The Palazzo dell’Arte della Lana, already Compiobbesi tower , is located in Florence, opposite the church of Orsanmichele, in a block of Via Calimala via Orsanmichele and street della Lana. Today it is owned by the Italian Dante Society . The Palazzo dell’Arte della Lana is among the best preserved ancient towers of Florence. Communicates […]
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Orsanmichele Church, formerly known also of San Michele in Orto, is located in Florence and was a lodge built originally for the corn market, later transformed into a church of the Arts, the ancient Florentine guilds.
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La Loggia del Bigallo is a late Gothic building in Florence, Italy. The building housed the Compagnia della Misericordia, which commissioned the structure, probably the architect-sculptor Alberto Arnoldi, and was built in 1352-1358. The open loggia served to shelter the lost children who were abandoned. In 1425, the Compagnia di Santa Maria del Bigallo moved […]
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The Museum of the Works of the Cathedral is a museum of Florence, on the north side of the Piazza del Duomo. Collecting works of art of the sacred complex of the Cathedral of Florence, the bell tower of Giotto and the Baptistery, with several Gothic and Renaissance statues. Among the most important works, works […]
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The Baptistery of San Giovanni in Corte, or Ritondo of Pistoia, is on the Cathedral Square, opposite the cathedral, in the space of the old curtis regia. The name comes from the ancient church of Santa Maria in Corte, the Lombard period. Its reconstruction in its current form with an octagonal base was launched from […]
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