Squares of Florence
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This is a list of the principal squares of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

 in Italy
Italy
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In the centre

  • Piazza del Duomo
    Piazza del Duomo, Florence
    Piazza del Duomo is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence, .It is one of the most visited places in Europe and the world; here we can find the Florence Cathedral with the Cupola del Brunelleschi, the Giotto's Campanile, the Florence Baptistery, the Loggia del Bigallo, the Opera...

    : Piazza del Duomo is located in the heart of the historic centre of Florence. Is one of the most visited places in the Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

     and the world; here we can find the Florence Cathedral with the Cupola del Brunelleschi, the Giotto's Campanile, the Florence Baptistry, the Loggia del Bigallo
    Loggia del Bigallo
    The Loggia del Bigallo is a late Gothic structure in Florence, Italy. It is one of a dozen public loggias in the city, in this case part of a construction that housed the Compagnia della Misericordia, who commissioned the structure, probably from the architect-sculptor Alberto Arnoldi; it was built...

    , the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
    Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence)
    The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence, Italy is a museum containing many of the original works of art created for the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, the cathedral of Florence. The museum is located just east of the Duomo, near its apse...

    , and the Arcivescovile and Canonici's palace. The west zone of this square is called San Giovanni square.
  • Piazza della Repubblica
    Piazza della Repubblica (Florence)
    Piazza della Repubblica is a city square in Florence, Italy. It is on the site, first of the city's forum and then of the city's old ghetto, which was swept away during the city improvement works or Risanamento initiated during the brief period when Florence was the capital of a reunited Italy,...

    : It is a square in the centre of Florence, location of the cultural cafes and bourgeois palaces. Among the square's cafes, the Giubbe Rosse
    Giubbe Rosse
    Caffè Giubbe Rosse is a café in Piazza della Repubblica , Florence. The giubbe rosse of its name are the "Red Shirts" of Garibaldi's forces during the Risorgimento, a badge of honour for liberal Italians, reflected in the silent allusion of the waiters' red jackets.The café has a long-standing...

     cafe has long been a meeting place for famous artists and writers, notably those of Futurism
    Futurism
    Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century.Futurism or futurist may refer to:* Afrofuturism, an African-American and African diaspora subculture* Cubo-Futurism* Ego-Futurism...

    .
  • Piazza Santa Croce
    Piazza Santa Croce
    Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main squares of the centre of Florence, Italy.It is located near piazza della Signoria and the National Central Library, and takes its name by the Basilica of Santa Croce that overlook the square.-Basilica of Santa Croce:...

    : Dominated by the Basilica of Santa Croce it is a rectangular square in the center of the city. Here the Calcio Fiorentino
    Calcio Fiorentino
    Calcio Fiorentino was an early form of football that originated in 16th century Italy. The Piazza Santa Croce of Florence is the cradle of this sport, that became known as giuoco del calcio fiorentino or simply calcio .The official rules of calcio were published for the first time in 1580 by...

     is played every year and when can find on this square the Palazzo dell'Antella, the Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori (main office of center of Florence quarter) and the Dante's statue.
  • Piazza della Signoria
    Piazza della Signoria
    Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio....

    : It is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine Republic and still maintains its reputation as the political hub of the city. The impressive 14th century Palazzo Vecchio
    Palazzo Vecchio
    The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. This massive, Romanesque, crenellated fortress-palace is among the most impressive town halls of Tuscany...

     is still preeminent with its crenellated tower. The square is also shared with the Loggia della Signoria, the Uffizi Gallery, the Palace of the Tribunale della Mercanzia (now the Bureau of Agriculture), and the Uguccioni Palace (16th century, with a facade by Raphael
    Raphael
    Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

    ). Located in front of the Palazzo Vecchio is the Palace of the Assicurazioni Generali.
  • Piazza San Lorenzo: It offers the great Basilica of San Lorenzo with the Cappelle Medicee, a lively open market and the Laurentian Library
    Laurentian Library
    The Laurentian Library is a historical library in Florence, Italy, containing a repository of more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books...

