Basilica of San Lorenzo
9 Piazza di San Lorenzo, Centro Storico, Florence, 50123, Italy
The Medici family's parish church has an unfinished brick facade, and that's one of the most fascinating things about it.
Basilica of Santa Croce
16 Piazza di Santa Croce, Centro Storico, Florence, 50122, Italy
They call it the Temple of Italian Glories, which sounds grandiose until you realize Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini are all buried here, in the same building, steps from each other.
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
18 Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Centro Storico, Florence, 50123, Italy
The facade of Santa Maria Novella is a Renaissance geometry lesson in green and white marble, designed by Leon Battista Alberti in the 1450s and so mathematically precise that art historians have spent centuries measuring its proportional ratios.
Orsanmichele
1 Via dell'Arte della Lana, Centro Storico, Florence, 50123, Italy
This is the strangest church in Florence, and that's because it wasn't built as a church at all.
San Miniato al Monte
34 Via delle Porte Sante, Centro Storico, Florence, 50125, Italy
If Piazzale Michelangelo gives you the postcard view, San Miniato al Monte — perched just above it — gives you the spiritual one.
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