It doesn't matter what we could say about Florence, it will never be superlative enough. Let us say for example 'the cradle' of the Renaissance, or 'the Mother' of the Italian Language, or let us say Leonardo da Vinci, or Michelangelo, or Massacio, or Botticelli, or Dante and as we go on, it gets more difficult to set an end to the list.

Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, assumed its economic and cultural predominance under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its years of extraordinary artistic creativity can be seen above all in its Cathedral, the Santa Maria del Fiore, the Santa Croce Church, the Uffizi Palace and the Pitti Palace which are the work of artists like Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo.

Ponte Vecchio and Arno River




Michelangelo's David. Piazza della Signoria




Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus. Loggia dei Lanzi
at the Piazza della Signoria




Ghiberti's Paradise Door. Baptisterium




Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore




Inside of Brunelleschi's Dome. Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore




Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore




Santa Maria Novella. Domenico Ghirlandaio's
Main Choir Chapel




Ponte Vecchio