Piazza del Duomo - Florence, Italy











Piazza del Duomo

1.Battistero di SanGiovanni
2.Loggia del Bigallo
3.Campanile di Giotto
4.Duomo o Santa Maria del Fiore
5.Museo dell’opera del Duomo
6.Museo Firenze com’era


6.Museo Firenze com’era
Historical and Topographical Museum Through paintings, prints and models the museum offers a rich visual history of how Florence changed from the Renaissance to the end of the XIX century.


1. Florence Baptistery or Battistero di San Giovanni
Baptistery of St. John
The octagonal Baptistery stands across from the Duomo cathedral and the Giotto bell tower (Campanile di Giotto). It is one of the oldest buildings in the city, built between 1059 and 1128. The architecture is in Florentine Romanesque style.






2. Loggia del Bigallo












3. Giotto's Campanile
Giotto's Bell Tower
Standing adjacent the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistery of St. John, the tower is one of the showpieces of the Florentine Gothic architecture with its design by Giotto, its rich sculptural decorations and the polychrome marble encrustations.




4. Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore with the Cupola del Brunelleschi
The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches. 
Is the fourth church of Europe by size, its length is 153 and its height is 116 m.
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Dome ceiling: Giorgio Vasari and  Federigo Zuccaro (or Federico Zuccari) : The Last Judgement

5. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo 
 
in front of the Florence Cathedral, it commit to the conservation of the Dome and other art works. It store great masterpiece of Michelangelo, Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Luca della Robbia, Arnolfo di Cambio and many others.




Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia
Palazzo dei Canonici
Palazzo Strozzi di Mantova
Torrini Museum
Palazzo Arcivescovile
Torre dei Marignolli
Opera di San Giovanni

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