Florence: Vernacular Architecture
Places and attractions in the Vernacular architecture category
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Uffizi
Art museum with Renaissance masterpieces The Uffizi Gallery is a cornerstone of Florentine culture and one of the most prestigious art museums in the world. Nestled in the historic heart of Florence, Italy, this vast museum is celebrated for its outstanding collection of Renaissance masterpieces.
Palazzo Pitti
Renaissance palace with art gallery complex Palazzo Pitti, a grand Renaissance palace, stands as a testament to the rich history and artistic legacy of Florence, Italy. Originally built for the banker Luca Pitti in the 15th century, the palazzo was later acquired by the Medici family, who transformed it into the...
Museo Galileo
History of science in ancient building Nestled in the heart of Florence, Italy, the Museo Galileo is a temple to the history of science, paying homage to the city's rich scientific heritage. Situated within the Palazzo Castellani, the museum stands as a testament to the intellectual prowess that flourished...
Palazzo Vecchio
Striking fortified 13th-century palace The Palazzo Vecchio stands as a testament to the rich history and cultural heritage of Florence, Italy. This imposing fortress-like palace dominates the Piazza della Signoria, serving as one of the city's most significant landmarks.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Iconic Renaissance palace and art museum The Palazzo Medici Riccardi stands as a testament to the grandeur and influence of the Medici family in the heart of Florence, Italy. Constructed in the mid-15th century, this Renaissance palace was designed by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo for Cosimo the Elder of the...
Villa di Castello
Medici villa with Renaissance garden Nestled in the heart of Florence, Italy, the Villa di Castello is a testament to the grandeur of the Renaissance era. This historical estate, now housing a museum, was once the country residence of the influential Medici family.
Boboli Gardens
Statue-filled Renaissance gardens Nestled in the heart of Florence, Italy, the Boboli Gardens stand as a magnificent open-air museum, showcasing the grandeur of landscape architecture from the 16th century. This historical park, sprawling behind the Pitti Palace—once the residence of the Medici...
Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali
Nestled in the heart of Florence, the Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali stands as a testament to the city's rich architectural heritage. This grand palace, situated in the historic Piazza della Signoria, exemplifies the opulence and grandeur of 19th-century Italian...
Palazzo dell'Antella
Nestled in the heart of Florence, Italy, the Palazzo dell'Antella is a historical palace that stands as a testament to the city's rich cultural heritage. This architectural gem, located on the bustling Piazza Santa Croce, is renowned for its striking facade that...
Palazzo Strozzi
Renaissance palace with art exhibitions Palazzo Strozzi, a Renaissance gem nestled in the heart of Florence, Italy, stands as a monumental testament to the city's storied past. This grand palace, constructed between 1489 and 1538, was once the residence of the affluent Strozzi family, rivals to the Medici.
Palazzo Rucellai
Palatial 15th-century merchant's house Palazzo Rucellai is a palatial fifteenth-century townhouse on the Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence, Italy. The Rucellai Palace is believed by most scholars to have been designed for Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai by Leon Battista Alberti between 1446 and 1451 and executed, at least in part, by Bernardo Rossellino.
Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate
Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate is a late-Gothic and early Renaissance-style residential palace located on Via de' Bardi in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Mozzi
Palazzo Mozzi or Palazzo de' Mozzi is an early Renaissance palace, located at the end of the Piazza de' Mozzi that emerges from Ponte alle Grazie and leads straight to the palace where via San Niccolò becomes via de' Bardi in the Quartiere of Santo Spirito in the Oltrarno section of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Malenchini Alberti
Palazzo Malenchini Alberti is a palace in Florence, Italy. It was owned by the Alberti, who had also a tower nearby.
Pasquino Group
The Pasquino Group is a group of marble sculptures that copy a Hellenistic bronze original, dating to ca. 200–150 BCE. At least fifteen Roman marble copies of this sculpture are known.
Palazzo Corsini
The Palazzo Corsini is a monumental palace located on Via del Parione #11, with a facade towards the Arno River, in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Rosselli del Turco
Palazzo Rosselli Del Turco is located in via dei Serragli 17 in Florence, Italy.
Palazzo Uguccioni
Palazzo Uguccioni is a Renaissance palace on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, central Italy. The palace was built, for Giovanni Uguccioni starting from 1550.
Palazzo Gondi
Palazzo Gondi is a palace in Florence, Italy, located a block from Piazza della Signoria. It was built in 1490 under design by Giuliano da Sangallo, who was inspired by other major works of stately buildings in the city, such as Palazzo Medici and Palazzo Strozzi.
