List of buildings and structures in Florence

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.

Pre-historic, Greek and Roman periods[]

Building	Date	Notes
	8th century BC
Tomba della Mula	7th century BC	Sesto Fiorentino
	3rd century - 4th century BC	Fiesole
Roman Amphitheatre of Florence	2nd century BC
Archaeological excavations of Santa Reparata	4th-5th century AD.
	Perhaps 6th century, later 10-11th century AD

Romanesque[]

Building	Date	Architect	Notes
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	12th-14th century
Church of San Remigio	13th-14th century
	13th century
Palazzo del Bargello (or Palazzo del Popolo)	c. 1256–1327 and c. 1345-1350	and
	13th century
	13th century
Torri di Corso Donati	13th century
	13th century
Torre degli Amidei	13th century
Torre degli Alberti	13th century
	1260–1273
Porta San Gallo	1284
	1284
Palazzo Spini-Feroni	from 1289
Torre dei Gianfigliazzi	c. 1290

Gothic[]

Building	Date	Architect	Notes
Church of Santa Trinita	1250–1380
Santa Maria Novella and convent	1278–1360	and
Belltower of Badia Fiorentina	c. 1285	Arnolfo di Cambio
Basilica of Santa Croce and convent	from 1294	Arnolfo di Cambio (attribution) and others
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore	1296–1421	Arnolfo di Cambio, Francesco Talenti and others
Palazzo Vecchio (first phase)	1299–1314	Arnolfo di Cambio
Porta San Niccolò	1324
Porta Romana	1326
Church of	from 1330		Fiesole
Porta San Frediano	1332
Giotto's Belltower	1334–1357	Giotto, Francesco Talenti, Andrea Pisano and others
Orsanmichele	1337–1404	and others
Certosa del Galluzzo	from 1342	and others
Ponte Vecchio	1345	?
Palazzo Castellani	first half of 14th century
Palazzo dell'Arte dei Beccai	first half of 14th century
Church of San Carlo dei Lombardi	1349–1404	and
Palazzo Davanzati	c. 1350
Loggia del Bigallo	1352–1358	Alberto Arnoldi
	second half of 14th century
	second half of 14th century
Loggia della Signoria	1374–1381	and
Palazzo di Parte Guelfa	14th-15th century

Renaissance (15th century)[]

Building	Date	Architect	Notes
	1410	Filippo Brunelleschi?
Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore	1418–1434	Filippo Brunelleschi
Sacristy of Santa Trinita	1418–1423	Lorenzo Ghiberti
Spedale degli Innocenti	1419–1426	Filippo Brunelleschi and others
Convent of San Domenico	c. 1419-38 and 1480-90	Michelozzo and Giuliano da Maiano	Fiesole
Basilica of San Lorenzo	1419–1460	Filippo Brunelleschi and others
Sagrestia Vecchia of San Lorenzo	1420–1429	Filippo Brunelleschi
Barbadori Chapel in Santa Felicita	1425	Filippo Brunelleschi
Palazzo Capponi da Uzzano	1427	Lorenzo di Bicci
	c. 1430	Michelozzo ?
Church of Sant'Ambrogio	14th-15th century
Church of	first half of 15th century
Church of Santa Maria del Carmine	1268–1475
	c. 1380-1450
Pazzi Chapel and Grand Cloister of Santa Croce	1430–1473	Filippo Brunelleschi and others
in the Badia Fiorentina	1435–1440	Bernardo Rossellino
Church and San Marco	1437–1452	Michelozzo
Façade of Santa Maria Novella	1439–1442	Leon Battista Alberti
Former church of San Pancrazio	1375–1470	Leon Battista Alberti and others
Palazzo Medici Riccardi	1444–1469	Michelozzo
Basilica of Santissima Annuziata and convent	1444–1476	Michelozzo and others
Palazzo Rucellai	1446–1451	Leon Battista Alberti and Bernardo Rossellino
Church of Santo Spirito	1446–1488	Filippo Brunelleschi and others
Palazzo dello Strozzino	1451–1469	Filippo Brunelleschi (attributed), Michelozzo (attributed) and Giuliano da Maiano
Badia Fiesolana	1456–1464	Collaborators of Michelozzo	Fiesole
Church of	c. 1457	Michelozzo
Villa Medici at Careggi	1457–1482	Michelozzo
Villa Medici at Fiesole	1457–1461	Michelozzo	Fiesole
First nucleus of Palazzo Pitti	1457–1470	Luca Fancelli
Palazzo Pazzi	1458–1469	Giuliano da Maiano
Loggia Rucellai	1460–1466	?
Palazzo Antinori	1461–1466	Giuliano da Maiano
	1472–1490	Giuliano da Sangallo
	1480–1490	Giuliano da Sangallo or
Church of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi	1481–1500	Giuliano da Sangallo
Villa Medici of Poggio a Caiano	1485-94 e 1515-19	Giuliano da Sangallo
Sacristy of Santo Spirito, Florence	1488–1497	Giuliano da Sangallo and
	1489–1496	Leon Battista Alberti
Palazzo Strozzi	1489–1534	Giuliano da Sangallo, and others
Palazzo Gondi	1490–1501	Giuliano da Sangallo

