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This is il Duomo, the dome of the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore.  The cathedral lacked a dome for decades, but Filippo Brunelleschi figured a way to build  this massive dome out of iron hoops, wood and brick. It has no internal supports.

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This is the Palazzo Medici! It's filled with works of art commissioned, or ordered, by the Medici family. The Medici family were patrons that created opportunities for talented painters. Renaissance painters painted realistic things because they were influenced by the renewed interest in classical culture and the spread of humanism.

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Here at the Piazza della Signoria and I have learned so much! Did you know Michelangelo's David was installed in the Piazza della Signoria? This is the plaza in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. It became a prized expression of Renaissance genius in Florence, and Michelangelo had an influence on other artists!

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The Casa di Dante is the house on Dante's birthplace, with exhibits of his work & life! If you are not familiar with Dante Alighieri, he is Italy's most beloved and famous poet. His best-known work is called The Divine Comedy written in Italian in the early 1300's.

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The Orsanmichele is a  church and a museum in the Italian city of Florence. It was originally a grain market but turned into a church from 1380 to 1404 and was used as a chapel for the craft and trade guilds. This church stands out for its singular uniqueness.

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Did you know the local government of Florence was housed in the Old Palace, otherwise known as the Palazzo Vecchio? The Palazzo was built as the private residence of the Medici family in the 1440s until their full move to the Palazzo in 1540. Seeing it in real life made me realize that the Palazzo Vecchio was the most characteristic building on its square!

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Did you know that the Mercato Nuovo became one of the largest financial market places in Europe? The Mercato Nuovo, which is also called New Market, was built in the mid-1500s to become a center for the city's cloth and banking industries.  City officials would ban food and weapons from there because they wanted it to be clean and neat to show how much commerce was valued in Florence!