Baptistery of San Giovanni
Piazza di San Giovanni, Centro Storico, Florence, 50123, Italy
Dante was baptized here.
Basilica of San Lorenzo
9 Piazza di San Lorenzo, Centro Storico, Florence, 50123, Italy
The Medici family's parish church has an unfinished brick facade, and that's one of the most fascinating things about it.
Basilica of Santa Croce
16 Piazza di Santa Croce, Centro Storico, Florence, 50122, Italy
They call it the Temple of Italian Glories, which sounds grandiose until you realize Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini are all buried here, in the same building, steps from each other.
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
18 Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Centro Storico, Florence, 50123, Italy
The facade of Santa Maria Novella is a Renaissance geometry lesson in green and white marble, designed by Leon Battista Alberti in the 1450s and so mathematically precise that art historians have spent centuries measuring its proportional ratios.
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Piazza del Duomo, Centro Storico, Florence, 50122, Italy
Here's the thing about Brunelleschi's dome: nobody thought it could be built.
Medici Chapels
6 Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini, Centro Storico, Florence, 50123, Italy
The Medici didn't just run Florence — they made sure everyone would remember them forever.
Museum of San Marco
3 Piazza di San Marco, Centro Storico, Florence, 50121, Italy
This monastery tells two completely opposite stories.
San Miniato al Monte
34 Via delle Porte Sante, Centro Storico, Florence, 50125, Italy
If Piazzale Michelangelo gives you the postcard view, San Miniato al Monte — perched just above it — gives you the spiritual one.
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