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j Santo Spirito
Piazza di Santo Spirito 30. Map 3 B2
(5 B4). @ D. Tel 055 21 00 30.
Open 9:30am–12:30pm, 4–5:30pm
A r n o
Mon–Sat; 11:30am–12:30pm &
4–5:30pm Sun. Closed Wed.
The Augustinian foundation of
this church dates from 1250. The
Locator Map present building, dominating the
See Florence Street Finder maps 3, 5 northern end of the pretty Piazza
di Santo Spirito, was designed
by the architect Brunelleschi
The 16th-century fountain and in 1435, but not completed
gargoyle in Piazza de’ Frescobaldi Ponte Vecchio until the late 15th century.

were designed by Buontalenti, as
The unfinished, modest façade
P I Z Z A D E ’ F R E S C O B A L D I was the façade (1593–4) of (see p289) was added in the 18th century.
the nearby church of
Inside, the harmony of the
Santa Trinità.
proportions has been some-
what spoiled by the elaborate
Baroque baldacchino and the
High Altar, which was finished
in 1607 by Giovanni Caccini.
V I A T O S C A N E L L A V. D I R A M A G L I A N T I decorated with 15th- and
The church has 38 side altars,
B O R G O S A N J A C O P O
16th-century Renaissance
paintings and sculpture, among
them works by Cosimo Rosselli,
Domenico Ghirlandaio and
VIA DE’ VELLUTINI
V I A D E’ G U I CC I A R D I N I Palazzo Filippino Lippi. The latter
painted a magnificent Madonna
and Child (1466) for the Nerli
Chapel in the south transept.
Guicciardini
In the north aisle, a door
was the
birthplace
beneath the organ leads to
of historian
Francesco a vestibule with an ornate
V I A S G U A Z Z A
coffered ceiling. It was designed
Guicciardini. by Simone del Pollaiuolo, more
commonly known as Cronaca,
in 1491. The sacristy adjoining
the vestibule, in which 12 huge
columns are crammed into a
tiny space, was designed by
Giuliano da Sangallo in 1489.
S D R U CC I O LO D E ’ P I T T I
P I A Z Z A D E ’ P I T T I
k . Palazzo Pitti
Several museums are contained in this massive
palazzo, including an outstanding collection
of paintings. This painting of Palazzo Pitti is by
Giusto Utens (1599).
Key
Suggested route
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Interior of Santo Spirito with
0 yards 100 colonnaded aisle

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