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Florence, Italy: Architecture; Type: Church: Sant'Ambrogio is a Roman Catholic church in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is named in honour of St Ambrose. History
In the northern corner of the market, there is a seafood area in which vendors sell fish and shell fish that have been wild caught in Italy or imported. Fruits and vegetable stands as well as nuts and spices stands can be found outside the market. [2] Outside the Central Market is the Mercato di San Lorenzo, which mostly sells leather goods.
Piazza San Lorenzo: It has the great Basilica of San Lorenzo with the Cappelle Medicee, a lively open market and the Laurentian Library. Piazza Santa Maria Novella: With the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella and the Alinari photography museum, is one of the principal squares of Florence. It is opposite of piazza della Stazione, accessible by Via ...
Statue of Michele di Lando, Loggia del Mercato Nuovo, Florence. The loggia was built around the middle of the 16th century in the heart of the city, just a few steps from the Ponte Vecchio. Initially, it was intended for the sale of silk and luxury goods and then for the famous straw hats, [1] but today mainly leather goods and souvenirs are sold.
The oratory of San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro was originally a free-standing chapel, putatively begun in the 4th century, and thus pre-dating the church, commissioned by bishop Maternus to hold the relics of San Vittore. Bishop Ambrose supposedly buried his brother, San Satiro, in the chapel.
Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main plazas or squares located in the central neighbourhood of Florence, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.It is located near Piazza della Signoria and the National Central Library, and takes its name from the Basilica of Santa Croce that overlooks the square.
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s ...
Piazza del Mercato Vecchio, by Giovanni Stradano (Palazzo Vecchio, Sala di Gualdrada). In the early medieval period the forum area was densely inhabited. Before the closure of the fifth circle of city walls, chroniclers record that there was no longer a single garden or pasture in the city, and that urban crowding led to tenements with ever-rising floors, including case-torri (tower houses).