• Baptistery
built in the 11th c., fine example of Tuscan Romanesque architecture • Bargello
built in 1255, was at one time the home of Florence's public authorities and also a court, prison; nowdays, it houses the Museo Nazionale dell Bargello, collection of famous artistic masterpieces • Campanile di Giotto
campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore, projected by Giotto and completed by A. Pisano;view of Florence from the top (85 m) • Cappelle Medicee
tombs of Cosimo de' Medici and Donatello • Duomo
gem of Gothic art, this wonderful building with its picturesque green, white and red marble decorations, began in 1296, on the site of the former church of Santa Reparata opposite the baptistery, was considered complete in 1468. Among artists who worked on the church: Giotto, Francesco Talenti, Lapo Ghini, Brunelleschi • Galleria dell'Accademia
the gallery stores the major body of sculpture by Michelangelo and collection of paintings of 14th and 15th-c. • Giardino di Boboli
on a green hill wonderful garden surrounding Palazzo Pitti • Loggia della Signoria
The loggia of Piazza della Signoria, also known as Loggia del^Orcagna, built between 1376 and 1382 • Museo Archeologico Nazionale
one of the most important museums for Etruscan and Egyptian finds (sarcophaguses, statues, cinerary urns, bronzes, ceramics and gold work) • Palazzo degli Uffizi
designed and built by Giorgio Vasari (1560 - 1580) houses the most famous art gallery storing works of Italian art from every period • Palazzo Medici Riccardi
built at the end of the 15th c. as a residence for the Medici, nowdays houses the Museo Mediceo and the Biblioteca Riccardiana • Palazzo Pitti
first built of this Renaissance building was in the mid 15th c on Brunelleschi's design, but completed in the 17th c.; it was residence for the Medicis, and for Vittorio Emanuele II. Nowdays houses various museums (Gallerie Palatina, Galleria d^Arte Moderna, Museo degli Argenti, Museo della Porcellane, Museo delle Carrozze) • Palazzo Strozzi
building commissioned in the 15th c. by Strozzi, powerful and rich merchant family, is one of the largest palaces of that period • Piazza della Signoria
through the centuries this square has been the political and civil centre of Florence; includes Palazzo della Signoria and Michelangelo^s David • Piazzale Michelangiolo
from this terrace one can enjoy a wonderful view of the entire city and its surroundings • Ponte Vecchio
the oldest bridge in Florence, famous all over the world for its overhanging shops, through a covered walkwayis links Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti . • Santa Maria Novella
founded in the mid-13th c. by Dominican friars • Santa Croce
on the ancient Piazza Santa Croce, it is a Franciscan church (begun in 1294, completed in the mid 15th c.) • Uffizi Galleria
countless masterpieces exhibited in the 45 rooms. The gallery mainly houses Italian and European paintings from a period between the 12th and 18th centuries. 13th-c. (with works by Cimabue, Giotto and Duccio da Buoninsegna), late Gothic (with works by Gentile da Fabriano and Lorenzo Monaco), Renaissance (with works by Beato Angelico, Paolo Uccello, Filippo Lippi, Antonio Pollaiolo, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Vasari, Michelangelo, Raphael); Fleming, German, Venetian, Lombard and Emilian school are represented too | 
