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FLORENCE
(FIRENZE)
Other religious buildings
of the City are: the Romanesque-Florentine Church of S. Miniato
al Monte (11th Century); the Gothic Churches of S. Croce (13th
Century, also from a project by Arnolfo di Cambio), containing
the “Tombs of the Greats” which inspired the poem
“I Sepolcri” by Ugo Foscolo, S. Maria Novella
(1246-1360), with its 15th Century façade by L.B. Alberti
and containing the preserved masterpieces of Giotto, Masaccio,
Lippi, Ghirlandaio and Paolo Uccello, not to mention a Crucifix,
sculpted by a young Brunelleschi, Orsanmichele (a particularly
sacred building from the 14th-15th Centuries, with two naves,
salvaged from a Lodge); the Church of S. Maria del Carmine,
with the Brancacci Chapel, and frescoes by Masaccio; the Gothic
Church of SS, Trinita, with a façade by B. Buontalenti;
then there are the churches projected by Brunelleschi, S.
Spirito (15th Century) and S. Lorenzo (1442-46), with a Medicean
Chapel, balcony by Michelangelo and Pulpits by Donatello.
Civil buildings: Palazzo Vecchio (1299-1314), probably projected
by Arnolfo di Cambio, Loggia dei Lanzi (14th Century); Palazzo
del Bargello (1255-1346), old seat of the Podestà and
of the Head of Justice, today seat of the prestigious museum
dedicated to Florentine sculpture; Ponte Vecchio (1345); Loggia
della Signoria (Upper Classes Loggia), also known as Orcagna
(14th Century); Spedale degli Innocenti (Hospital for the
Innocent) (1426) from a project by Brunelleschi and Palazzo
Pitti (1458, with the Garden of Boboli), from an initial project
by Brunelleschi, which was then drastically changed; Palazzo
Rucellai by L.A. Alberti; Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (1444-59)
by M. Michelozzi, containing frescoes by G. Gozzoli; Palazzo
Strozzi (1489-1508) by B. da Maiano and G. da Sangallo; Palazzo
degli Uffizi (Uffizi Building ) (1560), projected by Giorgio
Vasari.
Museums: the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, which preserves
a great part of sculptures and original works created for
the decoration of the same Cathedral; Galleria degli Uffizi
(Uffizi Gallery-Offices), Galleria Pitti or Palatina, Galleria
dell’Accademia (mostly dedicated to sculpture by Michelangelo,
amongst which David from 1504), Gallery of Modern Art, National
Museum of Bargello, Museum of the Convent of S. Marco, dedicated
to the art of B. Angelico, the Stibbert Museum, with its marvellous
collection of artillery and ancient armour, the Horne Museum,
to visit a Florentine house, with original furnishings and
decorations.
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