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San Miniato al Monte missed Gio o’s Crucifix and Bo icelli’s Tomb. Borgo Ognissanti, 42 ph. +39 375 5652013 chiesaognissanti.it Closed on Wednesdays 33 JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AND MUSEUM

Established in 1882 in the Ma onaia neighborhood, the Synagogue is the heart of the local Jewish community and an integral part of the city’s history. The museum showcases a rich collection of Jewish artistic ritual objects. Via Luigi Carlo Farini, 6 ph. +39 0552989879 jewishflorence.it

Closed on Saturdays TOP ATTRACTIONS 34 PONTE VECCHIO

Built in 1345, it is Europe’s oldest stone bridge. Once lined with butcher’s shops, today Ponte Vecchio is home to the city’s luxury jewelry boutiques. The Vasari Corridor, which connects Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Pi i, runs above it. During World War Two, it was the only bridge in Florence that was not destroyed by the Germans.

35 LOGGIA DEI LANZI

The monument located on Piazza della Signoria to the right of Palazzo Vecchio and next to the Uffizi Gallery, which adjoins it at the back with a terrace at the top of the Loggia dei Lanzi. It is also known as Loggia dei Priori or dell’Orcagna and houses precious works of art such as the Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini, The Rape of the Sabine Women and the Hercules and Nessus by Giambologna. Piazza della Signoria

Loggia dei Lanzi

Ponte Vecchio

36 SHOPPING

The best-known fashion houses have their boutiques and shops on Via de’ Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna. The other shopping streets are located just a few meters away from the city’s main attractions. And so, by walking from the Duomo to Piazza della Signoria, you will be able to browse and shop at the many stores along Via Calzaiuoli and Via del Corso. Be sure to

Piazza Santo Spirito

visit the Ponte Vecchio lined with sparkling jewelry shops. 37 CRAFT SHOPS

It is the other side of Florence, the traditional one, oozing with the creativity and colors of cra shops. It is Florence’s Oltrarno, the neighborhood of old arts and cra s. The San Frediano, San Niccolò and Santo Spirito areas are filled with goldsmith’s workshops that work and assemble gemstones to create unique and extraordinary jewels. 38 ANTIQUE SHOPS

Via Maggio and Via dei Fossi are the streets where the ancient techniques of etching, metalworking and furniture and frame gilding are still performed. Workshops that a ract customers from all over the world and keep the tradition of po ery, wood carving and decoration alive. 39 FORTE BELVEDERE

Besides being one of the city’s most panoramic locations, it is an architectural work designed in the late 1500s by Bernardo Buontalenti for Ferdinando I de’ Medici. It is the Vasari Corridor’s final stretch and it has been housing international contemporary art exhibitions since 2013. Via di S. Leonardo, 1 ph. +39 055 2768224 musefirenze.it Open from June to October, closed on Mondays 40 LOGGIA DEL PORCELLINO

Loggia del Porcellino is the common name for Florence’s Loggia del Mercato Nuovo, so called to distinguish it from the Mercato Vecchio, which was located in the area of today’s Piazza della Repubblica. The Loggia’s focal point has been, since 1640, the Fontana del Porcellino ( the piglet fountain), actually a replica of the seventeenth-century

Piazza del Duomo

Tower of San Niccolò