Florence

Florence has been the cradle of culture and art for many years, and the greatest artists of the Renaissance and the whole history of humanity were born there.

The artistic heritage is infinite: the museums (Uffizi, Pitti, Bargello, Archaeological, Modern Art, Opera, Duomo), libraries, academies (della Crusca, Cimento, Colombaria) and gardens (Cascine, Boboli).

Religious monuments such as the cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore) topped by Brunelleschi’s immense dome and Giotto’s bell tower, houses a Pietà by Michelangelo; the baptistery with the bronze doors of Ghiberti and Andrea Pisano; Santa Maria Novella; Santa Croce, in which the tombs of the great ones are found, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Galileo, Alfieri, Foscolo, Rossini; San Lorenzo with the sacristies of Brunelleschi (old) and Michelangelo (new).

The architecture is expressed by grandiose works, such as the Palazzo Vecchio, the loggia of the Orcagna, the Spedale degli Innocenti (Brunelleschi), the Medici palaces, Pitti (painting gallery) and the Ponte Vecchio, characteristic for its double row of shops , exclusive to goldsmiths since 1500.