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Building Date Architect Notes Necropoli of Palastreto: 8th century BC: Tomba della Mula: 7th century BC: Sesto Fiorentino: Archaeological area of Fiesole: 3rd century - 4th century BC: Fiesole: Roman Amphitheatre of Florence: 2nd century BC: Archaeological excavations of Santa Reparata: 4th-5th century AD. Torre della Pagliazza: Perhaps 6th ...
It is one of the oldest buildings in the city, built between 1059 and 1128. The architecture is in Florentine Romanesque style. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo: in front of the Florence Cathedral, it is committed to the conservation of the Duomo and other art works. It stores great masterpieces of Michelangelo, Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Luca ...
Giotto's bell tower seen from the top of the Duomo. View from the tower. Giotto's Campanile (/ ˌ k æ m p ə ˈ n iː l i,-l eɪ /, also US: / ˌ k ɑː m-/, Italian: [kampaˈniːle]) is a free-standing campanile (bell tower) that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.
The 14th-century Palazzo Vecchio is still preeminent with its crenellated tower. The square is also shared with the Loggia della Signoria, the Uffizi Gallery, the Palace of the Tribunale della Mercanzia (1359) (now the Bureau of Agriculture), and the Palazzo Uguccioni (1550, with a facade attributed to Raphael, who however died thirty years before its construction).
Palazzo Vecchio by night. The Palazzo Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso ˈvɛkkjo] "Old Palace") is the town hall of Florence, Italy.It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.
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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.
In the piazza in front of the façade, stands the rebuilt 15th-century Column of Santa Felicita.Only the 14th century Chapter House survives from the Romanesque with fragmentary frescoes (1387) by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (Crucifixion and in the ceiling, roundels with the Redeemer and the Seven Virtues).