Must-see attractions in Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

  • June 26, 2018: Art inside the Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) in the Historic Centre of Florence.
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    Galleria degli Uffizi

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Home to the world's greatest collection of Italian Renaissance art, Florence's premier gallery occupies the vast U-shaped Palazzo degli Uffizi (1560–80),…

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    Palazzo Vecchio

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    This fortress palace, with its crenellations and 94m-high tower, was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio between 1298 and 1314 for the signoria (city government…

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    Duomo

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Florence's duomo is the city's most iconic landmark. Capped by Filippo Brunelleschi's red-tiled cupola, it's a staggering construction whose breathtaking…

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    Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    This awe-inspiring story of how the duomo and its cupola came to life is told in this well-executed museum. Among its sacred and liturgical treasures are…

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    Cupola del Brunelleschi

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    A Renaissance masterpiece, the duomo's cupola – 91m high and 45.5m wide – was built between 1420 and 1436. Filippo Brunelleschi, taking inspiration from…

  • Florence, Italy - November 5, 2016: wall of Palazzo Davanzati, home of Museum of the Old Florentine House (Museo della Casa Fiorentina Antica). The Palace was erected in second half of 14th cent
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    Museo di Palazzo Davanzati

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Home to the wealthy Davanzati merchant family from 1578, this 14th-century palazzo (mansion) with a wonderful central loggia gives you a view into…

  • Giotto's bell tower at the Piazza del Duomo in Florence
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    Campanile

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    The 414-step climb up the cathedral's 85m-tall campanile, begun by Giotto in 1334, rewards with staggering city views. The first tier of bas-reliefs…

  • Arches of the Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano) in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. View of the Lungarno degli Archibusieri. Florence is a popular tourist destination of Europe.

    Corridoio Vasariano

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    This 1km-long covered passageway, currently closed for restoration work, connects Palazzo Vecchio with the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti. Vasari designed it in…

  • The Nomboli snack bar has plenty of outdoor seating

    Battistero di San Giovanni

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    This 11th-century baptistry – the oldest religious building on the vast cathedral square – is a Romanesque, octagonal-striped structure of white-and-green…

  • The tabernacle in Or San Michele.

    Chiesa e Museo di Orsanmichele

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    This unusual and inspirational church, with a Gothic tabernacle by Andrea Orcagna, was created when the arcades of an old grain market (1290) were walled…

  • Palazzo Strozzi

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    This 15th-century Renaissance mansion was built for wealthy merchant Filippo Strozzi, one of the Medici's major political and commercial rivals. Today it…

  • Via de' Tornabuoni

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Renaissance palaces and Italian fashion houses border Via de' Tornabuoni, the city's most expensive shopping strip. Named after a Florentine noble family …

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    Piazza della Signoria

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    The hub of local life since the 13th century, Florentines flock here to meet friends and chat over early-evening aperitivi (predinner drinks) at historic…

  • Galileo Museo, museum hallway signage

    Museo Galileo

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    On the Arno river next to the Uffizi in 12th-century Palazzo Castellani – look for the sundial telling the time on the pavement outside – is this state-of…

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    Gucci Garden

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Elegantly housed in 14th-century Palazzo della Mercanzia, Gucci Garden is an all-out whimsical ode to the Florentine fashion giant. The practically…

  • Outdoor statue in the Piazza della Signoria, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
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    Loggia dei Lanzi

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    What makes Piazza della Signoria so utterly gorgeous is its wealth of fountains and statues, climaxing with this 14th-century loggia where works such as…

  • Hand-made jewellery on display at La Maison de La Sireneuse fashion and accessories store.

    Cripta Santa Reparata

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Inside the duomo a stairway near the main entrance in the nave leads down to the gift shop and crypt where excavations between 1965 and 1974 unearthed…

  • Museo Casa di Dante

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    The Dante House Museum was built in 1910 above the foundations of Dante's dwelling. Up the road, 11th-century Chiesa di Santa Margherita, nicknamed …

  • Collezione Roberto Casamonti

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Paintings and sculptures by 20th-century artists provide a colourful contrast to 16th-century Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni which this gallery inhabits so…

  • Chiesa dei Santissimi Apostoli

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Dedicated to Sts Peter and Paul, this peaceful Romanesque church dating to 1075 is one of the oldest in Florence. Deceased babies that had not been…

  • Piazza della Repubblica

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    The site of a Roman forum and heart of medieval Florence, this busy civic space was created in the 1880s as part of a controversial plan of 'civic…

  • Il Porcellino

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Tucked beneath the stone arches, on the southern side of the loggia sheltering the city's 16th-century Mercato Nuovo (literally 'New Market'), today a…

  • Chiesa di Santa Margherita

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Dante fans will like to know that it was in this tiny 11th-century church, in the poet's old stomping ground, that he is said to have first espied his…

  • Front door view, Badia Fiorentina.

    Badia Fiorentina

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Delve into Florence of the past in this historic 10th-century abbey hidden in the city centre. Pop by in time for its daily choral service at 5.30pm, or…

  • Museo Salvatore Ferragamo

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    The splendid 13th-century Palazzo Spini-Feroni has been home to the Ferragamo fashion empire since 1938. Anyone with even the faintest tendency towards…

  • Fontana di Nettuno

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    Recently restored thanks to a €1.5-million investment by Florentine fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo, Ammannati's monumental fountain is impossible to…

  • Chiesa dei Santi Michele e Gaetano

    Duomo & Piazza della Signoria

    This baroque church, with a beautiful sculpted facade on Florence's smartest shopping strip, was built between 1604 and 1648 on the site of an old…