The Baptistery of Saint John is an octagonal building clad in patterned white and green marble. Standing in the heart of Florence, it is one of the oldest structures in the city and served as its cathedral for decades beginning in ten…
Dante's Medieval Florence
Follow the footsteps of Florence’s most legendary poet through the narrow stone alleys where he lived, loved, and was ultimately exiled. You'll see the medieval tower houses, parish churches, and civic monuments that shaped the world of the Divine Comedy.
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1. Baptistery of St. John
2. Piazza delle Pallottole
Piazza delle Pallottole is a small square tucked between the apse of the Duomo and the start of Via del Proconsolo. You can distinguish it by the circular building located within the space, a structure dating to the eighteenth century.…
3. Torre dei Donati Ian XII / XIII secolo
The Torre dei Donati rises as a stark, vertical stone structure that appears as a single unified building, though it began in the twelfth century as two separate towers belonging to the rival Ricci and Donati families. These original…
4. Chiesa di Santa Margherita dei Cerchi - Chiesa di Dante
The Church of Santa Margherita dei Cerchi is a small, stone building recognizable by its ancient facade tucked into the tight urban fabric of the city. First recorded in the year one thousand thirty-two, this site is frequently called the…
5. House of Dante
The House of Dante is identifiable by the weathered medieval stone facade standing near the church of San Martino. While this building is widely known as the home of the poet Dante Alighieri, it is a reconstruction completed in nineteen…
6. Torre della Castagna
The Torre della Castagna rises in Piazzetta San Martino as a slender, stone-walled tower that has kept its defensive silhouette for nearly a thousand years. Built before ten thirty-eight, it originally belonged to the Baccadiferro family…
7. Badia Fiorentina - Monastero
The Badia Fiorentina is marked by a slender, high bell tower, a shape that distinguishes it from the surrounding city skyline. Founded in nine seventy-eight by Willa, the Marchioness of Tuscany, this was the first monastery in Florence.…
8. Museo Nazionale del Bargello
The Museo Nazionale del Bargello features a severe, fortress-like façade of heavy stone, finished with distinct crenellated battlements. Construction began in twelve fifty-five to house the residence for the first public magistrate of…