Palazzo Spini Feroni
Palazzo Spini Ferroni is a large Gothic palace located along Via de' Tornabuoni at the corner of Piazza Santa Trinita, in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. It stands across from the church of Santa Trinita.
Palazzo Pucci
The Palazzo Pucci is a palace located at Via dei Pucci #4 in central Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. The façade of the palace spans from Via dei Servi to Via Ricasoli.
Museo Horne
The Museo Horne is a museum focusing on art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries, located in the former Palazzo Corsi, on via de' Benci number 6 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
Villa La Petraia
Villa La Petraia is one of the Medici villas in Castello, Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a distinctive 19th century belvedere on the upper east terrace on axis with the view of Florence.
Casa Buonarroti
Palace museum dedicated to Michelangelo Casa Buonarroti is a museum in Florence, Italy. The building was a property owned by the sculptor Michelangelo, which he left to his nephew, Leonardo Buonarroti.
Florence Courthouse
The Florence Courthouse is a large 21st-century complex on the Viale Guidoni in the Novoli quarter of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Situated near the entry of the A11 highway and the Florence Airport, it is Italy's second biggest tribunal building after that of Turin.
Palazzo Davanzati
Medieval house museum with guided tours Palazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.
Casa Guidi
Casa Guidi is a writer's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. The piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861.
Palazzo Giugni
The Palazzo Giugni, also called the Palazzo Firenzuola, is a late-Renaissance or Mannerist architecture palace designed by Bartolomeo Ammanati, and located on Via degli Alfani #48 in the quartiere San Giovanni of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni
The Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni is a High Renaissance-style palace located on Via de Tornabuoni on Piazza Trinita in central Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
Villa Medici at Careggi
The Villa Medici at Careggi is a patrician villa in the hills near Florence, Tuscany, central Italy.
Palazzo dello Strozzino
Palazzo dello Strozzino is a Renaissance palace in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The stone Renaissance facade is located on Piazza degli Strozzi, diagonal to the Southeast corner of the imposing Palazzo Strozzi.
Palazzo Fenzi
Palazzo Fenzi is a palace in Florence, Italy. Built in the 16th century for the Castelli family by Gherardo Silvani, it was later enlarged by the Marucelli family. In 1829 it was bought by Emanuele Fenzi in order to house his bank and his family. It is currently home to the History Department of the University of Florence.
Castello di Vincigliata
Vincigliata Castle is a medieval castle which stands on a rocky hill to the east of Fiesole in the Italian region of Tuscany. In the mid-nineteenth century the building, which had fallen into a ruinous state, was acquired by the Englishman John Temple-Leader and entirely reconstructed in the feudal style.
Salvatore Ferragamo Museum
The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence, Italy, is a fashion museum dedicated to the life and work of Italian shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo and his eponymous company. The museum contains 10,000 models of shoes created and owned by Ferragamo from the 1920s until his death in 1960.
Palazzo degli Alessandri
The Palazzo degli Alessandri is an early-Renaissance-style palace located on Borgo degli Albizi number 15 in Florence, Region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Capponi-Covoni
The Palazzo Capponi Covoni is a Baroque architecture palace in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Orlandini del Beccuto
The Palazzo Orlandini del Beccuto, also known as Palazzo Gondi di Francia is a palace located with entrance on Via de' Pecori #6-8 in central Florence, region of Tuscany Italy.
Palazzo Nonfinito
The Palazzo Nonfinito is a Mannerist-style palace located on Via del Proconsolo #12, in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. Begun in 1593 using designs by the architect Bernardo Buontalenti, only the first floor was completed, and additional construction was added later by different architects.
Palazzo Minerbetti
The Palazzo Minerbetti is an urban palace building located on Via de Tornabuoni #3 at the corner with Via del Parione, which edges into the Piazza Santa Trinita, Florence, in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Capponi
The Palazzo Capponi is a Baroque palace located on Via Gino Capponi #26 in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Compagni
The Palazzo Compagni or Palazzo Cresci is a palazzo on via Bufalini in Florence.
Villa Medici
The Villa Medici is a patrician villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy, the fourth oldest of the villas built for the Medici family. It was built between 1451 and 1457.
Palazzo Budini Gattai
Palazzo Budini Gattai is a palace in Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy.
Palazzo Gherardi
Palazzo Gherardi is a 15th-century building in the Santa croce quarter of Florence, Tuscany, in central Italy. Its main façade is on Via Ghibellina 88, while to the right it faces Via dei Pepi.
Palazzo Antinori
Palazzo Antinori is a Renaissance palace located at the north end of Via de' Tornabuoni, where it makes an odd corner with Via dei Pecori, Via del Trebbio, and converts into Via dei Rondinelli, in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
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