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A special cultural program for delegates and accompanying persons ICSV22 – Walks and visits in Florence 2 IICCSSVV2222 WWaallkkss aanndd vviissiittss iinn FFlloorreennccee A special cultural program for delegates and accompanying persons in and around the centre of Florence during ICSV In this booklet you can find useful suggestions for 55 short visits to many of the most amazing artistic and cultural attractions in Florence. All of them are located at walking distance (5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes walk) from the Congress venue, or around 30 minutes distance by bus. ICSV22 – Walks and visits in Florence 3 ICSV22 – Walks and visits in Florence 4 Place Highlights Address Florentine walk and visit opening times distance from ICSV22 venue 1. DUOMO The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza Duomo located in Piazza del Duomo, includes 10 minutes walk the Duomo, Giotto's Campanile, and Baptistery. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Duomo construction started in 1296 designed in Gothic style by Arnolfo di Cambio and was completed in 1436 with the magnificent dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. Mon-Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 1:30pm - 4:45pm 2. BATTISTERO Renowned for its three sets of artistically Piazza Duomo important bronze doors with relief 10 minutes walk sculptures: The south doors made by Andrea Pisano and the wonderful north and east doors made by Lorenzo Ghiberti. Mon-Sat 8:30am – 6:20pm Sun 8:30am- 5pm 3. MUSEO DELL’OPERA One of the world's most important Piazza Duomo DEL DUOMO collections of sculpture which includes 10 minutes walk the original Lorenzo Ghiberti's doors for the Baptistery called the Gates of Paradise, Donatello’s “Magdalene Penitent” and "The Deposition" by Michelangelo. Mon-Sat 9am – 6:15pm Sun 9am- 1pm 4. CHIESA DI SANTA Located near Ponte Santa Trinita, the Piazza Santa Trinità TRINITA church is famous for its Sassetti Chapel, 10 minutes walk containing notable frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio. Mon-Sat 8-12am – 4-6pm Sun 8am-1:45pm- 4-6pm ICSV22 – Walks and visits in Florence 5 Place Highlights Address Florentine walk and visit opening times distance from ICSV22 venue 5. BASILICA DI SANTA Leon Battista Alberti designed part of the Piazza Santa Maria Novella MARIA NOVELLA facade. 5 minutes walk The church, the adjoining cloister, and chapterhouse contain a store of art treasures and funerary monuments. Especially famous are frescoes by masters of Gothic and early Renaissance: Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Giotto, Ghirlandaio. Mon-Sat 9am – 5pm Sun 12am- 5pm 6. OFFICINA Since 1612 each pharmaceutical product Via della Scala 16 FARMACEUTICA SANTA produced here has had a peculiar story, 5 minutes walk such as the Cologne and the Pot pourri, MARIA NOVELLA two of the company’s unique products. Mon-Sun 9am – 8pm 7. GALLERIA Famous for its sculptures by the great Via Ricasoli 58/60 Renaissance artist Michelangelo and in 10 minutes walk DELL’ACCADEMIA particular for his magnificent statue of David. Tue-Sun 8:15am – 6:50pm Mon closed 8. MUSEO DI SAN MARCO The museum is especially famous for Piazza San Marco the paintings of Fra’ Angelico, one of 10 minutes walk the great artists of the Renaissance, who decorated large parts of the convent with frescoes extensive parts of the convent. Mon-Fri 8:15am – 1:50pm Sat -Sun 8:15am- 4:50pm ICSV22 – Florentine walks and visits 6 Place Highlights Address Florentine walk and visit opening times distance from ICSV22 venue 9. CHIOSTRO DELLO This small cloister forms the entrance to Via Cavour 69 SCALZO the chapel of the Confraternity of the 10 minutes walk Disciplinati of St John the Baptist. From 1509 to 1526, Andrea del Sarto painted the walls with frescoes depicting Scenes from the life of St John the Baptist and the Virtues, except for two episodes which were painted by Franciabigio. Mon- Thu 8:15am - 1:50pm Sat, Sun 8:15am - 1:50pm Fri closed 10. CENACOLO DI SANTA The Museum occupies part of the former Via XXVII Aprile 1 APOLLONIA Benedictine convent of Sant'Apollonia, 10 minutes walk founded in 1339. Around 1447 Andrea del Castagno decorated the end wall of the refectory with scenes of the Last Supper , the Crucifixion , Deposition and Resurrection . Daily 8:15am - 1:50pm 11. MUSEO DI STORIA The Paleontology section is mostly Via Giorgio la Pira 4 NATURALE dedicated to Italian fossil mammals, 10 minutes walk collected during over two centuries and for which the Museum has gained a worldwide renown. The mineralogical collections, originating from the first half of the XVI century, under the patronage of the Medici family, make Florence's Museum of Mineralogy the most important in Italy. Mon-Fri 9.00am – 1.00pm Sat -Sun 10.00am- 6.00pm Wed closed 12. OPIFICIO DELLE PIETRE Museum displaying marvelous and Via Alfani 78 DURE historical examples of “pietre 10 minutes walk dure”, inlaid semi-precious stone artifacts. Mon -Sat 8:15am-2.00pm ICSV22 – Florentine walks and visits 7 Place Highlights Address Florentine walk and visit opening times distance from ICSV22 venue 13. MUSEO Museum hosting important Etruscan, Piazza Santissima Annunziata 9b ARCHEOLOGICO Roman and Greek collections. 