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The monumental Churches of Florence

Baptistery - P.zza S. Giovanni
(Romanesque architecture. bronze doors by A. Pisano and L. Ghiberti. Mosaics in cupola).

Cathedral - P.za S. Giovanni
(started by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1296. Romanesque architecture. Dome by Brunelleschi, fresco of monumento Nicolo da Tolentino by A. del Castagno).

Orsanmichele - Via dei Calzaiuoli
(rebuilt in 1337 by F. Talenti and others. Tabernacles of the Patron Saints of the Guilds, Tabernacle by Orcagna).

S. Croce - P.za S. Croce
(built in 1294, attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio, Gothic architecture; Pulpit by Benedetto da Maiano; Bardi and Peruzzi Chapels frescoed by Giotto. Donatello's Annunciation; Pazzi Chapel built by Brunelleschi.

S. Lorenzo - P.zza S. Lorenzo
(Romanesque architecture with alterations by Brunelleschi; Pulpits by Donatello, old Sacristy, cloister).

S. Maria Novella - P.za S. Maria Novella
(Romanesque architecture, started in 1246 and completed in 1360) Doorway by L.B.Alberti, Rucellai Chapel, Frescoes by F. Lippi. Crucifix by Brunelleschi the Holy Trinity, Mary and St. John by Masaccio, Cloisters frescoes by P. Uccello).

S. Miniato al Monte - V.le Galileo
(Florentine Romanesque architecture, Chapel of the Crucifixion by Michelozzo, Stories of St. Benedict, Chapel of St. Jacob).

S. Maria del Carmine - P.za del Carmine
(Romanesque Gothic with various alterations; Brancacci Chapel with frescoes by Masaccio and F. Lippi).

S. Spirito - P.za S. Spirito
(Renaissance architecture, started in 1444 by Brunelleschi; Belltower by Baccio D'Agnolo, Vestibule, Sacristy, Last Supper of S. Spirito frescoed by Orcagna).

Ognissanti - Via Ognissanti 42
(rebuilt on a design by Pettirossi in the first half of the seventeenth century: visit to the "Last Supper" by Ghirlandaio in the Refectory).

Badia Fiorentina - Via del Proconsolo
(Romanesque architecture, altered in Baroque period, painting by Lippi).

S. Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi - B.go Pinti
(dating from the Xlll century, with alterations by G. da Sangallo; frescoes by Perugino).

S. Trinita - P.za S. Trinita
(Romanesque architecture altered in Gothic times, facade by B. Buontalenti).

SS. Annunziata - P.za della SS. Annunziata
(built in 1250, rebuilt by Michelozzo; Nativity of the Virgin by A. del Sarto, Holy Trinity by A. del Castagno).

SS. Apostoli - P.za del Limbo
(Romanesque architecture).

S. Felicita - P.za di S. Felicita
(rebuilt in 1736 by F.Ruggeri; portico by Vasari, paintings by Pontormo).


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