Late Renaissance and Mannerism (16th century)[]

Building	Date	Architect	Notes
Annexation of the Palazzo Vecchio	1495–1590	Il Cronaca, Giorgio Vasari, Bernardo Buontalenti and others
Church of	c. 1500	Il Cronaca
Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori	c. 1500	Baccio d'Agnolo or il Cronaca
	c. 1500	Baccio d'Agnolo or il Cronaca
	c. 1500	Giuliano, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder and others
	c. 1500	Baccio d'Agnolo
	1503–1504	Baccio d'Agnolo
	1503–1506	Il Cronaca
Chiostro dello Scalzo	early 16th century	Giuliano da Sangallo
Palazzo Ginori	c. 1510	Baccio d'Agnolo
	1515–1520	Raffaello and Giuliano da Sangallo
	1516–1525	Antonio da Sangallo the Elder
Palazzo Borgherini-Rosselli del Turco	c. 1517	Baccio d'Agnolo
Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni	1517–1520	Baccio d'Agnolo
Sagrestia Nuova of San Lorenzo	1519–1534	Michelangelo Buonarroti
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana	1519–1559	Michelangelo Buonarroti
Church of San Giuseppe	c. 1520
	1534		Scandicci
Fortezza da Basso	1534–1535	Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
Villa di Castello	1540–1592	Niccolò Tribolo e Bernardo Buontalenti
Loggia del Mercato Nuovo	1546–1564	Giovanni Battista del Tasso
Palazzo Uguccioni	c. 1550
Church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri	c. 1550
	c. 1550	Baccio d'Agnolo and
Boboli Gardens	1550–1588	Niccolò Tribolo, Bernardo Buontalenti and others
	1557–1563	Baccio d'Agnolo and Bartolomeo Ammannati
Enlargement of Palazzo Pitti	1558–1577	Bartolomeo Ammannati and others
Uffizi	1559–1580	Giorgio Vasari and others
	1559–1585	Bernardo Buontalenti and others
Corridoio Vasariano	1565	Giorgio Vasari
Palazzo Pucci	1565–1570	Bartolomeo Ammannati
Loggia del Pesce	1567	Giorgio Vasari
Palazzo di Bianca Cappello	1567–1570	Bernardo Buontalenti
	1565–1570	Bartolomeo Ammannati
Ponte Santa Trinita	1567–1570	Bernardo Buontalenti
	1568–1572	Bartolomeo Ammannati
Casino Mediceo	1568–1574	Bernardo Buontalenti
Villa La Petraia	1576–1589	Bernardo Buontalenti
Palazzo Giugni	c. 1577	Bartolomeo Ammannati
Palazzo Zuccari	1578–1579	Federico Zuccari
Palazzo Larderel	c. 1580
	1583–1593	Giorgio Vasari and Bernardo Buontalenti
Forte Belvedere	1590–1595	Bernardo Buontalenti and others
Façade of Santa Trinita	1593	Bartolomeo Ammannati
Palazzo Nonfinito	1593–1604	Bernardo Buontalenti and others
	1594–1596	Bernardo Buontalenti

17th century[]

Building	Date	Architect
Renovation of Church of Santissima Annunziata	1601–1693	Giovanni Caccini and others
Church of	1604	Gherardo Silvani
Church of	1604–1649	Matteo Nigetti, Gherardo Silvani
Cappella dei Principi in San Lorenzo	1604–1650	Matteo Nigetti and others
	1606–1663	Bernardo Buontalenti and Giulio Parigi
Church of Ognissanti	1627–1637	and Matteo Nigetti
Church of Santi Simone e Giuda	1628–1630 (date of extensive renovation, original building dates from the 13th century)	Gherardo Silvani
Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte	1631–1655	Pietro Tacca and
Enlargement of Palazzo Pitti	1619–1650	Giulio Parigi
Palazzo dell'Antella	1619	Giulio Parigi
	1626–1629	Gherardo Silvani
Palazzo Capponi-Covoni	1623	Gherardo Silvani and others
Palazzo Fenzi	1634	Gherardo Silvani
Palazzo di San Clemente	c. 1640	Gherardo Silvani?
	c. 1640-1650	Bernardino Radi
Palazzo Corsini al Parione	1656–1699	and others
Church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi	1661–1665
Church of	1669–1693
Enlargement of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi	1670–1685	Pier Maria Baldi and Giovan Battista Foggini
Church of San Frediano in Cestello	1670–1698	Pier Francesco Silvani, and
Cappella Corsini in the Church of the Carmine	1674–1683	Pier Francesco Silvani
Palazzo Orlandini del Beccuto	1679
Palazzo dei Cartelloni	1690–1963
Palazzo Viviani della Robbia	1693–1696	Giovan Battista Foggini
Villa Corsini a Castello	1698–1699	Giovan Battista Foggini

