Historic Centre of Florence

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Best time to go: May–September
Budget: $$
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Brunelleschi's dome still commands the skyline it was built for, rising over a city that effectively invented the Renaissance. Florence flowered under Medici patronage in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the concentration of genius within its old walls — the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Santa Croce, the Uffizi, the Pitti Palace, works by Botticelli and Michelangelo — remains without equal. Its historic centre was among Italy's earliest UNESCO inscriptions, joining the World Heritage List in 1982.

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