At the highest part of the Giardino dell'Orticoltura there is an impressive flight of steps leading to the area known as the Orti del Parnaso, from which one can enjoy a breathtaking view of Florence. The flight of steps is built around a sculpture depicting a snake, or perhaps a dragon, completed by Marco Dezzi Bardeschi in 1990. The huge statue represents the serpent Python, famous in Greek mythology for being defeated by the god Apollo on Mount Parnassus. La Scalinata can be accessed from the Horticulture Garden at via Bolognese 17, or from Via Trento.
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STROZZI - FALLACI
918 mt
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Considered by everyone, the symbol of the beautiful Florence Horticultural Garden. It is impossible not to notice, with its majestic and elegant Liberty style structure. It is in fact the largest tepi [...]
STROZZI - FALLACI
890 mt
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Originally (as the name suggests) it was an 18th-century French garden created for Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. In the process of constructing the ring roads or avenues around the city, the architect G [...]
STROZZI - FALLACI
739 mt
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A few simple, but carefully planned things are all you need to spend a perfect day. So we recommend that you go along the cycle-pedestrian path along the banks of the Mugnone from Viale Redi This 350- [...]
STROZZI - FALLACI
776 mt
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Beautiful 19th century garden, regularly the setting for national floriculture exhibitions and also the open-air set of iconic films such as Mario Monicelli’s Amici miei – Atto II. The Renaissance [...]
STROZZI - FALLACI
837 mt
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Like all Natural Shopping Districts, this is a no-profit organisation, set up in 2010 by a handful of local business owners to add value to their area. The association brings together various types of [...]
STROZZI - FALLACI
959 mt
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We advise anyone who loves open-air shopping to visit this gorgeous local market, where you’ll find superb ingredients for your recipes, fresh fruit and ready meals from the deli stalls, but also cl [...]
MURATORI STAZIONE STATUTO
606 mt
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An elegant fourteenth-century villa (surrounded by a large and luxuriant park open to the public, free admission), now the headquarters of the Economic Promotion Agency for Tuscany, this building enjo [...]