Rococo and Habsburg-Lorraine period (18th century - first half of 19th century)[]

Building	Date	Architect
	1699–1716	Carlo Fontana and others
Complex of San Firenze	1645–1775	Pier Francesco Silvani and others
Galleria Palatina in Palazzo Pitti	18th-19th century
	1702–1735
Church of San Giorgio alla Costa	1705	Giovan Battista Foggini
Interior of Santa Felicita	1736–1739	Ferdinando Ruggieri
Triumphal arch	1738–1740
Biblioteca Marucelliana	1748–1752
Rondò of Palazzo Pitti	1765 and 1783-99	and
Villa di Poggio Imperiale	1767–1808	Gaspare Maria Paoletti, Pasquale Poccianti and
	1775
Palazzo della Specola	dal 1775	and others
	1775–1776	Zanobi del Rosso
Parco delle Cascine	c. 1780-1850
Ex-Ospedale di San Matteo	dal 1781
Ex-Ospedale Bonifacio	1787
	1787	Giuseppe Manetti
	1792–1862	and others
	1815–1821	and
	1821–1822
	after 1850
Palazzo Malenchini Alberti	1849-1851	Façade redesigned by Odoardo Razzi and Niccolò Salvi
	1857	Giuseppe Poggi
	1857	Giuseppe Poggi
	1858–1860	and Emilio De Fabris

Eclecticism, Empire and Art Nouveau (second-half of 19th century - early 20th century)[]

Building	Date	Architect
Facciata della basilica di Santa Croce	1857–1863
in the Palazzo Pitti	18th - 19th century
	1862–1866
Piazza della Libertà	1865–1873	Giuseppe Poggi and
Piazza Beccaria	1865–1877	Giuseppe Poggi and
	1865–1876	Giuseppe Poggi and N. Frosali
	1869–1874	Giuseppe Mengoni
and piazzale Michelangelo	1871–1876	Giuseppe Poggi
Palazzo Serristori	1873
	1874–1882
Reconstruction of the	1875–1910	and others
Façade of Santa Maria del Fiore	1876–1887	Emilio De Fabris and
Tepidarium in the	1879–1880
	1880–1888
Piazza della Repubblica	1883–1896	and others
Museo Bardini	c. 1890-1910	Stefano Bardini
	1899–1903	and others
Villa il Gioiello and Torre del Gallo	c. 1900	Stefano Bardini
	1901–1910
Palazzo Pola e Todescan	1901–1903
	1904–1914	and others
Ricostruzione del	1905
	1907–1910	Giovanni Michelazzi
	1910–1911	Giovanni Michelazzi
	1911	Giovanni Michelazzi
Galleria Rinaldo Carnielo	1911–1912	Rinaldo Carnielo?
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze	1911–1935	Cesare Bazzani

Modern and contemporary architecture (20th century)[]

Building	Date	Architect
	1929–1934	Angiolo Mazzoni
Stadio Artemio Franchi	1929–1932	Pier Luigi Nervi
Santa Maria Novella station	1932–1934
	1934–1936
Palazzina Reale di Santa Maria Novella	c. 1935	Giovanni Michelucci
	1937–1938	Raffaello Fagnoni
and	1939–1940	Ufficio tecnico dei Monopoli di Stato
Ponte alle Grazie	1946–1953	Giovanni Michelucci, and others
Reconstruction of edifices near the Ponte Vecchio (see )	from 1950	and municipal technical offices
Residential complex at Monterinaldi	1952–1962	and others
Headquarters of the Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze	1953–1957	Giovanni Michelucci
	1954–1957	Riccardo Morandi and others
	1956–1962	and Pier Luigi Nervi
	1957
	1959–1967	Giovanni Michelucci
	1960–1964	Giovanni Michelucci
Headquarters of La Nazione	1961–1966	and others
RAI regional seat	1962–1968
Sorgane	1962–1980	, and others
	1964–1967	and
	1966
	1967–1969	and others
	1968–1972
	1969–1976	, and
	1972	and
Archivio di Stato di Firenze	1972–1978	and others
Residential building in piazza San Jacopino	1973–1976	Marco Dezzi Bardeschi
Santa Maria Novella bus terminal	1987–1990
	1992–1993

21st century[]

Building	Date	Architect
	2004
Ex- (new piazza Madonna della Neve)	2004	Renzo Piano (guidelines)
	2004
	2004
	2000-2009 (under construction)
	(under construction)
	2001-2004	Adolfo Natalini
, for high-speed transport	(project?)	Norman Foster

Sources[]

Guido Zucconi, Firenze, guida all'architettura, Arsenale editrice, Verona, 1995