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Tuscany : Top 10 Architectural Highlights

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1. The Dome of Florence’s Duomo

Brunelleschi’s ingenious double-shell dome revived the genius of ancient builders to kick-start Renaissance architecture (see The Duomo Group, Florence).
2. Florence’s Santa Maria Novella

Alberti’s mathematically precise Renaissance façade contrasts with the textbook Italian Gothic interior.
3. Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio

Arnolfo di Cambio’s asymmetrical masterpiece of Gothic civic architecture.
4. Florence’s Santo Spirito

Brunelleschi’s perfectly proportioned interior set the Renaissance standard.
5. Pisa’s Duomo Group

Beautiful assemblage of Pisan-Romanesque buildings using grey-and-white marble bands, blind arcades, and stacked loggias (see Campo dei Miracoli, Pisa).
6. Pisa’s Santa Maria della Spina

Jewel of a Gothic church: all pointy arches, spires and statuettes.
7. Montepulciano’s Tempio di San Biagio

High Renaissance masterpiece of proportion (see Montepulciano).
8. Pienza’s Piazza Pio II

Perfectly planned Renaissance town centre (see Pienza).
9. Sant’Antimo

Gorgeous French-style Romanesque Cistercian abbey in the countryside (see Sant’Antimo) .
10. San Gimignano

Best-preserved medieval hill town, complete with 14 stone towers (see San Gimignano).