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 Royal carriages on display |
Piazza Pitti, 1 Florence 50125 Italy +39 55 238 8614 http://www.polomuseale.firenze... |
The museum is located in the round intersection to the right of the Palazzo Pitti. It contains a collection of the carriages which belonged to the ruling families of Savoy and Lorena between the 17th and 19th centuries. The museum is currently closed to the public for restoration. Admission: by request only. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 The Last Supper by Franciabigio |
Piazza della Calza, 6 Florence 50125 Italy |
The Calza convent, located near the Porta Romana, has been inhabited by Ingesuati Brothers since its foundation, whose habits were once compared to stockings, calze in Italian, because of their length. Some of the convent can be visited, including the ancient refectory, with a fresco painted by Franciabigio in 1514, depicting the Last Supper. Visits by reservation only. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Great works by Pontormo |
Via Senese, 206-208r Florence Italy +39 55 204 9217 |
Both architecturally and artistically unique, this monastery commissioned in 1342 by Niccolò Acciaioli, viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples, was originally home to Carthusian monks. Today Cistercian monks (who have lived here since 1958) give visitors a guided tour of the complex's treasures. The tour winds its way through the monastery, taking in the Chiostrino dei Monaci e il Capitolo, a cloister featuring Albertinelli's 1506 work The Crucifixion. Other architectural works, completed in different periods, make up the Certosa complex. Free admission. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Former Royal Garden |
Piazza Pitti, 1 Florence 50125 Italy +39 55 265 1838 http://www.polomuseale.firenze... |
Inside this garden lies the Buontalenti grotto (1583-1593). Decorated with Mannerist-style scenes from Greek and Roman mythology, the grotto includes copies of Michelangelo's famous Slave series, the originals of which were transferred to the Galleria dell'Accademia. In the 17th Century, the garden was extended as far as the Porta Romana, adding the Vasca d'Isola (pond) at the centre with a fountain and a statue of Neptune. In the late 18th century, Zanobi del Rosso built the Kaffehaus pavilion. Admission: EUR 6 and includes entry to the Museo delle Porcellane, Galleria del Costume, Museo degli Argenti and the Museo e Galleria Mozzi Bardini. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Collection of Medici valuables |
Piazza Pitti, 1 Florence 50125 Italy +39 55 238 8710 http://www.polomuseale.firenze... |
Originally the Summer apartment of the Grand Duke, this gallery houses a highly prestigious collection of gold, enamels, cameos, crystals and stone workings which were originally collected by the Medici and the Lorena. Amongst the most significant pieces are the stone vases (which belonged to Lorenzo the Magnificent), German ivories from the 17th century, a vase made from lapis lazuli by Buonalenti and the jewels of the Salzburg Prince-Bishops. The Great room is painted with frescoes by Giovanni da San Giovanni which celebrate the marriage between Ferdinando II and Vittoria delle Rovere in 1634. The whole place reverberates with Medici history from the time of Lorenzo the Magnificent.Museo delle Porcellane, Giardino di Boboli, Museo del Costume and the Museo Bardini. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Ex-Royal residence |
Piazza Pitti, 1 Florence 50125 Italy +39 55 238 8614 http://www.polomuseale.firenze... |
Halfway through the 15th century Luca Pitti entrusted Brunelleschi with a large building project in the Boboli hills. Work began in 1457 but was only completed after the middle of the 16th century by the Medici brought it from Pitti who went bankrupt in the process of trying to outdo the palatial splendor the Medici. The building was enlarged, the interior decorated luxuriously and the Boboli hills were landscaped into gardens. It then became the residence of the Lorena family who constructed, in the 18th century, two lateral wings with porticoes which came round either side of the central piazza. It was the residence of Vittorio Emanuele II when Florence was the capital from 1865 to 1871. In 1919 it became state property and visitors were permitted entry to the Royal Apartments, the Galleria Palatina, the Museo degli Argenti, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, the Galleria del Costume, the Museo delle Porcellane, the Museo delle Carrozze (closed for restoration) and the Giardino di Boboli. Temporary exhibitions are shown in the White Room. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Porcelain Collection |
Casino del Cavaliere Florence 50125 Italy +39 55 238 8605 http://www.polomuseale.firenze... |
Situated inside the Boboli gardens, this collection consists mainly of table porcelain used by the Grand Ducal and Royal households of the Medici, Lorena and Savoy families. The collection is divided by national origin and by manufacturer: Italian and French porcelain is displayed along with pieces from Doccia, the local Florentine factory. The collection of French porcelain from Sevres was brought to Florence from Savoy and part of it is a gift from Napoleon I to his sister Elisa Baiocchi who was the Duchess of Tuscany from 1809 to 1814. Admission: EUR 6 and includes entry to the Museo delle Costume, Giardino di Boboli, Museo degli Argenti and the Museo Bardini. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Remnant of Florence's city walls |
Piazzale di Porta Romana Florence 50123 Italy |
Forming part of Florence's old 14th-century fortifications, of which there are still solid traces, the two walls spread out from the gate towards Piazza Tasso to the east and to the north-west along the Viali dei Colli. As with the Porta San Frediano, the two great, wooden bolted doors have been conserved. On the square opposite, towards the Poggio Imperiale, a statue by an important contemporary artist, Michelangelo Pistoletto, has been erected. Cast in marble and entitled "Dietrofronte", the statue depicts a woman whose imaginary movement southwards to leave the city is hindered by a heavy bundle on her head which points in the opposite direction towards the city center. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Romanesque church on the Florentine hills |
Via Monte alle Croci, 34 Florence 50125 Italy +39 55 234 2768 |
San Miniato is one of the most striking examples of Florentine Romanesque architecture, characterized by its bicoloured (white and green) marble façade. The altar, pulpit and transept recess feature fine marble décor, while the floor, in keeping with the Romanesque style, is decorated with symbolic ornamental motifs. Halfway along the nave on the left is another chapel, the Cappella del Cardinale Portogallo, which was designed by one of Brunelleschi's pupils, its architectural and decorative style resembles one of Brunelleschi's first creations, the Sagrestia Vecchia (Old Sacristy), which can be seen in San Lorenzo church. Admission: Free. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Simple Florentine church |
Via Monte alle Croci Florence 50125 Italy |
The building appears extremely simple. It has a plaster facade which is only animated by tympan windows and by portals. The everyday construction was the work of Cronaca who renewed and enlarged the church at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth. The church was governed by the Franciscans and was limited to the space which is today known as the big chapel. The interior follows the model of other Florentine churches (eg Santa Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi). It is decorated with paintings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and only a few works remain from the sixteenth century. Admission: Free. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Grand Duchess D'Asburgo's splendid villa |
Piazzale del Poggio Imperiale Florence 50125 Italy +39 55 22 6171 |
This 17th-century villa stands on the Imperial Hill, so called because of its connections with the imperial D'Asburgo family through the Grand Duchess Maria Magdalena, wife of Cosimo II de' Medici and sister of the Emperor Ferdinand II. The original building designed by Parigi was altered during the 18th and 19th centuries by the designs of Paoletti, Poccianti and Cacialli, who created a neo-classical style which was particularly welcomed by the Grand Duchess. In the second half of the 19th century it was used as an educational center. Now under state control, only some ground floor rooms of the villa may be visited, namely those containing paintings by Matteo Roselli and other 17th-century Florentine painters, which depict subjects chosen by the Grand Duchess D'Asburgo. On the top floor, however, a room of Albertolli statues may also be visited. Please telephone for an appointment. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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