The Best of Renaissance Florence

Your morning or afternoon tour begins with the visit of the magnificent Old Sacristy inside the Basilica of S. Lorenzo , a square Chapel representing the ideal plan of all religious buildings, one of the important novelties of Brunelleschi's work. Then Palazzo Medici Riccardi a prototype of Renaissance architecture, Piazza S.S. Annunziata , the most elegant and representative public square in Renaissance style bordered, on a side, by the Hospital of the Innocents a children's orphanage designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, another notable example of early Italian Renaissance architecture. Continuation with the interior of the Duomo (free) to admire the grandiose Dome by Brunelleschi. You'll then see other treasures, such as Piazza Pitti , dominated by the magnificent Pitti Palace , the last residence of the Medici Family before arriving to S. Spirito , a great example of Renaissance harmony thanks to the perfect symmetry of all stylistics elements. End of the tour.