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FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH

1. Museo di Santa Maria Novella

8.2
piazza Santa Maria Novella, Firenze, Toscana
Museum · Centro Storico · 3 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The Santa Maria Novella Complex includes the Dominican Basilica and the adjoining monumental cloisters. The church preserves some works with an extraodinary value, such as the Crucifix by Giotto Read more.

Baptistery of St John is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

2. Baptistery of St John

8.4
(Battistero di San Giovanni)
Piazza San Giovanni, Firenze, Toscana
Church · Centro · 66 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The Baptistery of S. Giovanni was the core of the spiritual life from the beginning and it is still today a monument identity for the fiorentine citizens. Read more.

Basilica of Santa Croce is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

3. Basilica of Santa Croce

9.2
(Basilica di Santa Croce)
Piazza Santa Croce, Firenze, Toscana
Church · Santa Croce · 78 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The Franciscan Church of Santa Croce dates back to the thirteenth century and it is able to fascinate the visitors for the size of its space and the variety of its treasures. Read more.

Museo del Bigallo is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

4. Museo del Bigallo

Piazza San Giovanni 1, Firenze, Toscana
Museum · Centro · 2 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The Greater Company of Saint Mary of Bigallo managed the Hospice for pilgrims and travellers in Florence just since the fourteenth-century. It houses some 14th century frescos Read more.

Cappella Brancacci is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

5. Cappella Brancacci

7.2
piazza del Carmine 14, Firenze, Toscana
Church · San Frediano · 11 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The Carmine of Florence church and convent are very old, being founded in the second half of the thirteenth century.

Sinagoga museo ebraico is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

6. Sinagoga museo ebraico

Via Luigi Carlo Farini, 4, Firenze, Toscana
Synagogue · Sant'Ambrogio · 8 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The Synagogue inaugurated in 1882 is considered one of the most important in Europe; its green copper cupolas can be seen from all over the city. Read more.

Cenacolo Sant'Apollonia is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

7. Cenacolo Sant'Apollonia

Via XXVII Aprile 1, Firenze, Toscana
Museum · San Marco · 2 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: In 1447, Andrea del Castagno painted a fresco on the wall of the monastery refectory depicting the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Deposition and the Resurrection. Read more.

Chiostro dello scalzo is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

8. Chiostro dello scalzo

via cavour 69, Firenze, Toscana
Historic and Protected Site · San Marco · 4 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The great Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto painted frescoes on the walls of the cloister in several occasions from 1509 to 1526, walls show monochrome scenes representing the Life of the Baptist. Read more.

Cappelle Medicee is one of FLORENCE AND THE PLACES OF FAITH.

9. Cappelle Medicee

9.1
Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini 6, Firenze, Toscana
Museum · Mercato Centrale · 51 tips and reviews

FirenzecardFirenzecard: The museum is part of the new sacristy, designed and conceived by Michelangelo, who built it starting from the same plant of the Old Sacristy of Brunelleschi. Read more.

10. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

8.9
Via della Canonica 1 (Via dei Servi), Firenze, Toscana
Art Museum · 58 tips and reviews