San Marco, Florence
San Marco is a Catholic religious complex in Florence, Italy. It comprises a church and a convent. The convent, which is now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, has three claims to fame.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Religious site
- Description: convent uin Florence
- Also known as: “Basilica di San Marco” and “Convent San Marco”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Marco Museum and Galleria dell’Accademia.
San Marco Museum
Museum
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museo Nazionale di San Marco is an art museum housed in the monumental section of the medieval Dominican convent of San Marco dedicated to St Mark, situated on the present-day Piazza San Marco, in Florence, a region of Tuscany, Italy.
Galleria dell’Accademia
Museum
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600. Galleria dell’Accademia is situated 160 metres south of San Marco, Florence.
piazza San Marco
Square
Piazza San Marco is a city square in Florence, Italy. In the center of the piazza is the Monument to Generale Manfredo Fanti.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Statuto and Coverciano.
Coverciano
Neighborhood
Coverciano is a city quartiere in the southeastern part of Florence, Italy. The neighborhood is bordered by the Affrico and Mensola streams, by the slopes of the hills and by the Via Aretina. Coverciano is situated 3 km east of San Marco, Florence.
San Marco, Florence
- Categories: dominican friary and religion
- Location: Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“San Marco, Florence” goes by many names.
- French: “couvent San Marco”
- French: “Couvent San Marco”
- German: “Kloster San Marco”
- Japanese: “サンマルコ修道院”
- Macedonian: “Сан Марко (Фиренца)”
- Macedonian: “Сан Марко”
- Portuguese: “Convento de São Marcos”
- Slovenian: “Sveti Marko, Firence”
- Spanish: “Convento de San Marcos”
- Spanish: “San Marcos (Florencia)”
- Turkish: “San Marco (Floransa)”
- Turkish: “San Marco”
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