Florence - San Marco and its Neighbourhood
The church of
San Marco commands the homonymous square, which was the theatre of the passionate preaching by Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican priest who ruled
Florence from 1494 until his execution in
Piazza della Signoria in 1498.
Some important monuments are to be found in the neighbourhood of
San Marco such as the Museum of
San Marco housing some precious works by Fra` Beato Angelico, the Galleria dell`Accademia (Accademia Gallery), where the famous David by Michelangelo is to be found, and the famous
Archaeological Museum housing Egyptian and Etruscan finds.
Things to see in the neighbourhood of San Marco:
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Church SS Annunziata
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Accademia Gallery
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Archaeological Museum
... Museum of
San Marco
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Opificio delle Pietre Dure
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Botanical Gardens
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Spedale degli Innocenti
| Museum Natural History - The Museum of Natural History occupies several buildings of the University of Florence The Museum of Natural History consists of the Museo Nazionale di Antropologia e Etnologia (Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology), the Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia (Geology and Paleonthology Museum), the Museo di Mineralogia e Litologia (Mineralogy and Lithology Museumthe Museo Zoologico "La Specola" ("La Specola" Zoological Museum)and the Botanical Gardens ... Museum Natural History
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| Rotonda Brunelleschi - The Rotonda Brunelleschi is the nucleus of should have become the Rotonda of Santa Maria degli Angeli, a rotunda constellated with several chapels, which according to Brunelleschi`s project should have been one of the most innovative building in Renaissance Florence Unfortunately, Brunelleschi was forced to interrupt the works due to the lack of founds ... Rotonda Brunelleschi
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| Cloister of the Scalzo - The Cloister of the Scalzo was part of the building designed for the Confraternity of St. John the Baptist, founded in 1376 and called "dello Scalzo" because the cross-bearers, in the Confraternity`s processions was barefooted. The Brotherhood was suppressed in 1785 by Pietro Leopoldo of Lorraine, who sold off their property with the exception of ... Cloister of the Scalzo
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| Sant`Apollonia - The first Renaissance refectory in Florence is the one belonging to the Benedictine nuns of Sant`Apollonia created around 1445 in one of the most florid periods the convent. The end wall of the refectory (9.75x9.10 m) was decorated with frescoes, although these were never discovered due to the nuns` strict enclosure. The suppression of the convent in 1860 revealed ... Sant`Apollonia
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