Visiting Florence.. you will find some of the most beautiful churches

Walking through the streets of the city will be able to discover or rediscover the most beautiful churches ranging from Gothic to Renaissance, the roman-gothic, in whose inside you can admire masterpieces of art.

                                                    Church of Santa Maria Novella

The church dates back between 1246 and 1360 and has, outside, the style is Romanesque with white and green marble (1470) work of Alberti while inside the style is Gothic, the ancient Dominican Basilica was redesigned at the end of 1200, in Romanesque Gothic style. Inside the church you can admire masterpieces as crucifixes by Giotto and Brunelleschi, Masaccio's Trinity, Renaissance pictorial cycles of Ghirlandaio and Filippino Lippi. In the sacristy are restored Crucifix by Giotto for the Convent, in the Cloister frescoes are visible in the green earth, by Paolo Uccello.

                                                      St Mark's Church

The church has a beautiful facade, for Cosimo II Vecchio, in 1437, the church and the monastery was rebuilt by Michelozzo and decorations to Beato Angelico and collaborators, in 1777 became the façade in neo-classical style. In its interior can admire the large crucifix (1355) school of Orcagna, the Transfiguration (1596) by Giovanni Battista Paggi, the Crucifix by Beato Angelico and beautiful decorations by various authors. Next to the church you can visit the Museum of the Convent of San Marco with many masterpieces of art.

                                         Church of Santa Maria in Fiore Florence Cathedral

The church was built over the remains of the church of Santa Reparata, is the third largest church in the world after St. Peter's in Rome and St. Paul's in London, and was dedicated in 1412 in Santa Maria del Fiore, perhaps alluding to the Florentine lily symbol of Florence. The stained glass windows, Florentine art of the early Renaissance, were created by Donatello, Ghiberti, Paolo Uccello and Andrea Del Castagno; the interior retains the Politic of Santa Reparata (Giotto and his pupils), the Equestrian Monument to Sir John Hawkwood (Paolo Uccello), and the marvelous dome with the Last Judgment (Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari). The stupendous Cupola of Brunelleschi and Giotto's bell tower are open to visitors to admire the beautiful panorama of Florence; in front of the cathedral is the Baptistery with the Gates of Paradise. On Easter Sunday you repeat the classic explosion of the cart and the flight of the dove tradition of Florence.

                                                      Church of San Lorenzo

It’s the oldest church in Florence at the behest of the Medici family who frequented as a parish of family, in 1419 made ​​it broaden by Brunelleschi making it a masterpiece as one sees now. In the interior, among other things, we can see the two bronze pulpits of works by Donatello, depicting scenes from the life of Christ and the Resurrection and the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (1569). The Medici Chapels form part of the church complex and it was Cardinal Giulio de Medici, the future Pope Clement VII, to want to remember the great Medici family. The chapels are divided into three distinct parts: the crypt, the chapel and the sacristy of the principles, the statues above the sarcophagi are wonderful as the Allegories of Time, the Sunset and Sunrise, Night and Day and the group with the Virgin Mary with Jesus in her lap.

                                                       Church of the Holy Spirit

The church is considered to be one of the main monuments of Florence, was designed by Brunelleschi and on the inside there numerous works of art such as the Pietà (1549) by Giovanni di Baccio Bigio, the altarpiece depicting the expulsion of the merchants from the Temple (1572), the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Thomas and Peter, a nativity scene of the school of Ghirlandaio. Also worth seeing the Sacristy little gem of the Renaissance period in which he lived for a short
period, Michelangelo following the death of his father. In this path can be admired squares where there are the churches and other places where you can reach important of Florence, to admire it in a suggestive way you must go to Piazzale Michelangelo, Belvedere, whose vision goes from Holy Cross to riversides, the bridges of Florence in sequence, in practice from here you the whole city, at sunset and in the evening the scenario is unique as it is only the city itself.