Best places: Religions in Florence

Landmark 1200s cathedral known for its red-tiled dome, colored marble facade & elegant Giotto tower.

Hilltop, 11th-century church with a gleaming Romanesque facade, medieval interiors & city views.

1200s Catholic church on an elegant square, rich in Renaissance art & landmark Mannerist frescoes.

Neo-Gothic Franciscan church known for its Giotto frescoes, plus tombs of Michelangelo & Galileo.

15th-century Dominican church including famous frescoes by Gothic & early Renaissance masters.

Hilltop monastery with guided tours of frescoed cloisters, monks' cells & the refectory.

Early baroque church, connected to Vespucci family, known for frescoes by Ghirlandaio & Botticelli.

Landmark Renaissance church, burial place of the Medici, with a library designed by Michelangelo.

Brunelleschi's plain-fronted 1400s church with a lavish art-filled interior & baroque altar.

Church & museum in a 14th-century granary with religious paintings & a marble shrine to the Madonna.

Landmark church with statues on its facade & a dramatic interior with paintings & sculptures.

👍👍 For English speaking Catholic tourists to Firenze, this small and intimate Church offers a Sunday service in English. Although this Ancient Church, built by Charlemagne and is of architectural significance as it inspired Brunelleschi, serves humbly as a Parish centre for a local Italian commun...

1882 Moorish-style synagogue with a copper cupola, plus a mosaic-lined interior & small museum.

Restored baroque church famous for its Brancacci chapel lined with landmark Renaissance frescoes.

Historic, art-filled abbey with a 2-story cloister & nightly vespers sung by resident nuns & monks.

👍👍 Since the tenth century an oratory dedicated to San Salvatore has been attested in the parish of San Giuliano a Settimo, to which in 988 Count Adimaro gave the rights to the churches of San Martino alla Palma and San Donato a Lucardo. This donation was confirmed ten years later by Emperor Otto III...