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Panoramic view of the city
Artificial Moon
The Certosa del Galluzzo Monastery
Statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future
The cross on the Column of Saint Zanobi
The Column of Saint Zanobi
Via Guido Guinincelli
St Mark’s Basilica
Giotto’s bell tower
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Giotto’s bell tower
Giotto’s bell tower
Sculpture of the Blessing Christ
The coat of arms of Pope Leo XI
Brunelleschi’s dome
The Baptistery of St John the Baptist
The Baptism of Jesus
A panel from the *Gate of Paradise*
Gate of Paradise
Brunelleschi’s dome
The lantern on the dome designed by Brunelleschi
Piazza San Giovanni
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
The bas-relief by Augusto Passaglia
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
The door of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
A spire of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
The High Altar by Baccio Bandinelli
Brunelleschi’s dome frescoes
A fresco by Paolo Uccello depicting John Hawkwood
Palazzo Vecchio
Arnolfo’s Tower
Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini
The severed head of Medusa held aloft by ‘Perseus’
Small bronze statue
The body of the jellyfish beheaded by Perseus
Flamino Vacca’s Lion
The lion standing guard at the Loggia dei Lanzi
Hercules with the Centaur Nessus

Panoramic view of the city and Giotto’s bell tower from the lantern of Brunelleschi’s dome

The light sculpture “Artificial Moon” by the artist Wang Yu Yang in the inner courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi

The Certosa del Galluzzo monastery, which stands on Mount Acuto, as seen from Via della Buca di Certosa

A statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, (240 cm high) and the light sculpture “Artificial Moon” in the inner courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi

The cross on the Column of San Zanobi, in Piazza San Giovanni, with the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore in the background

The 14th-century column of San Zanobi in Piazza San Giovanni, surmounted by a cross, with the Opera di San Giovanni building visible in the background to the left

Via Guido Guinincelli, a suburban road situated to the north of the city

The neoclassical façade of St Mark’s Basilica and the former convent next to it

Piazza del Duomo and the white, green and red marble used in the bas-reliefs on Giotto’s bell tower

Piazza del Duomo and the neo-Gothic façade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, designed by the architect Emilio De Fabris in 1871

Giotto’s bell tower and the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, 84.75 metres high, in Piazza del Duomo

Giotto’s bell tower in Piazza del Duomo, designed and begun by Giotto, continued by Andrea Pisano and completed by Francesco Talenti

Sculpture of the Blessing Christ situated in the tympanum of the spire, above the door of the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

On the left is the coat of arms of Pope Leo XI, a member of the Medici family, on the north corner of the Archbishop’s Palace in Piazza San Giovanni

On the left, Brunelleschi’s majestic dome, completed on 1 August 1436, and on the right, the façade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

The Baptistery of St John the Baptist, with an octagonal plan, clad in green Prato marble and white Carrara marble

Sculpture depicting the Baptism of Jesus, by Andrea Sansovino (1502), with a sculpture of an angel on the left, by Innocenzo Spinazzi (1792)

A panel from the Porta del Paradiso in Piazza San Giovanni, depicting a scene from the Old Testament, specifically certain episodes from the life of Joseph

Four gold panels from the Gates of Paradise, created by Lorenzo Ghiberti in the 15th century, depicting scenes from the Old Testament

On the left is Brunelleschi’s dome, topped by the lantern, and on the right is Giotto’s bell tower, characterised by mullioned windows and pilasters at the corners

The lantern atop Brunelleschi’s dome, surmounted by a cross and a golden ball

Panoramic view of Piazza San Giovanni with the Baptistery of San Giovanni (left), the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and Giotto’s bell tower

On the left, the façade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Piazza San Giovanni, clad in polychrome marble; behind it, Brunelleschi’s great dome; and on the right, the mullioned windows of Giotto’s bell tower

Piazza San Giovanni and the bas-relief by Augusto Passaglia entitled “The Glory of Mary”, situated in the tympanum of the central gable above the main portal

The imposing façade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, inaugurated on 12 May 1887 based on the original design by Emilio De Fabris, and Giotto’s bell tower

One of the scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary, carved on the central bronze door of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, by the sculptor Augusto Passaglia

A spire with the Star of David at its centre, situated on the left-hand side of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Piazza San Giovanni

The three naves of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, flanked by large composite pillars

The chancel and high altar by Baccio Bandinelli in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, set on an octagonal platform

The frescoes on Brunelleschi’s dome in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, depicting Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Judgement’

A fresco by Paolo Uccello depicting an equestrian portrait of John Hawkwood (known in Italy as Giovanni Acuto) in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

The 14th-century Palazzo Vecchio and the 95-metre-high tower designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, in Piazza della Signoria

The belfry of Arnolfo’s Tower at Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria, featuring Ghibelline swallow-tailed battlements and a golden marzocco at the top

Bronze statue of ‘Perseus’ by Benvenuto Cellini (3.20 m high), depicting him holding aloft the severed head of Medusa, situated in the Loggia della Signoria

The severed head of Medusa, held aloft by ‘Perseus’, displayed in the Loggia della Signoria (a bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini) in Piazza della Signoria

A small bronze statue situated in a niche in the plinth of Cellini’s statue of Perseus, located in the Loggia della Signoria in Piazza della Signoria

The body of Medusa, beheaded by Perseus, with snakes emerging from her body, set upon a white marble plinth decorated with ram’s heads

The marble lion by Flamino Vacca (1600), situated in the Loggia della Signoria, with the Palazzo Vecchio in the background

The marble lion, standing guard at the entrance to the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria, sculpted by Flamino Vacca in 1600

Detail of the marble sculpture group ‘Hercules with the Centaur Nessus’ by Giambologna (Jean de Boulogne), situated in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria

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