomo cathedral and the Giotto bell tower (Campanile di Giotto) ...
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BOBOLI GARDENS
The Boboli Gardens are a famous park in Florence, Italy, that is home to a small but distinguished collection of sculptures. The Gardens, behind the Pitti Palace, the main seat of the Medici grand dukes of Tuscany at Florence, is one of the most familiar formal 16th century Italian gardens ...
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FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE
The Fountain of Neptune is a fountain in Florence, Italy, situated on the Piazza della Signoria, in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. This work by Bartolomeo Ammannati (1563-1565) and some assistants, such as Giambologna, was commissioned on the occasion of the wedding of Francesco I de' Medici with grand duchess Johanna of Austria in 1565 ...
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GIOTTO'S CAMPANILE
Giotto's Campanile is a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. Standing adjacent the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistry of St. John, the tower is one of the showpieces of the Florentine Gothic architecture with its design by Giotto ...
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PALAZZO VECCHIO
The Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace) is the town hall of Florence. This massive, Romanesque, crenellated fortress-palace is among the most impressive town halls of Tuscany. Overlooking the Piazza della Signoria with its copy of Michelangelo's David statue as well the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi, it is one of the most significant public places in Italy ...
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PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
Piazza del Duomo is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence, (Tuscany - Italy). Is one of the most visited place in the Europe and the world; here we can find the Florence Cathedral with the Cupola del Brunelleschi, the Giotto's Campanile, the Florence Baptistery, the Loggia del Bigallo, the Opera del Duomo Museum, and the Arcivescovile and Canonici's palace ...
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PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA
Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio. It is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine Republic and still maintains its reputation as the political hub of the city ...
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PONTE VECCHIO
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian for Old Bridge) is a famous medieval bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy, noted for having shops (mainly jewellers) built along it. It is Europe's oldest segmental arch bridge. Believed to have been first built in Roman times, it was originally made of wood ...
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SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church, or Duomo, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, noted for its distinctive dome. Its name refers to the lily, symbol of Florence, or to the old town name Fiorenza. But a 15th c. document on the other hand states that the flower refers to Christ ...
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UFFIZI GALLERY
The Uffizi Gallery is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the most famous museums in the world. Building of the palace was commenced in 1560 by Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the magistrates- hence the name uffizi, meaning offices. Construction work ended in 1581 ...
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