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Michelangelo’s Hidden Drawings
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
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Galileo's Middle Finger
The middle finger of modernity.
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Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
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Buontalenti Grotta
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
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Babae Wine Window
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
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La Specola Anatomical Collection
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
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Medici Hall of Maps (Sala delle Carte Geografiche)
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
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L’importuno di Michelangelo
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
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Il Porcellino
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
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Vasari Corridor
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
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Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici
Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
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Cimitero delle Porte Sante (Sacred Doors Cemetery)
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
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La Berta
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
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University of Florence Museum of Pathological Anatomy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
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La Specola Zoological Museum
An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.
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Dante's Dagger
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
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