Renaissance Masterpieces North of the Duomo

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Chiostro dello Scalzo

   ~1 hr here

   Chiostro dello Scalzo is a small cloister whose walls preserve an important fresco cycle from the former home of a religious confraternity.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Ex convento di San Marco

   ~3 min here

   Ex convento di San Marco is the monumental part of a former Dominican convent, now an art museum, and its Renaissance architecture was created by Michelozzo.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Spedale degli Innocenti

   ~3 min here

   Spedale degli Innocenti is a historic building created as a foundling hospital, and its façade still presents the purpose that shaped it.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Galleria dell'Accademia

   ~1 hr here

   The Galleria dell'Accademia is an art museum whose most famous resident is Michelangelo’s David.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

   ~1 hr here

   The Museo dell’Opera del Duomo is the museum preserving original artworks made for Florence Cathedral, the Baptistery, and Giotto’s campanile.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Palazzo del Bargello

   ~1 hr here

   Palazzo del Bargello is a medieval civic building that now houses Florence’s national museum of sculpture.

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