    .
  • Piazza Santa Maria Novella: With the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella and the Alinari phography museum, is one of the principal squares of Florence. It is opposite of piazza della Stazione, accessible by Via degli Avelli.
  • Piazza della Santissima Annunziata: Located near piazza San Marco and piazza del Duomo is an harmonious square which overlook the Ospedale degli Innocenti
    Ospedale degli Innocenti
    The Ospedale degli Innocenti is a historical building in Florence, central Italy. Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, who received the commission in 1419, it was originally a children's orphanage. It is regarded as a notable example of early Italian Renaissance architecture...

    , the Loggia dei Servi di Maria, the Budini Gattai palace and the National Archaeological Museum
    National Archaeological Museum (Florence)
    The National Archaeological Museum of Florence is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy...

  • Piazza della Stazione: It is a big square in the center of the city, one of the main focal point of transport in Florence. Here converge almost the entire bus-line, and tramways, and the central station of Florence the biggest and masterpiece of Rationalism Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station, that is used by 59,000,000 people every year . On piazza della Stazione we can also find the Palazzina Reale di Santa Maria Novella (where the king of Italy stayed), and the Palazzo degli Affari.
  • Piazza dell'Indipendenza: It is a wide square located near piazza della Stazione and San Lorenzo market, with palaces typically bourgeois where lived Guido Nobili and Theodosia Gorrow Trollope wife of the writer Anthony Trollope
    Anthony Trollope
    Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire...

    .
  • Piazza San Marco: Located in the north zone of the historic centre of Florence
    Historic centre of Florence
    The historic centre of Florence is quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.- External links :* * *...

     near the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, it hosts the Basilica of San Marco
    San Marco, Florence
    San Marco is the name of a religious complex in Florence, Italy. It comprises a church and a convent. The convent, which is now a museum, has three claims to fame: during the 15th century it was home to two famous Dominicans, the painter Fra Angelico and the preacher, Girolamo Savonarola...

    , the headquarters of the University of Florence
    University of Florence
    The University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties...

     and the renowned Academy of Fine Arts of Florence
    Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze
    The Accademia di Belle Arti is an art academy in Florence, Italy and it is now the operative branch of the still existing Accademia delle Arti del Disegno that was the first academy of drawing in Europe.-History:The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno The Accademia di Belle Arti ("Academy of Fine...

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  • Piazza Santa Trinita
    Piazza Santa Trinità
    The Piazza Santa Trinita is a triangular square in Florence, Italy, named after the church of Santa Trinita on the west side of the square. Near the middle of the square is an ancient Roman column known as the Column of Justice due to the sculpture of "Justice" on the top...

    : It is near the Arno that mark the end of the elegant fashion-street of Via de' Tornabuoni
    Via de' Tornabuoni
    Via de' Tornabuoni, or Via Tornabuoni, is a streets of the center of Florence, Italy, that goes from Antinori square to ponte Santa Trinita, across Santa Trinita square, characterized by the presence of fashion boutiques....

    . On the Piazza Santa Trinita overlook the Basilica of Santa Trinita (that gives the name to the square), the Palazzo Spini Feroni
    Palazzo Spini Feroni
    Palazzo Spini Ferroni is a building in piazza Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy, the grandest private medieval house-palace in the city.-History:...

    , the Palazzo Boundelmonti, the Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni and the Column of Justice.
  • Piazza dei Ciompi: It hosts the Loggia del Pesce
    Loggia del Pesce
    The Loggia del Pesce is a historical building in Florence, Italy. It is formed by nine wide arcades, supported by piers or columns. On each side are eight medallions depicting fishing activities and the sea...

    , designed by Giorgio Vasari
    Giorgio Vasari
    Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...

     and the house of Lorenzo Ghiberti
    Lorenzo Ghiberti
    Lorenzo Ghiberti , born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known for works in sculpture and metalworking.-Early life:...

