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The Piazzale Michelangelo is a large, partly pedestrianized square located across the Arno River from the center of Florence. From the square you have one of the best unobstructed views over the city.

But despite the overly touristy commercialism, the square is well worth a visit thanks to the magnificent views over the city of Florence with the Tuscan hills providing a scenic backdrop. You have a clear view of a number of the city's most important landmarks, including the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Vecchio.

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The Piazza della Repubblica was created at the end of the 19th century as part of an ambitious project to redevelop the historic center of Florence.

The piazza is bordered by several popular cafés. One of these, the Giubbe Rosse, is known to have been frequented by a number of famous artists and writers, especially around the turn of the 20th century.

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The Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace) is the city hall of Florence. It was built at the start of the 14th century as the Palazzo del Popolo, or Palace of the People. The fortress-like building with crenellated walls is one of the city's most famous landmarks.

The first stone of the Palazzo Vecchio was laid in 1299 after the people of Florence had decided they needed a new location for their government, one that reflected the city's growing importance.

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The powerful Medici family created the Boboli Garden in the

16th century behind the Pitti Palace. The beautiful and varied Italianesque garden is home to a large number of statues and fountains.
The domain was expanded several times over the years and many statues
and fountains were added to the garden, which opened to the public in 1776. Parts of the garden are laid out formally with geometric patterns while others are more natural.

The Boboli garden offers a lot of variety thanks to its undulating topography,

the varied layout of the garden and the many decorations. From the top of the terraces you have beautiful views over Florence and the surrounding landscape.

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The Uffizi Gallery is the most famous museum in Florence. Its collection of Renaissance paintings, housed in a sixteenth-century palace, It is unrivaled and contains works by the most famous painters of the era, including Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. But other masters such as Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens, van Dyck and Rembrandt are also well represented. Some of the most famous works in the gallery are the 'Birth of Venus' by Botticelli and the portraits of the duke and duchess of Urbino, considered the first Renaissance portraits.

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The oldest of Florence's six bridges, is one of the city's best known images.It is believed that a bridge already existed here during the Roman times.

The pedestrian bridge is often teeming with tourists and the many musicians, portraitists and other entertainers create a constantly vibrant atmosphere. The bridge is at its most beautiful at dusk, especially when seen from the Ponte Santa Trinità.

Today the houses are used as shops selling a wide assortment of jewelry, ranging from affordable modern jewels to pricey antiques.

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The Cathedral, or Duomo, is a principle attraction in Florence. Marvel at the gothic interior and the huge dome which dominates the skyline. The building was constructed over centuries and built on the original site of an earlier cathedral which dates back to the 5th century. Hop off at Piazzale Michelangelo for a breathtaking, panoramic view of the city.

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Florence is the capital city of the region of Tuscany. It has a population of around half a million inhabitants, spreads on the banks of the Arno, between the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas, almost in the middle of the Italian peninsula. It is a city which bustles with industry and craft, commerce and culture, art and science.