Piazzale Michelangelo


Santo Spirito

Fondazione Salvatore Romano

Andrea Orcagna, Cenacolo, Crocifissione e ultima cena

Giardino Bardini


San Miniato al Monte


Cimitero delle Porte Sante


Walking in Florence

From Ponte Vecchio to Piazzale Michelangelo

 

 

 

 

 





 
Il Palio di Siena

Giacomo Brogi (1822-1881), A view of Florence. Stereo card. Catalogue # 3011

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Giacomo Brogi (1822-1881), A view of Florence. Stereo card. Catalogue # 3011 [1]

 

Toacana ] Galleria di immagini  
     
   

Piazzale Michelangelo | The Viale ei Colli, Florence

   
   

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, Santa Croce, Santo Spirito and more.

San Miniato al Monte


In the second half of the 18th century, when Florence became capital of the Reign of Italy, following the experience of urban planning from other large European cities, a wide hillside boulevard (viale dei Colli) was built; as a consequence the geomorphological and hydrological conditions of the hill were deeply changed. The boulevard was planned in order to provide a comfortable access, both on foot and by carriage, to the several monuments sited on the hill. A monumental staircase (1865-1876) was built to reach the hilltop and monuments as the complex of the Romanesque Basilica of San Miniato al Monte (11th century) with the annexed Palazzo dei Vescovi (14th century) and the surrounding monumental cemetery of Porte Sante (1854); the whole complex is surrounded by the fortification system designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti [2].


   
   

Map of the Viale dei Colli, connecting Porta Romana and the San Niccolò bridge| Enlarge map


 
   

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.

 

Giuseppe Poggi and the urban renewal of Florence

   
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.


Viale dei Colli and panorama of Florence in a nineteenth-century photoViale dei Colli and panorama of Florence in a nineteenth-century photo

 

Sommer, Giorgio (1834-1914) - n. 3516 - Firenze - Piazza Michelangelo   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]

  Tivoli, parco divertimenti realizzato nel 1869 sul Viale de' Colli fra Porta Romana e il Piazzale Galileo a Firenze

Sommer, Giorgio (1834-1914) - n. 3516 - Firenze - Piazza Michelangelo

 

 

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]

  Tivoli, parco divertimenti realizzato nel 1869 sul Viale de' Colli fra Porta Romana e il Piazzale Galileo a Firenze

Galleria fotografica Siena

Florence, Photo gallery



   
Piazzale Michelangelo [Magnificent View on Ponte Vecchio]   Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore   Panoramic view from Piazzale Michelangelo on Santa Croce

Piazzale Michelangelo [Magnificent View on Ponte Vecchio]

 

 

Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore

 

Panoramic view from Piazzale Michelangelo on Santa Croce

Florence, Italy - panoramio (86)   Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Ponte Vecchio e di Palazzo Vecchio   Fontane delle Rampe del Poggi, Firenze

Piazzale Michelangelo

 

Piazzale Michelangelo, con veduta del Ponte Vecchio e di Palazzo Vecchio

  Fontane delle Rampe del Poggi, Firenze
San Miniato al Monte, Cimitero Porte Sante   Giardino delle Rose, Oltrarno, Firenze   Piazzale Michelangelo al tramonto
San Miniato al Monte, Cimitero Porte Sante  

Giardino delle Rose, Oltrarno, Firenze

 

Piazzale Michelangelo al tramonto

 

       
         
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.

  Giardino Bardini, View east inbetween Porta San Niccolo and Piazzale Michelangelo
   

Giardino Bardini, View east inbetween Porta San Niccolo and Piazzale Michelangelo

 

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 transport in Florence

     

Bus trasport in Florence

 

[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.

 

 

Brogi, panorama di via de' colli.JPG

Giacomo Brogi (1822-1881), Panorama di Firenze. Stereofotografia. Numero di catalogo: 3011
       

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 | www.theflorentine.net