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sells top-quality antiques and
G Lisio (Via dei Fossi 41r),
makes handwoven tapestries
and rich Renaissance-style
fabrics. Attached to the
convent of the same name,
the frescoed Farmacia di Santa
Maria Novella (Via della Scala
16r) dates to the 16th century
and sells toiletries and liqueurs
made by Dominican monks.
Museo Nazionale
Alinari della
Fotografia y
Piazza Santa Maria Novella 14a.
Map 1 B5 (5 B2). Tel 055 21 63 10.
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The cloister of Ognissanti with 17th-century frescoes
Stazione di Santa
Maria Novella o
Map 1 B4 (5 B1).
second chapel on the right.
Amerigo Vespucci was the
first to realize that the land
discovered by Columbus was
a new continent, not the east-
ern shore of the Indies. He
made two voyages following
Columbus's route and,
because his letters enabled
cartographers to draw the first
maps (see p75) of the new
land, it was given his name.
Ognissanti is also the burial
place of Sandro Botticelli. His
fresco of St Augustine (1480)
can be seen on the south
wall. It is complemented by
Ghirlandaio's St Jerome (1480)
on the opposite wall.
Alongside the church is a
cloister and refectory, contain-
ing Ghirlandaio's fresco The
Last Supper (1480), with its
background of birds and trees.
10am-7pm Thu-Tue.
& 8 =
1:30-4:15am
daily. Train information
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7am-
The Alinari brothers began
taking pictures of Florence
in the 1840s, soon after the
invention of photography.
The firm they set up in 1852
specialized in supplying top-
quality prints, postcards and
art topics to foreigners who
flocked to the city during the
1800s. Today, this archive
provides a fascinating insight
into the social history of
Florence over the last 150
years. The museum also
houses a collection of
cameras, documents and
objects that illustrate the
history of photography. There
are around six temporary
exhibitions a year held here.
9pm daily. Ticket office
5:45am-11pm daily. Bag deposit
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6am-midnight daily. Assistance
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7am-9pm daily. Tel 055 235 61
20. Disabled passengers assistance
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7am-9pm daily. Tel 055 235
22 75.
8:30am-5:30pm
Mon-Sat. Chemist
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24 hrs.
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A fine example of modern
architecture in Italy, the central
railway station was designed
in 1935 by a group of Tuscan
“Functionalist” artists, including
Piero Berardi and Giovanni
Michelucci. They believed that
a building's form should reflect
its purpose. The exterior was
designed to compliment the
Gothic architecture of the city
centre, while the interior uses
metal and glass to create a
feeling of space and light.
Santa Maria
Novella i
See pp110-11.
Ognissanti u
Borgo Ognissanti 42. Map 1 B5
(5 A2). Tel 055 239 87 00.
7:45am-noon & 4:45-6:30pm
Mon-Sat.
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Fri morning and first
and last Mon of month.
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^ 7
Cenacolo del Ghirlandaio
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9am-noon Mon, Tue & Sat
(call 055 239 68 02 to book
appointments for other times).
The church of All Saints, or
Ognissanti, was the parish
church of the merchant
family of the Vespucci, one
of whose members, the 15th-
century navigator Amerigo,
gave his name to the New
World. Amerigo is depicted
in Ghirlandaio's fresco of
the Madonna della
Misericordia (1472) in the
Ghirlandaio's Madonna della Misericordia (1472) in Ognissanti, with the boy
Amerigo Vespucci
 
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