Building of the palace was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the Florentine magistrates. The niches in the piers were filled with sculptures of famous artists.
It is an art academy and it is now the operative branch of the still existing Accademia delle Arti del Disegno ("Academy of the Arts of Drawing") that was the first academy of drawing in Europe.
It is located near piazza della Signoria and the National Central Library and takes its name by the Basilica that overlook the square. GOOD NIGHTLIFE! A lots of nice bars, restaurants, pub, etc..
Before a Fountain of the Piglet now a copy of a bronze wild boar; the original is in Palazzo Pitti. Popular tradition has it that rubbing the nose brings fortune. Visitors place a coin in the mouth.
It is situated in the main market district and the burial place of all the Medici family. It is one of several churches that claim to be the oldest in Florence. It was consecrated in 393.
Here converge almost the entire bus-line and tramways. It is the biggest and masterpiece of Rationalism Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station, that is used by 59,000,000 people every year.
It was founded in 1927 by the University of Florence. It is located in the Piazza dei Giudici. Among the more famous of its collections is the middle finger from the right hand of Galileo Galilei.
Peretola is a small airport with a single runway and the main taxiway is situated at the end of runway. In 1990 was named after Florence native Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian merchant and cartographer.
