Italy
Things to do in Florence
36 places20 stories3 routes
Sightlore has 36 places to explore in Florence, and 20 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Florence's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
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Florence Baptistery
The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John, is a religious building in Florence, Italy.
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Palazzo Vecchio
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.
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Florence Cathedral
Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy.
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Orsanmichele
Orsanmichele, Or San Michele or Orsammichele is a communal building and church in the Italian city of Florence. Its uniqueness as an architectural construction lies not only in its multifunctionality as grain market, granary and oratory.
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Museum of San Marco
Museo Nazionale di San Marco is an art museum housed in the monumental section of the medieval Dominican convent of San Marco dedicated to St Mark, situated on the present-day Piazza San Marco, in Florence, a region of Tuscany, Italy.
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Galleria dell'Accademia
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze ('gallery of the academy of Florence') is an art museum in Florence, in Tuscany in central Italy.
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Boboli Gardens
The Boboli Gardens is a large park in Florence, originally designed as the garden of the Medici family's Pitti Palace in the mid-16th century. It is an important early Italian garden which influenced aristocratic gardens across Europe.
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San Miniato al Monte
San Miniato al Monte ("St. Minias on the Mountain") is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city.
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Brancacci Chapel
The Brancacci Chapel (in Italian, "Cappella dei Brancacci") is a chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, central Italy.
Discovery routes in Florence
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Florence: Heart of the Renaissance
From Brunelleschi's dome to the Baptistery, Orsanmichele, Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio.
Florence: In the Footsteps of the Medici
From the Accademia and Michelangelo's David to San Marco, the Medici Palace, San Lorenzo, the Medici Chapels and Santa Maria Novella.
Florence: Santa Croce and the Oltrarno
From Santa Croce across the river: Palazzo Pitti, the Boboli Gardens, Santo Spirito, the Brancacci Chapel, Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria is a W-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Central Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio.
Ponte Vecchio
The Ponte Vecchio is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.
Piazzale Michelangelo
Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square) is a square with a panoramic view of Florence, Italy, located in the Oltrarno district.
Teatro della Pergola
The Teatro della Pergola, sometimes known as just La Pergola, is a historic opera house in Florence, Italy. It is located in the centre of the city on the Via della Pergola, from which the theatre takes its name.
Museums
Florence Cathedral
Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy.
Palazzo Vecchio
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.
Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
Galleria dell'Accademia
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze ('gallery of the academy of Florence') is an art museum in Florence, in Tuscany in central Italy.
Museum of San Marco
Museo Nazionale di San Marco is an art museum housed in the monumental section of the medieval Dominican convent of San Marco dedicated to St Mark, situated on the present-day Piazza San Marco, in Florence, a region of Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
The Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it, is a 15th-century Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy.
Basilica of San Lorenzo
The Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of Saint Lawrence) is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the main market district of the city, and it is the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to…
Medici Chapels
The Medici Chapels are two chapels built between the 16th and 17th centuries as an extension to the Basilica of San Lorenzo, in the Italian city of Florence.
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
Santa Maria Novella is a Dominican church in Florence. It is considered the most important Romano-Gothic church in Tuscany and is a World Heritage Site. Its construction started in 1290 and it took almost 200 years to be completed.
Basilica of Santa Croce
The Basilica di Santa Croce (Italian for 'Basilica of the Holy Cross') is a minor basilica and the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy.
Palazzo Pitti
The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly in the Renaissance style, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio.
Brancacci Chapel
The Brancacci Chapel (in Italian, "Cappella dei Brancacci") is a chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, central Italy.
Bargello National Museum
The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello or Palazzo del Popolo ("Palace of the People"), is a former public building and police headquarters, later a prison, in Florence, Italy.
Casa Buonarroti
Casa Buonarroti (Good Fortune House) is a museum in Florence, Italy that is situated on property owned by the sculptor Michelangelo that he left to his nephew, Leonardo Buonarroti.
Palazzo Davanzati
Palazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.
National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum of Florence is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy.
Museo Galileo
Museo Galileo is located in Florence, Italy, in Piazza dei Giudici, along the River Arno and close to the Uffizi Gallery.
Villa La Petraia
Villa La Petraia is one of the Medici villas in Castello, Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a distinctive 19th-century belvedere on the upper east terrace on axis with the view of Florence.
Villa Medici at Careggi
The Villa Medici at Careggi is a patrician villa in the hills near Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed as Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany.
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Museum of the Works of the Cathedral) in Florence, Italy is a museum containing many of the original works of art created for Florence Cathedral, including the adjacent Florence Baptistery and Giotto's campanile.
Ognissanti Church
The chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti, or more simply chiesa di Ognissanti, is a Franciscan church located on the eponymous piazza in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Vasari Corridor
The Vasari Corridor is a 16th-century elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti.
Places of worship
Florence Baptistery
The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John, is a religious building in Florence, Italy.
Orsanmichele
Orsanmichele, Or San Michele or Orsammichele is a communal building and church in the Italian city of Florence. Its uniqueness as an architectural construction lies not only in its multifunctionality as grain market, granary and oratory.
Santo Spirito
The Basilica di Santo Spirito ("Basilica of the Holy Spirit") is a church in Florence, Italy. Usually referred to simply as Santo Spirito, it is located in the Oltrarno quarter, facing the square with the same name.
San Miniato al Monte
San Miniato al Monte ("St. Minias on the Mountain") is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city.
Pazzi Chapel
The Pazzi Chapel is a chapel located in the "first cloister" on the southern flank of the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.
Santa Maria del Carmine
Santa Maria del Carmine is a church of the Carmelite Order, in the Oltrarno district of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
Santa Trinita is a Roman Catholic church located in front of the piazza of the same name, traversed by Via de' Tornabuoni, in central Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
Santissima Annunziata
The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata (Basilica of the Most Holy Annunciation) is a Renaissance-style, Catholic minor basilica in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. This is considered the mother church of the Servite Order.
Monuments
Fountain of Neptune
The Fountain of Neptune is situated in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, near the northwest corner of the Palazzo Vecchio.
Nature
Boboli Gardens
The Boboli Gardens is a large park in Florence, originally designed as the garden of the Medici family's Pitti Palace in the mid-16th century. It is an important early Italian garden which influenced aristocratic gardens across Europe.
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