The city deserves a few more hours, but you can already get the idea. With only one day want to see the main monuments, wander through the "heart" of downtown. From Piazza del Duomo, where you face the cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore iniziata da Arnolfo di Cambio nel 1296, e coronata solo nel 1436 dal capolavoro di Filippo Brunelleschi.
La Cupola è il simbolo di Firenze, una costruzione ardita e maestosa, dalla quale si gode un fantastico panorama sulla città, oltre che sull'interno della Cattedrale. Di lato alla facciata un altro gigante, il campanile di Giotto , slanciato nei suoi cromatismi, altro punto panoramico della città. Di fronte al Duomo vedi il più antico Battistero di San Giovanni , in stile romanico, ornato by bronze doors of Ghiberti and Andrea Pisano.
Following the lively street of steps next to Calzaiuoli Orsamichele born fourteenth century building on the site of the oratory of San Michele in vegetables such as grain storage. It became a place of worship thanks to the generosity of the Arts that between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries adorned with sculptures and paintings of the highest level between the sculpture works of Donatello, Verrocchio, Ghiberti, Nanni di Banco. Continuing six in Piazza della Signoria, the political heart of Florence.
Here stands the end of 1200, the Palazzo della Signoria or Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of the Municipality of Florence as well as museum. Entering the courtyard you can admire the fountain with a putto by Verrocchio and frescoes by Vasari. On the square in the Loggia dei Lanzi , fourteenth century, world-renowned statues such as Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini and the Rape of the Sabine Women by Giambologna.
Connected to the imposing building of the Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizi , designed by Vasari in the 16th century as the seat of the Chancellery of the Medici, and now a museum, one of the largest in the world. The Gallery houses paintings ranging from primitive (Cimabue, Giotto) to Mannerism, and is a compendium of Renaissance painting Italian, for the works of Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, Paolo Uccello, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo. The visit to the Gallery requires several hours, so if you have time continue on foot towards the Ponte Vecchio . A symbol of the city, the bridge that has survived the ravages of war and the flooding of the Arno River in 1500 is home to shops and goldsmiths' shops. 
six crossed the bridge side of the Arno, an important concept in Florence. Three of the four historic districts (San Giovanni, Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce) are on this side of the Arno, just one, the Holy Spirit, on the left bank of the River. The director of the Ponte Vecchio brings you to Piazza Pitti, dominated by the majestic facade of the Palazzo Pitti . of the fifteenth century, was bought by Eleanor, wife of Grand Duke Cosimo I and became the new palace of the Medici family, which previously resided in the Palazzo della Signoria. It was enlarged and enriched by a wonderful park, the Boboli Gardens . Pitti Palace is home to several museums, and the garden is one of them. If you're still a little 'time to head to Piazza Santo Spirito: you can enjoy a little' lively atmosphere of
this part of town. The district is home to numerous crafts, and the atmosphere is authentic. The Piazza Santo Spirito, one of the few trees in the city, is surrounded by beautiful buildings and the church, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi in 1444. In addition to the purity of its architecture, the building contains important works of art.
