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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Piazza di Santa Maria Novella. Map
1 B5 (5 B1). Church: Tel 055 21 92
57. Open 9am–5:30pm daily (from
11am Fri, 1pm Sun; Apr–Oct: to
7pm; Jul & Aug: to 6:30pm Sat &
Sun). & 5 Museo: Tel 055 28 21
87. Open 9am–5:30pm Sat–Thu
(from 1:30pm Sun). Last adm: 30
mins before closing. Closed 1 Jan,
Easter, 1 May, 15 Aug, 8 & 25 Dec. &
Transport
@ C2, D. Ghirlandaio’s Madonna della Misericordia (1472) in Ognissanti
s Palazzo Antinori f Museo Nazionale
Piazza Antinori 3. Map 1 C5 (5 C2). Alinari della
Closed to the public. Cantinetta Fotografia
Antinori: Tel 055 29 22 34. Open
12:30–2:30pm, 7–10:30pm Mon–Fri. Piazza Santa Maria Novella 14ar.
Map 1 B5 (5 B2). Tel 055 21 63 10.
Palazzo Antinori was built in Closed for renovation. & 8 =
1461–6 and is one of the finest ∑ mnaf.it
small Renaissance palazzi in
Florence. It was acquired by The Alinari brothers began
the Antinoris in 1506 and has taking pictures of Florence in
remained with the family ever the 1840s. They supplied high­
since. The dynasty produces a quality postcards and prints
range of wines, oils and liqueurs to visitors to Florence in the
that can be sampled – along 19th century. The exhibits offer
with fine Tuscan dishes – in the a vivid insight into the social
Cantinetta Antinori, the wine history of Florence at that
bar off the main courtyard. time. The museum also houses
a collection of cameras,
documents and objects
d Palazzo Rucellai that illustrate the history
of photography.
Via della Vigna Nuova 16. Map 1 C5
(5 B3). Closed to the public.
Built in 1446–51, this is one g Ognissanti
of the most ornate Renaissance Borgo Ognissanti 42. Map 1 B5 (5 A2).
palaces in the city. It was Tel 055 239 87 00. Church: Open
commissioned by Giovanni 7am–12:30pm, 4–8pm daily.
Rucellai, whose enormous 7 Ghirlandaio’s The Last Supper:
wealth derived from the import Open 9am–noon Mon, Tue, Sat.
of a rare and costly red dye
made from lichen found Ognissanti, or All Saints, was the
only on the Spanish island parish church of the Vespucci,
of Majorca. The precious one of whose members,
dye was called oricello, the 15th­century navigator
from which the name Amerigo, gave his name to the
Rucellai is derived. New World. The young Amerigo
Giovanni commissioned is depicted in Ghirlandaio’s
several buildings from the fresco of the Madonna della
architect Leon Battista Misericordia (1472) in the
Alberti, who designed this second chapel on the right;
palace as a virtual text­ Ghirlandaio’s The Last Supper
Cappella Tornabuoni book illustration of the (1480) can be seen in the
Ghirlandaio’s famous fresco cycle, major Classical orders. The pal­ convent next door.
The Life of John the Baptist (1485), az zo used to house the Museo In a chapel to the left of the
peoples the biblical episodes Alinari, but the col lec tion has transept hangs the 14th­century,
with Florentine aristocrats in moved to Piazza Santa Maria 5 m­ (16 ft­) high Ognissanti
contemporary dress. Novella and is being renovated. Crucifix by Giotto di Bondone.

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