Basilica of San Marco is one of the most important churches in the historical centre of Florence. Facing the homonymous square, it was founded in the 13th century and restored in the 15th century at the behest of Cosimo Il Vecchio de’ Medici, who entrusted the work to Michelozzo. The Basilica was part of the convent complex of San Marco, where Cosimo the Elder, Beato Angelico and Girolamo Savonarola lived. Since 1934, for several years it housed the mayor of Florence, Giorgio La Pira.
Piazza San Marco, 3
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www.sanmarcofirenze.it
Monday to Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.; on Sundays and on public holidays 10:00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
DONATELLO
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The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Florence is in a central area of the city and it offers degree courses in Earth Sciences, Geology and Environmental Sciences. It is also an advanc [...]
SAN MARCO UNIVERSITÀ
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Museo di San Marco is located within the monumental part of the Dominican convent of San Marco. Inside, there is the largest collection of Beato Angelico’s works, such as the Annunciation, a masterp [...]
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Cloister of the Scalzo was the entrance to the chapel of the Company of the Disciples of St. John the Baptist, also called ‘the Scalzo’ (‘dello Scalzo’), founded in 1376. Designed by Giuliano [...]
CAVOUR
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Giardino di Palazzo Pandolfini is a 15th-century palace was designed in 1514 by Raphael Sanzio and decorated with statues, fountains, water features and numerous types of flowers and plants. The Itali [...]
LA MARMORA ORTO BOTANICO
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Museum of Geology and Paleontology of the University of Florence contains one of the largest paleontological collections in Italy. Here many fossils found in Tuscany, such as those of mastodons and so [...]
LA MARMORA ORTO BOTANICO
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Botanical Garden or Giardino dei Semplici is the third oldest botanical garden in the world, established as a garden of medicinal plants at the behest of Cosimo I de' Medici in 1545. Today, there are [...]
SAN MARCO UNIVERSITÀ
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Uffizi Gallery in Florence is one of the most famous museums in the world and one of the most visited in Italy. Founded at the behest of Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo as a collection of works for the stu [...]
SAN MARCO UNIVERSITÀ
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Piazza della Santissima Annunziata is one of the most beautiful squares in Florence. Located in the historic city center, it is famous for the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata, where the legendar [...]
