Visit
Florence
Attractions in Florence,
Italy
Florence is
universally recognized as a city of Art, with a priceless
heritage of architecture, paintings, sculptures,
historical and scientific memoirs, which form the fabric
of the city, like a button museum
widespread.
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The heart of
Florence is Piazza della
Signoria with the majestic
Palazzo Vecchio, (Old Place).
The palace hosts a gallery of sculptural
masterpieces in the Loggia dei Lanzi and the
nearby Galleria degli Uffizi, a museum of art
best known to the
world.
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Not far away from
Piazza della Signora is a religious center of
the cathedral of Santa Maria del
Fiore, with the famous
Brunelleschi’s dome. The Bell
Giotto, one of the most beautiful in Italy,
accompanies the huge cathedral and the
Baptistery of San Giovanni, with the famous
bronze doors amongst these is the golden door
of the
paradise.
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The Arno
River, which passes through the city,
occupies a place in Florentine history on a par
with the people who live there. Historically,
the local people have a love-hate with the
Arno, who has alternately brought the benefits
of trade, and flood
disasters.
Among the bridges that
cross is
the Ponte
Vecchio, unique in the world, with the
shops of jewelers in houses built on it. Ponte
Vecchio in Florence is also one of the most
renowned bridges in the world, another landmark
of the city of Florence besides Brunelleschi's
Dome.
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In addition to the Uffizi,
Florence has other museums that would be the
main attraction art of almost every other major
city in the
world: the Galleria
dell'Accademia
,
the
Bargello or the palace
of Palazzo
Pitti. The Florentines boast
of possessing the best example of female
beauty in art is (the Venus by
Botticelli) and male (the David of
Michelangelo).
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The left bank
dell'Arno,
l'Oltrarno
, is an
area rich in monuments which still
breathes, between its secular shops, the
atmosphere of Florence for a
time.
Visit Florence - get
there
To visit
the Brunelleschi’s dome you have to arrive in Piazza
della Signora, in Florence city center.
By
plane - Florence is served by
two airports: the Amerigo
Vespucci which is located 5 km from the city center and
the airport Galileo Galilei of Pisa which is located
about 70 km from Florence.
By taxi,
from the airport - There is an efficient taxi service
connecting the airport to the city center in about 15-20
minutes. There are no tourist rates and the meter
determines the cost. On average a journey to the center
costs € 15/16.
By
train - If you arrive by train is advisable to
arrive in the station of Santa Maria Novella located a
stone's throw from the city
center.
By
car - Take A-11 from Bologna (exit Firenze
Nord) or Rome (USIT Firenze Sud). Take A-12 if it comes from
Genoa.
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