15 minutes walk Tue-Fri 8:30 am – 7:00pm Mon, Sat, Sun 8:30am- 2:00pm 14. BASILICA SANTISSIMA Church with a famous cloister (Chiostrino Piazza Santissima Annunziata ANNUNZIATA dei Voti) with artworks designed by 15 minutes walk Michelozzo and painted by Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Andrea del Sarto… The Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents) by Filippo Brunelleschi is situated next to the church. Mon-Sun 7:30-12:30am – 4-6:30pm 15. PALAZZO MEDICI Palace with permanent and temporary Via Cavour 3 RICCARDI exinitions. In the Magi Chapel frescoes 10 minutes walk by the Renaissance master Benozzo Gozzoli: the famous Journey of the Magi to Bethlehem. Mon-Sun 8am – 6pm Wed closed 16. CAPPELLE MEDICEE The Medici Chapels were built as Piazza degli Aldobrandini 6 extensions of Brunelleschi's San Lorenzo 5 minutes walk church, with the purpose of celebrating the Medici family. The Sagrestia Nuova, (New Sacristy), was designed by Michelangelo. Mon-Sun 8:15am – 1:50pm 2nd Sunday each month closed ICSV22 – Florentine walks and visits 8 Place Highlights Address Florentine walk and visit opening times distance from ICSV22 venue 17. BASILICA SAN The church is part of a larger monastic Piazza San Lorenzo LORENZO complex that contains other important 5 minutes walk architectural and artistic works: the Old Sacristy by Brunelleschi, with interior decoration and sculpture by Donatello; the Laurentian Library by Michelangelo. Mon-Sat 10am – 5pm Sun 1:30- 5:30pm 18. CHIESA DI On the ground floor of the square plan Via dell’Arte della Lana ORSANMICHELE building there are 13th-century arches 10 minutes walk originally forming the Loggia of the Grain market. The facades held 14 architecturally designed external niches, representing Corporations. Church Tue-Sun 10am – 5pm Museum Mon 10am – 5pm 19. MUSEO DI PALAZZO The Palazzo, erected in the second half Via Porta Rossa 13 DAVANZATI of the 14th century was the residence of 10 minutes walk the Davizzi family, wealthy merchants and bankers, now it houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House. Mon-Sun 8:15am – 1:50pm 2nd Sunday each month closed 20. PALAZZO VECCHIO E Symbol of civic power and administrative Piazza della Signoria LOGGIA DEI LANZI center of Florence for over seven 15 minutes walk centuries. Built at the turn of the 14th century to house the city’s supreme governing bodies, Prior of Arts and Gonfalonier of Justice. The adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi hosts many famous statues, such as the bronze of Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini. Mon-Sun 9am – 7pm Thu 9am- 2pm ICSV22 – Florentine walks and visits 9 Place Highlights Address Florentine walk and visit opening times distance from ICSV22 venue 21. MUSEO GUCCI The museum charts Gucci’s remarkable Piazza della Signoria 90-year history, from its beginnings 15 minutes walk when founder Guccio Gucci made his name as a purveyor of finest quality leather accessories, to its present day status. Mon-Sun 10am – 8pm Thu 10am- 11pm 22. BASILICA DI SANTA The Basilica, the largest Franciscan Piazza Santa Croce CROCE church in the world, is the burial place of 20 minutes walk some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Foscolo, Rossini. Famous also for the two chapels decorated with frescoes by Giotto. Mon-Sat 9:30am – 5pm Sun 2- 5pm 23. MUSEO GALILEO The Museo Galileo is one of the Piazza dei Giudici foremost international institutions in the 15 minutes walk History of Science It houses the only surviving instruments designed and built by Galileo himself. The most important are two original telescopes and the objective lens of the telescope with which Galileo discovered Jupiter’s moons. Mon-Sun 9:30am – 6pm Tue 9:30am- 1pm 24. GALLERIA DEGLI UFFIZI It is one of the oldest and most famous Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 art museums of the world. 15 minutes walk The Gallery houses many masterpieces of famous painters, displayed in chronological order. Tue-Sun 8:15am – 6:50pm Mon closed ICSV22 – Florentine walks and visits 10 Place Highlights Address Florentine walk and visit opening times distance from ICSV22 venue 25. MUSEO NAZIONALE The palace was built in 1261 to house Via del Proconsolo 4 DEL BARGELLO first the the highest magistrate of the 15 minutes walk FlorenceCity Council, “Capitano del Popolo” and later the “Podestà”. The museum houses masterpieces, such as the Bacchus and the Madonna (Pitti Tondo) by Michelangelo and the David by Donatello. Mon-Sun 8:15am – 2pm 26. MUSEO HORNE The museum, containing a collection Via dei Benci 6 donated to the city of Florence by the 20 minutes walk English art historian and collector Herbert P.
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