Convento di San Domenico
Not far from the Mongolfiera B&B one can visit the historic Convent of San Domenico found halfway between Florence and Fiesole.
The convent was founded in 1405 by the Domenican Friar Giovani Dominici and the Bishop of Fiesole Jacopo Altoviti, both coming from the convent of Santa Maria Novella in the center of Florence.
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Piazza Michelangelo and San Miniato Church
Piazza Michelangelo, found above the city of Florence, is surely the most famous spots of the city for a picture postcard view of the churches, monuments, roof-tops, and bridges that represent the world renown city of art which is Florence. The piazza was designed and built by a project due to the architect Giuseppe Poggi in 1865 the same year that Florence became capital of Italy...
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Palazzo Pitti
Pitti is quite a famous name in Florence and the Pitti Palace is living proof of its historical fame along with the once exquisite Boboli Gardens that are found behind it.
Luca Pitti, wealthy banker and friend of another notorious Florentine name; Medici, precisely Cosimo de' Medici, decided to construct a palace that would out shadow that of his friend's Medici Palace, so starting in the mid 1400's...
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