From the hill Monte alle Croci you have a nice view on the ochre-coloured town of Firenze (Florence) who brought us artists as Botticelli, Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Machiavelli, etc. When you turn around, you see the church of San Miniato (see photo), with the typical façade in white and green marble. We visited the church specially because we remembered the film Obsession (1976) of  Brian De Palma, with Geneviève Bujold and Cliff Robertson. Bujold was restoring one of the paintings in the interior.
You can reach this beautiful church via Monte alle Croce: from Piazza Ferrucci, through Viale Michelangelo and Viale Galileo.
(Photo: Chiesa di San Miniato)

Other visits we made in Firenze:

• Palazzo Pitti, a palace which houses several of Italy's most important museums
• Piazza della Signoria with the Loggia dei Lanzi (also known as the Loggia dell'Orcagna)
• Palazzo Vecchio built in the 13th/14th century
• Michelangelo's statue of David (it's a copy. The original is in the Accademia) placed in front of the Palazzo Vecchio
• Cathedral (Duomo) of Santa Maria del Fiore with the bell tower (campanile) of Giotto
• Basilica of Santa Croce, one of Italy's most beautiful Gothic churches with a façade in white and green Carrara marble

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