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Must Visit to these Famous Historical Monuments in Florence Florence is an Italian city that is rich with history and art and every street and building has its own story and significance. Here we discuss the most important and impressive pieces of architecture throughout Florence. If you are interested in architecture, for example, you don't need to visit any museums: many of the palaces and squares are masterpieces of their own. Florence is viewed as one of the most important cities of Tuscany and Italy for its masterful, engineering, recorded and social legacy. Even just walking the streets of Florence can provide you an idea of what things were like at various points in time. Florence a city with some amazingly intact pieces of Renaissance and Medieval history, but it also has traces of the modern world in it .We discover the Most Historical monuments in Florence in the below section. List of Famous Historical Monuments in Florence:
1.Duomo: Duomo is one of the most impressive pieces of architecture in Florence, Fillipo Brunelleschi’s breathtaking cathedral proudly holds the title of the largest ‘Duomo’ in Italy. Duomo of Florence was especially important because of three unique features that helped spark the Renaissance and inspire artists and engineers across Europe. Florentine architects started planning the massive structure in 1294, and they knew that they wanted the dome of the cathedral to be bigger than any other existing cathedral in the Italian peninsula at the time; only they hadn’t yet developed the engineering and technology to produce and support such a colossal structure. 2. Palazzo Vecchio
One of the most important buildings in Florentine history for years, the Palazzo Vecchio was the home and offices of the powerful Medici family. the oldest part of Palazzo Vecchio was originally designed by Arnolfo di Cambio. Various statues are lined up in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, including a copy of Michelangelo's David, that replaced the original in 1873, and the group of Hercules and Cacus by Bandinelli. 3.Church of Santa Croce
One of Florence's most famous churches, Santa Croce has a lot to offer those interested in art and anyone who might want to pay tribute to some of the city's most famous residents. The church exterior is covered with a polychrome marble façade added in 1863 and paid for by the English benefactor, Sir Francis Sloane Michelangelo and Galileo are buried here, and you'll find breath-taking frescoes by Giotto and a design unlike any other church you will find within the Tuscan area. 4. Piazza della Signoria The Loggia della Signoria (also called the Loggia dei Lanzi) is a stone building adjoining the Uffizi Gallery; it was built in the second half of the 14th century and used to host public meetings and ceremonies. Surrounded by art, architecture and history, this sqaure is the political heart of Florence. 5. Palazzo Pitti
Palazzo Pitti is a beautiful example of Renaissance architecture with its sturdy, symmetrical structure; heavy, wide arches; and rusticated stone pillars and walls. Today, it is the biggest museum in Florence, housing a number of different art galleries, the beautiful Boboli Gardens . The palace stayed in the Medici family for centuries, amassing countless treasures and priceless works of art that the Medici had purchased and commissioned over the years.