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CITY CENTRE NORTH
Santissima Annunziata
The Medici funded the rebuilding of this
church, begun in 1444 by Michelozzo. The
atrium was frescoed by Andrea del Sarto
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CITY CENTRE
WEST
CITY CENTRE
EAST
LOCATOR MAP
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Giardino dei Semplici
Research into plant
remedies has been under-
taken here since 1543
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Spedale degli Innocenti
The city orphanage
(see
pp48-9)
was Brunelleschi's
first completed Classical
design. Andrea della Robbia
added cameos of swaddled
infants in the 1480s, as an
inspiration to charity
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PIAZZA DELLA
SANTISSIMA
ANNUNZIATA
Museo Archeologico
Etruscan vases and
bronzes form part of
this major collection
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Grand Duke Ferdinando I
was Giambologna's last
statue and was cast by Tacca
in 1608, using the bronze from
cannons captured as battle
trophies by the Tuscan navy.
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