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2023: Florence New Opening Hours of Top Sights, Museums, and Churches

January 20, 2023 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Botticelli Birth of Venus in the Uffizi

In 2023, most top sights, galleries, and museums in Florence are open with normal opening hours but fewer tickets are sold and reservations are mostly essential for the most popular sites. The Duomo sights and most churches have re-opened. Most of the top attractions in Florence, especially museums and galleries, are open to visitors and in 2023 mostly operate with normal … [Read more...]

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Save with the Firenze Card on Sightseeing in Florence

November 10, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Florence Duomo from Michelangelo hill at night

The Firenze Card is a skip-the-line ticket for top attractions and museums in Florence including time-slot reservations for the Uffizi and Accademia galleries.  The Firenzecard (Florence Card) is a sightseeing pass that offers priority access to almost all top sights in Florence for a period of 72 hours. It is a particularly good deal in the high season, when it … [Read more...]

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Visit the Bargello Museum of Sculptures in Florence

March 28, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Admiring Michelangelo's Bacchus with satyr in the Bargello Museum in Florence.

The Bargello Museum near the Uffizi has the best collection of Renaissance sculptures in Florence including several by Michelangelo and two Davids by Donatello. The Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Firenze focuses on medieval and Renaissance art. It is particularly famous for sculptures including some of the best works by Donatello (David, St George, Marzocco) and fine … [Read more...]

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See Michelangelo’s David in the Galleria dell’ Accademia in Florence

March 28, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

The large marble statue of David by Michelangelo is often described as the most famous statue in the world. David is displayed in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, where it is the most impressive work to see.

See Michelangelo's David, the world's most famous statue on display in the Galleria dell' Accademia di Firenze in Florence, Italy. The large marble David by Michelangelo is often described as the most famous statue in the world. David is displayed in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, where it is the most impressive work to see. The museum further has paintings from the … [Read more...]

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Visit the Medici Chapels in San Lorenzo in Florence

March 12, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Grave Monument of Lorenzo de Medici by Michelangelo

The Medici Chapels with Michelangelo sculptures in the San Lorenzo church complex form the mausoleum for the most powerful and best-known family in Renaissance Florence. The mausoleum of the Medici family in Florence is not surprisingly a grand affair. The huge Chapel of the Princes (Capella Dei Principi) is covered by the second largest cupola in Florence while the walls … [Read more...]

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Visit San Lorenzo Basilica in Florence for Renaissance Art

March 12, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Nave and Altar Basilica of San Lorenzo on Florence

The Basilica of San Lorenzo is at the origins of Florentine Renaissance with the tombs of the Medicis and sculptures by Donatello and Michelangelo.  Although the church of San Lorenzo has some credible claims to being the oldest church in Florence, the present basilica is the third church here and dates from the Renaissance period. The church has several claims to … [Read more...]

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See the Laurentian Medici Library by Michelangelo in Florence

March 12, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Laurentian Medici Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana)

The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana is the Medici’s library designed by Michelangelo in the San Lorenzo complex in Florence. It is also a major working library. The Laurentian Medici Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana) is a major library in Florence. For tourists, the main sight is the magnificent Renaissance reading room designed by Michelangelo. The entire room and … [Read more...]

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Visit the San Marco Museum in Florence to See Fra Angelico Paintings

March 10, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Annunciation Fresco by Fra Angelico

The San Marco Museum in Florence is famous for its large collection of paintings by Fra Angelico including original frescoes in the cells of the convent. The San Marco Museum in Florence is in the former Dominican convent where the cells and art of the monastery have been preserved. Fra Angelico designed frescoes for each of the 44 cells and these were preserved in very … [Read more...]

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See Fra Angelico Art in the San Marco Museum in Florence

March 10, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Detail from Tabernacle of the Linaioli in the San Marco Museum in Florence

Many of the best early Renaissance paintings and altarpieces by Fra Angelico are exhibited in the San Marco Museum in Florence. The pilgrims’ hospice of the former convent of San Marco in Florence has the world’s largest collection of altarpieces and paintings by Fra Angelico. Famous altarpieces on display include the Deposition from Santa Trinita, the Annalena Altarpiece, … [Read more...]

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Visit Santa Croce in Florence to See Giotto Frescoes and Michelangelo’s Grave

March 3, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Visit Santa Croce in Florence to See Giotto Frescoes of the Life of St Francis

The art in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence includes frescoes by Giotto and Taddeo Gaddi and the oft-visited tombs or funeral monuments for Michelangelo, Dante, Galileo, and others. The Basilica of Santa Croce is one of the great Gothic churches of central Florence. This large Franciscan church is filled with art including magnificent frescoes by Giotto and his … [Read more...]

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