
Church of Santo Spirito
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Ponte Vecchio
(Old Bridge)
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Pitti Palace: the building of Palazzo Pitti was begun for Luca
Pitti in 1458 on a design by Brunelleschi and left
unfinished. It was Eleonora di Toledo, wife of Grand-duke Cosimo I,
who commissioned Ammannati to make it the elected residence
of the Medici family. After Medici, the residence was inhabitated by
Lorraine family and, throughout the brief period during which Florence
was capital of the Italian Kingdom by the Savoy family.
The fame of the palace is linked to the prestigious Galleria
Palatina, the picture gallery of the Medici and Lorraine families
which was opened to public in 1828 by Grand-duke Leopoldo II. The collection
continued to be enriched by the successive acquisitions of works of
great value of italian and european artists between the 15th and the
18th century including masterpieces by Tiziano, Raffaello,
Giorgione, Perugino, Rubens...
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OLTRARNO
DISTRICT
The Oltrarno area, so called "Diladdarno"
(on the other side of the Arno river), is something more than a geographic
point, it is La Rive Gauche, a way of being that you can still find in
the laboratories of the artists, and in their luxurious antique shops.
Here, the magnificent past of Florence still lives today not only within
the historical tracks, but also in the everyday life. In the typical restaurants
you can still experience the atmosphere of the real past city as well
as in many of the artisen shops, inheritance of secolar traditon in the
way to work.
Monuments, churches, parks, and museums: Palazzo Pitti,
Santo Spirito, Brancacci Chapel, Ponte
Vecchio, Giardino di Boboli.. |