The façade of the rotunda on Via Antonio Magliabechi, on the west side of the Central National Library, designed by the architect Mazzei
View of the bell tower of the Basilica of Santa Croce, with the National Central Library on the right, on the Lungarno Torrigiani
Lungarno Serristori and, on the right, Palazzo Serristori
The façade of the National Central Library as seen from Lungarno Serristori, featuring two side turrets dating from 1935
A monument dedicated to Demidoff, situated in the square of the same name, the work of the sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, protected by an iron and glass canopy designed by Giuseppe Martelli
A marble monument depicting Count Nicola Demidoff surrounded by the four virtues, sculpted by Lorenzo Bartolini and subsequently completed by his pupil Pasquale Romanelli in 1871
The Doric façade of the Uffizi Gallery as seen from the Lungarno Torrigiani, dating from 1565 and designed by Vasari, featuring a serliana with two side arches
Palazzo Pitti, originally designed by the architect Luca Fancelli, but remodelled several times by other architects over the centuries
A side wing with arches at Palazzo Pitti, added in the 18th century by Giuseppe Ruggeri
The rusticated façade of Palazzo Pitti, which currently houses five museums, including the Gallery of Modern Art
The Lion Fountain, which has stood on the façade of Palazzo Pitti since 1696, flanked by two volutes and surmounted by the crown of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The Uffizi Gallery building at dusk, dating from the 16th century, featuring a loggia with Doric columns
The Buontalenti Grotto, or Grotta Grande, in the Boboli Gardens, designed by Bernardo Buontalenti and built towards the end of the 1500s
The statue of Cosimo I by Giambologna, flanked by Vincenzo Danti’s allegorical statues of Rigour and Equity, situated on the short side of the Uffizi Gallery
The keystone of the Grotta del Buontalenti, bearing the Medici coat of arms and surrounded by spongy formations resembling stalagmites, designed by Bernardo Buontalenti, in the Boboli Gardens
The orange hues of the sunset reflecting on the waters of the River Arno
A five-light lamppost in Piazza Pitti
The River Arno at sunset, with the silhouette of the dome of the Church of San Frediano in Cestello in the background
The granite column with a Corinthian capital and the Church of Santa Felicita in Piazza San Felicita
The River Arno and the Ponte Vecchio at dusk, with three wide, low arches
The panoramic terrace of the Ponte Vecchio, surmounted by the Vasari Corridor
A silhouette of the Santa Trinità Bridge at sunset, linking the two banks of the River Arno
The panoramic terrace of the Ponte Vecchio overlooking the River Arno
The Santa Trinità Bridge, which has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, and, at the far right, the medieval-style Palazzo Spini Feroni
On the right, the mosaic lunette above the left-hand portal of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, depicting ‘Charity amongst the founders of Florentine philanthropic institutions’, by Niccolò Barabino
Silhouette of the Statue of Spring at sunset, situated on a corner of the Santa Trinità Bridge
On the left is the Church of Santa Trinità, situated in the square of the same name, and on the right is the Column of Justice, designed by Francesco del Tadda
Some ancient buildings and, on the left, the Ponte Vecchio over the River Arno, seen at dusk
The church of Orsanmichele (or San Michele in Orto) and, on the left, a tabernacle containing a bronze statue of Saint Luke, sculpted by Giambologna in the late 1500s
Via dè Calzaiuoli, a 400-metre-long pedestrian street home to the city’s most elegant shops
Piazza della Signoria at dusk, with the 14th-century Palazzo Vecchio – now the seat of Florence City Council – on the right
The Arc de Triomphe (Arcone) and the Gambrinus portico, designed and built by Vincenzo Micheli in Piazza della Repubblica
The belfry of Arnolfo’s Tower, supported by corbels, and the aedicule with round arches supported by four columns
Piazza dell’Unità Italiana and the gabled façade with pointed arches of the east transept of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
The fountain of the god Neptune, flanked by the two sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis, in Piazza della Signoria at dusk
A tomb with a segmental arch, situated along the outer edge of the cemetery of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, in Via degli Avelli
The sculptural marble figure of Biancone (Neptune’s Fountain) by Bartolomeo Ammannati, modelled on Cosimo I de’ Medici, located in Piazza della Signoria
The burial vaults, known as ‘avelli’, are situated on the street of the same name, along the eastern side of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
The athletic figure of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s David, carved from white marble and standing 4.10 metres tall, and the Palazzo Vecchio at dusk in Piazza della Signoria
The marble façade of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, the finest example of the Florentine Renaissance, completed by Leon Battista Alberti in 1470
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Fotografie di Leonardo Bellotti
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