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2. Laurentian Library - Wikipedia

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   The Medici library was enlarged by collections assembled by Francesco Sassetti and Francesco Filelfo, manuscripts acquired by Leo X, and by the library of the Dominican convent of San Marco. The library conserves the Nahuatl Florentine Codex, the major source of pre-conquest information about Aztec life in the western hemisphere.

3. Historic Centre of Florence - Wikipedia

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   The historic centre of Florence is part of quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. [1] [2] Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries.

4. Boboli Gardens - Wikipedia

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   The Boboli Gardens (Italian: Giardino di Boboli /’bo.bo.li/) is a historical park of the city of Florence that was opened to the public in 1766. Originally designed for the Medici, it represents one of the first and most important examples of the Italian garden, which later served as inspiration for many European courts.

5. National Archaeological Museum, Florence - Wikipedia

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   The National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Italian – Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze) is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta (a palace built in 1620 for princess Maria Maddalena de' Medici , daughter of Ferdinand I de Medici , by Giulio Parigi ).

6. Medici Chapels - Wikipedia

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   The Medici Chapels (Italian: Cappelle medicee) are two chapels built between the 16th and 17th centuries as an extension to the Basilica of San Lorenzo, in the Italian city of Florence. They are the Sagrestia Nuova ('New Sacristy'), designed by Michelangelo , and the larger Cappella dei Principi ('Chapel of the Princes'), a collaboration ...

7. List of buildings and structures in Florence - Wikipedia

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   Villa Medici of Poggio a Caiano: 1485-94 e 1515-19: Giuliano da Sangallo: Sacristy of Santo Spirito, Florence: 1488–1497: Giuliano da Sangallo and Salvi d'Andrea: Loggia di San Paolo: 1489–1496: Leon Battista Alberti: Palazzo Strozzi: 1489–1534: Giuliano da Sangallo, Cronaca and others: Palazzo Gondi: 1490–1501: Giuliano da Sangallo