The bars and terraces that are mainly visited by the working locals in the morning and at noon, are populated by young people in the evening. In this district you will also find the only city beach of Firenze, la spiaggia sull'Arno, where you can sunbathe in the summer. River Urban Beach Terrazza Marasco is a great place to enjoy a relaxing, open-air sunset along the river banks.
From there you can walk up from Porto San Niccolò along the Viale Giuseppe Poggi, or climbing the stairs of Scalea del Monte alle Croci.
From the garden 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.
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Giuseppe Poggi and the urban renewal of Florence |
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Giuseppe Poggi (3 April 1811 – 19 March 1901) was an Italian architect, mainly active in Tuscany. A native of Florence, he received numerous commissions from the city's upper bourgeoisie for renovations of palaces and gardens.
From 1864 he designed the city's urban renovation, which included the demolition of the walls, and the creation of the Viali di Circonvallazione to encircle the city.
Giuseppe Poggi died at Florence in 1901.
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 Viale dei Colli and panorama of Florence in a nineteenth-century photo
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Sommer, Giorgio (1834-1914) - n. 3516 - Firenze - Piazza Michelangelo
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La rampa di San Niccolò, [Archivo Alinari]. Nel riquadro la basilica di San Miniato, la chiesa ed il convento di San Salvatore ed il Piazzale Michelangelo collegato al Lungarno attraverso le Rampe [Foto di Giacomo Brogi]
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Tivoli, parco divertimenti realizzato nel 1869 sul Viale de' Colli fra Porta Romana e il Piazzale Galileo a Firenze |
Florence, Photo gallery
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Piazzale Michelangelo [Magnificent View on Ponte Vecchio]
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Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore |
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Panoramic view from Piazzale Michelangelo on Santa Croce |
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Piazzale Michelangelo |
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Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Ponte Vecchio e di Palazzo Vecchio
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Fontane delle Rampe del Poggi, Firenze |
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Giardino delle Rose, Oltrarno, Firenze
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Piazzale Michelangelo al tramonto
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Walking in Florence | Strolling from Ponte Vecchio to Piazzale Michelangelo
Beautiful walk in one of the most authentic neighborhoods of Firenze, San Niccolò. The atmosphere of an authentic Florentine neighborhood still remains here.
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Giardino Bardini, View east inbetween Porta San Niccolo and Piazzale Michelangelo
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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
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Bus trasport in Florence
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[1] Giacomo Brogi created his first studio in Corso Tintori, in Florence in 1864. He began traveling around Italy and later traveled to the Middle East in 1868 including Palestine, Egypt and Syria. Brogi was associated with the Photographic Society of Italy. The factory was located on the Lungarno delle Grazie, 15, in Florence. There were shops located in
Florence (Via Tornabuoni 1), Naples (Via Chiatamone 19 bis) and Rome (Via del Corso 419). After death, his son Carlo continued his photographic work.
Further reading: "Catalogo delle fotografie pubblicate dalla ditta Giacomo Brogi, fotografo editore. Italia settentrionale: pitture, vedute, sculture, etc." Firenze: Brogi, 1926.
[2] Agostini, G. & Casagli, Nicola & Delmonaco, Giuseppe & Fanti, Riccardo & Focardi, P. & Margottini, Claudio. (2002). Landslide Monitoring and Cultural Heritage At Risk: The Case Study of San Miniato Hill In Florence.
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Giacomo Brogi (1822-1881), Panorama di Firenze. Stereofotografia. Numero di catalogo: 3011 |
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Bibliography
Giuseppe Poggi, Sui lavori per l'ingrandimento di Firenze, G. Barbèra, 1882
Piazzale Michelangelo | Poggi and the finer points of Florence’s picturesque square
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