    .
  • Piazza d'Azeglio: Near the Viali di Circonvallazione
    Viali di Circonvallazione
    The Viali di Circonvallazione are a series of 6-lane boulevards surrounding north part of the historic centre of Florence.-History:The boulevards follows the outline of the ancient walls of Florence, that were demolished since 1865 according to the Giuseppe Poggi's project to make Florence, then...

     it shows of the Villino Uzielli Palace.
  • Piazza Goldoni: In front of Ponte alla Carraia
    Ponte alla Carraia
    The Ponte alla Carraia is a five-arched bridge spanning the River Arno and linking the district of Oltrarno to the rest of the city of Florence, Italy. To the west is a weir, the Pescaia di Santa Rosa, and the Ponte Amerigo Vespucci, and to the east is the Ponte Santa Trinita. The piazzas on either...

    , in the piazza Goldoni we can find the Palazzo Ricasoli and the statue dedicated to Carlo Goldoni.
  • Piazza del Limbo
  • Piazza dei Giudici
  • Piazza Mentana
  • Piazza del Mercato Centrale
  • Piazza Ognissanti
  • Piazza delle Pallottole
  • Il Prato
  • Piazza San Benedetto
  • Piazza San Firenze
  • Piazza San Pier Maggiore
  • Piazza Strozzi
  • Piazza dell'Unità Italiana
  • Piazza del Capitolo
  • Piazza Adua

In the Viali di Circonvallazione

  • Piazza Beccaria
    Piazza Beccaria
    Piazza Cesare Beccaria is a square of Florence located on the viali di Circonvallazione great boulevards.Realized by the architect Giuseppe Poggi when Florence was Capital of Kingdom of Italy, was dedicated to Cesare Bonesana marchese di Beccaria in 1876....

    : Piazza Beccaria is a square on the viali di Circonvallazione and on this square overlook the State Archives, La Nazione
    La Nazione
    La Nazione is one of the oldest regional newspapers in Italy. It merged with Cavour's famous political newspaper, Il Risorgimento, in 1849. Based in Florence, Italy, it is published in numerous local editions for the regions of Tuscany, Umbria and for the Province of La Spezia in Liguria.-...

    's headquarters and the Porta alla Croce.
  • Piazza della Libertà
    Piazza della Libertà
    Piazza della Libertà is the northernmost point of the historic centre of Florence. It was created in the 19th century during works to produce the Viali di Circonvallazione around the city....

    : It is the northernmost point of the historic centre of Florence. It was created in the 19th century during works to produce the Viali di Circonvallazione around the city. In this square is located the beautiful triumphal arch of Florence.
  • Piazzale Donatello
  • Piazza Bambine e Bambini di Beslan

Others

  • Piazza Oberdan
  • Piazza Puccini
  • Piazza San Jacopino
  • Piazza Savonarola
  • Piazza della Vittoria
  • Piazza Vittorio Veneto
  • Piazza Piave
  • Piazza Dalmazia
  • Piazza Leopoldo Pietro

Oltrarno

  • Piazza del Carmine
  • Piazza di Cestello
  • Piazza Demidoff
  • Piazza San Felice in Piazza
  • Piazzale Michelangelo
    Piazzale Michelangelo
    Piazzale Michelangelo is a famous square with a magnificent panoramic view of Florence, Italy, and is a popular tourist destination in the Oltrarno district of the city...

    : It is a famous square with a magnificent panoramic view of Florence
    Florence
    Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

    , Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     and is a popular tourist destination in the Oltrarno
    Oltrarno
    The Oltrarno is a quarter of Florence, Italy. The name means beyond the Arno ; it is located south of the River Arno. It contains part of the historic center of Florence and many notable sites such as the church Santo Spirito di Firenze, Palazzo Pitti, Belvedere, and Piazzale Michelangelo.-...

     district of the city. The view from this most famous observation point of the city landscape has been reproduced in countless postcards and snapshots over the years.
  • Piazza de' Mozzi
  • Piazza Piattellina
  • Piazza de' Pitti
  • Piazza Giuseppe Poggi
  • Piazza Santo Spirito
  • Piazza Tasso
  • Piazza del Tiratoio
  • Piazza della Passera
  • Piazza Santa Maria Soprarno
  • Piazza de' Nerli
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