Piazzale Michelangelo, with a view on Firenze, e la campanile di Santa Croce

Piazzale Michelangelo | Magnificent view over Florence's most iconic landmarks, Palazzo Vecchio and the Duomo

Florence is filled with many other churches stuffed with some of the finest art in the world: San Miniato al Monte, San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella, Santa Trinita, the Brancacci Chapel at Santa Maria della Carmine, Santo Spirito, SS Annunziata, Ognissanti, and Santa Croce.

A greenery and pleasant walk takes you from Ponte Vecchio to Piazzale Michelangelo, with its breathtaking views over the city of Florence and the reproduction of David, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo.

From Ponte Vecchio to Piazzale Michelangelo and back

On top of the Piazzale Michelangelo you can enjoy the most beautiful panorama of the city, with views of the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, the Uffizi, Santa Croce and the Palazzo Vecchio. In her fascinating and highly informative biography of Florence, The Stones of Florence, Mary McCarthy writes: «Viewed from across the river, at Piazzale Michelangelo, where a copy of ‘David’, the Giant-Killer, stands, Florence appears a level city, whose uniform low sky line is only broken by the civic tower of Palazzo Vecchio, by the Bargello, by the three great domes of Brunelleschi – the Duomo, San Lorenzo, and Santo Spirito – and by the bell towers of the Duomo, the Badia, and of the two churches of the preaching orders – Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce. From the time of Arnolfo di Cambio, who began work on the Duomo in 1296, just after the fall of the second democracy, a characteristic trait of Florentine.»[2]

Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Ponte Vecchio, degli Uffizi e Palazzo Vecchio [1]
Florence, Photo gallery

Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence's most beautiful terrace, with a view on Oltrarno and San Niccolo (with Santo Spirito, Santa Camine and the Ponte Vecchio)	Piazzale Michelangelo [Magnificent View on Ponte Vecchio]	Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore

Piazzale Michelangelo	Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Ponte Vecchio e di Palazzo Vecchio	Piazzale Michelangelo al tramonto, con veduta del Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore, degli Uffizi, di Santa Croce e di Palazzo Vecchio

Firenze, Giardino Bardini - Vista nord verso il Duomo	Firenze al mattino, vista da Piazzale MIchelangelo	Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore e Santa Croce


Transport Timetables and routes - ATAF \| Map You can view the bus routes at the Florence transit site: www.ataf.net/en/ataf.aspx?idC=2&LN=en-US
		Bus trasport in Florence

[1] Foto di i Rufus46, licenziato in base ai termini della licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 3.0 Unported. [2] Mary McCarthy, The Stones of Florence, Harcourt Brace International (1998), pp. 224-227.