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FLORENCE

A trip from August 19, 2006 to August 22, 2006, travelling to Florence
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08/19/2006 to 08/22/2006
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Unscheduled - Florence

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Best known of all Florence's treasures, this glorious bridge was the only one of six spared by the retreating German …
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Ponte Vecchio
ponte Vecchio
Florence, 50125
Italy
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Renowned for its panoramic views of Florence and the Arno valley, this terrace is a popular spot with locals and tou …
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Piazzale Michelangelo
piazzale Michelangiolo
Florence, 50125
Italy
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The Medici family reserved rooms for their prestigious collection during use of the gallery as magistrate's court in …
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Galleria degli Uffizi
piazzale degli Uffizi, 6
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 238 8651
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The Accademia Gallery is perhaps best-known for Michelangelo's David , removed after four centuries from Piazza Sign …
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via Ricasoli, 60
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 238 8612
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Inside this garden lies the Buontalenti grotto (1583-1593). Decorated with Mannerist-style scenes from Greek and Rom …
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Giardino di Boboli
piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 055 238 8786
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As the city's skyline symbol, the legendary Duomo is famous above all for its dome: Filippo Brunelleschi's Renaissan …
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Santa Maria del Fiore (Il Duomo)
piazza del Duomo, 17
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 21 5380
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Although the Baptistery's precise origins remain unclear, its foundations are known to date back to Roman times. The …
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Battistero di San Giovanni
via della Canonica, 1
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 055 230 2885
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San Miniato is one of the most striking examples of Florentine Romanesque architecture, characterized by its bicolou …
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San Miniato al Monte
via del Monte alle Croci, 22
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 055 234 2768
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Both architecturally and artistically unique, this monastery commissioned in 1342 by Niccolò Acciaioli, viceroy of t …
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Certosa del Galluzzo
via Senese, 206
Florence, 50124
Italy
+39 055 204 9226
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Museo di San Marco is situated in an old Dominican monastery, restored and enlarged by Michelozzo, under the wishes …
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piazza di San Marco, 3
Florence, 50121
Italy
+39 55 238 8608
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Encompassing the Biblioteca Laurenziana and the Cappelle Medicee , this basilica is a testimony to the political pow …
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Basilica di San Lorenzo
piazza di San Lorenzo
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 21 6634
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Founded before 1000 C.E., this church was reconstructed in the 13th Century in Gothic style for the Vallombrosiani f …
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Santa Maria Maggiore
piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 23 320
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Picture yourself in the beautiful city of Florence and you exploring it on foot, It is humid and hot, but you trudge …
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via dei Servi, 13
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 239 8855
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The Medici Chapels are historical labors that are as grand in their own way as are the pyramids of Egypt. Started in …
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piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 55 238 8602
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The Basilica di Santa Maria Novella church was built in 1278 by architects Fra Sisto and Fra Ristoro, who were part …
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Basilica di Santa Maria Novella
piazza di Santa Maria Novella
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 21 5918
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The building which contains the Bargello dates back to 1255. In the 16th century, it became the residence of the Bar …
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via del Proconsolo, 4
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 238 8606
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Originally the Summer apartment of the Grand Duke, this gallery houses a highly prestigious collection of gold, enam …
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piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 55 238 8709
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Halfway through the 15th Century Luca Pitti entrusted Brunelleschi with a large building project in the Boboli hills …
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Palazzo Pitti
piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 55 238 8692
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Museo dell'Opera del Duomo has been totally renovated and is located behind the Duomo. The museum shelters many work …
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piazza del Duomo, 9
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 230 2885
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This 14th-century building was commissioned by Cosimo il Vecchio. Originally owned by the Lippi family, it passed to …
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Villa Medicea di Careggi
17 Viale Gaetano Pieraccini
Florence, 50139
Italy
+39 055 427 9755
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Situated between Via Vittorio Emanuele and Via Bolognese near the Ponte Rosso, these gardens created in 1859 are hom …
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17 Via Bolognese
Florence, 50134
Italy
+39 055 480 469
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The presence of this church is representative of an international and cosmopolitan period in Florence, right at the …
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via Leone X
Florence, 50129
Italy
+39 055 49 0148
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At the start of via Calzaiouli stands this Loggia. It was named by Bigallo when he transferred his confraternity, be …
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piazza del Duomo
Florence, 50122
Italy
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