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Boboli Gardens

The Boboli Gardens is a park in Florence, Italy, that is home to a collection of sculptures dating from the 16th through the 18th centuries, with some Roman antiquities.

Located at 43.7625, 11.2482 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Florence, Dacia in art, Gardens in Italy, Italian Renaissance gardens, Landscape design history, Visitor attractions in Florence

San Felice, Florence

The Chiesa di San Felice (Church of St Felix) is a church in Florence, Italy. It is located on the south bank of the River Arno, just west of the Pitti Palace. It is predominantly Gothic, but has a Renaissance façade by Michelozzo, added in 1457. Over the high altar is a large Crucifix attributed to Giotto or his school.

Located at 43.765, 11.2476 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Florence

Villa del Poggio Imperiale

Villa del Poggio Imperiale is a predominantly neoclassical former grand ducal villa in Arcetri, just to the south of Florence in Tuscany, central Italy. Beginning as a villa of the Baroncelli of Florence, it was seized by the Medici, became the home of a homicidal and unfaithful husband, and a lavish retreat for a Grand Duchess with imperial pretensions.

Located at 43.7492, 11.2474 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1625, Houses completed in 1776, Villas in Florence, Medici villas, Neoclassical architecture in Italy

La Specola

Museum of Zoology and Natural History, best known as La Specola, is a museum in Florence, central Italy, located next to the Pitti Palace. The name Specola means observatory, a reference to the astronomical observatory founded there in 1790. It now forms part of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze. The museum has deep ties with history; parts of the collection can be traced back to the Medici Family. It is known for its collection of wax anatomical models from the 18th century.

Located at 43.7645, 11.2473 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Florence, Natural history museums in Italy

Galluzzo

Galluzzo is a suburb of Florence, Italy, located in the southern extremity of the Florentine commune. It is known for the celebrated Carthusian monastery, the Galluzzo or Florence Charterhouse (Certosa di Firenze or Certosa del Galluzzo), which was founded in 1342 by Niccolò Acciaioli.

Located at 43.7333, 11.2167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Districts of Florence, Former municipalities of Tuscany

L'Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata

L'Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata was the first female boarding school in Florence, founded for the daughters of Marquis Gino Capponi. The Institute was created in 1823, to educate aristocratic and noble girls, under the patronage of Maria Anna of Saxony and Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The original building was in the via della Scala, Florence. In 1865 it moved to the Villa del Poggio Imperiale overlooking Florence where it remains in situ today.

Located at 43.7492, 11.2474 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Private schools in Italy, Girls' schools in Italy

Casa Guidi

Casa Guidi is the fifteenth-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, in which the piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861. After their son Pen's death in 1912, the apartment was bought by several Browning enthusiasts. By that time, Casa Guidi was in poor shape, and the apartment retained hardly any furniture or paintings.

Located at 43.7653, 11.248 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Historic house museums in Italy, Landmark Trust properties in Italy, Museums in Florence

Villa Feri

Villa Feri is a villa in Florence, central Italy. It is known as "gentleman's villa" (villa da seniore) already in the 15th century. The first known documents about this villa date back to 1472, when Agostino di Lotto Tanini and Agnolo di Zanobi Da Diacceto sold it to Bernardo d'Antonio degli Alberti. In 1481 it became property of the brothers Agnolo and Benedetto Bartolomei, then, at the beginiing of the 16th century, was acquired by Raffaello and Miniato Miniati.

Located at 43.7456, 11.2332 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Villa Romana prize

The Villa Romana Prize, which has been awarded since 1905, is the oldest German art prize. The Villa Romana was acquired in 1905 by Max Klinger for 60,000 gold liras. Klinger then arranged for the German Künstlerbund where artists stayed, in particular the scholars of the Villa Romana Prize. In 1906 in Leipzig, the Villa Romana club, founded by Klinger, earned the Künstlerhaus Villa Romana. In 1926 the club was re-established. The club changed status into a foundation, based in Düsseldorf.

Located at 43.7542, 11.2392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Awards established in 1905, German art, Art awards, German awards

Cimitero degli Allori

Cimitero degli Allori, Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, (The Evangelical Cemetery of Laurels) is located in Florence, Italy, between 'Due Strade' and Galluzzo.

Located at 43.7473, 11.2303 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Florence, 1860 establishments

Santa Elisabetta delle Convertite

The church of Santa Elisabetta delle Convertite is an ancient church on via de' Serragli in Florence, Italy. The church was built in 1330 as part of a Monastery, founded in 1285 by a brother of Beata Umiliana de' Cerchi. The monastery was meant to house penitent prostitutes, who had decided to convert to a more moral lifestyle, as a plaque on via del Campuccio, on the wall of the former convent, declares. The monastery belonged to the third order of Franciscans.

Located at 43.7654, 11.2443 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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