This is a list of the main architectural works in Florence , Italy by period. It also includes buildings in surrounding cities, such as Fiesole. Some structures appear two or more times, since they were built in various styles.
Image | Building | Date | Architect | Notes |
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Necropoli of Palastreto | 8th century BC | |||
Tomba della Mula | 7th century BC | Sesto Fiorentino | ||
Archaeological area of Fiesole | 3rd century - 4th century BC | Fiesole | ||
Roman Amphitheatre of Florence | 2nd century BC | |||
Archaeological excavations of Santa Reparata | 4th-5th century AD. | |||
Torre della Pagliazza | Perhaps 6th century, later 10-11th century AD |
Image | Building | Date | Architect | Notes |
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Badia di San Salvatore | 10th century | Scandicci | ||
Badia Fiorentina | 10th century and 1282–1335 | |||
Church of Santi Apostoli | 10-11th century | |||
Baptistery of San Giovanni | 11th-14th century | |||
Church of San Miniato al Monte | 1018–1207 | |||
Cathedral of Fiesole | 1024–1028 | Fiesole | ||
Badia Fiesolana | 1025–1028 | Fiesole | ||
Church of San Salvatore al Vescovo | 10th century | |||
Church of Santa Maria Maggiore | 10th-13th century | |||
Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte | 11th-12th century | |||
Church of San Michele a San Salvi | 11th-16th century | |||
Church of San Jacopo sopr'Arno | 12th century | |||
Church of San Jacopo in Campo Corbolini | 12th-14th century | |||
Church of San Remigio | 13th-14th century | |||
Torre della Castagna | 13th century | |||
Palazzo del Bargello (or Palazzo del Popolo) | c. 1256–1327 and c. 1345-1350 | Neri di Fioravante and Benci di Cione | ||
Torre dei Belfredelli | 13th century | |||
Torre dei Ghiberti | 13th century | |||
Torre dei Ricci | 13th century | |||
Torri di Corso Donati | 13th century | |||
Torre dei Marsili | 13th century | |||
Torre degli Amidei | 13th century | |||
Torre degli Alberti | 13th century | |||
Palazzo de' Mozzi | 1260–1273 | |||
Porta San Gallo | 1284 | |||
Porta al Prato | 1284 | |||
Palazzo Spini-Feroni | from 1289 | |||
Torre dei Gianfigliazzi | c. 1290 |
Image | Building | Date | Architect | Notes |
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Piazza Bambine e Bambini di Beslan | 2004 | |||
Ex-Carcere delle Murate (new piazza Madonna della Neve) | 2004 | Renzo Piano (guidelines) | ||
Polo delle Scienze Sociali di Novoli | 2004 | |||
Casa dello Studente | 2004 | |||
Florence Courthouse | 2000-2012 | Leonardo Ricci | ||
Parco urbano ex-Fiat | (under construction) | |||
Area ex-Longinotti | 2001-2004 | Adolfo Natalini | ||
Stazione di Firenze Belfiore, for high-speed transport | (project?) | Norman Foster |
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