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Santa Maria Novella
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Florence 50123 - Italy

The architects Brother Sisto and Brother Ristoro, who were part of the Dominican order, built the church of Santa Maria Novella in 1278. The work was continued by Brothers Jacopo Talenti and Giovanni da Campi and was constructed along Gothic...
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Attractions near Santa Maria Novella
A selection of attractions close to Santa Maria Novella:
Santa Maria Novella  (< 1 Mile)
The architects Brother Sisto and Brother Ristoro, who were part of the Dominican order, built the church of Santa Maria Novella in 1278. The work...
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Museo di Santa Maria Novella  (< 1 Mile)
The Museo di Santa Maria Novella is housed in a Romanesque building which is situated near Santa Maria Novella church. There are some beautiful works...
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Photograph Museum  (< 1 Mile)
The Photograph Museum (Museo di Storia della Fotografia Fratelli Alinari) is the first national institution dedicated to exhibiting photography. It holds around 350,000 vintage prints,...
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Cappelle Medicee  (< 1 Mile)
The building of these shrines started in 1605, and they were under construction for centuries. Eighty five years earlier Michelangelo was given the task to...
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Marino Marini Museum  (< 1 Mile)
The Marino Marini Museum is to be found in the deconsecrated church of San Pancrazio and holds around 180 works of art by the artist...
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Cappella Rucellai  (< 1 Mile)
The small temple of San Sepolcro is at the centre of the 14th Century chapel which is annexed to the church of S. Pancrazio, the...
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Santa Maria Maggiore  (< 1 Mile)
The church of Santa Maria Maggiore was founded before 1000AD, but was rebuilt in the 13th Century in Gothic style for the Vallombrosiani family. The...
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Cenacolo di Foligno  (< 1 Mile)
The Cenacolo di Foligno refectory is only part of a huge complex that can be visited and belongs to the nuns of Foligno from whom...
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San Lorenzo  (< 1 Mile)
The San Lorenzo has its origins dating back to 393 when Saint Ambrose consecrated it in memory of the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. It is...
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Museo Salvatore Ferragamo  (< 1 Mile)
The beautiful Palazzo Spini Ferroni, which houses the Salvatore Ferragamo museum, was built in the 14th Century. This building, with its Guelph battlements, contains thousands...
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Palazzo Strozzi  (< 1 Mile)
The huge Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, with its vast windows, is certainly an impressive site. It was built in a Renaissance style by the banker...
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Ognissanti  (< 1 Mile)
The Church was built in the middle of the 13th Century and largely rebuilt during the Baroque period. When entering behind the third altar you...
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Museo del Bigallo  (< 1 Mile)
The Museo del Bigallo in Florence is home to a museum which is laid out over three rooms. It has a small collection of paintings...
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Baptistery  (< 1 Mile)
The Baptistery’s origins are uncertain, but it is known that the foundations date to the Roman times. The central doors have been called ‘the...
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Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni  (< 1 Mile)
This 16th Century palazzo is one of the first examples of ‘Roman style’ architecture which was brought to Florence. The prevalent Florentine style involved facades...
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Palazzo Rucellai  (< 1 Mile)
The Palazzo Rucellai is described in a 15th Century text by Giovan Battista Alberti as ‘De re aedificatoria’. It was erected in the square of...
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Loggia del Bigallo  (< 1 Mile)
The Loggia del Bigallo was built sometime in the mid 1300s for the Compagnia della Misericordia. This was a charitable institution which had been founded...
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Santa Trinita  (< 1 Mile)
It was in the middle of the 11th Century that this building was built. After modifications spanning three centuries, the church took shape from the...
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Museo dell'Opera del Duomo  (< 1 Mile)
Located just behind the Duomo you will find the fully renovated Museo dell’Opera del Duomo. The museum holds many fine works of art belonging to...
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Ponte Santa Trinita  (< 1 Mile)
The elegant Santa Trinita Bridge was originally built in 1567. It was constructed on the orders of Cosimo ten years after the previous bridge was...
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