San Francesco di Sales

San Francesco di Sales is a church in Florence, Florence, Tuscany. San Francesco di Sales is situated nearby to the library Biblioteca Silvano Piovanelli, as well as near Biblioteca Pietro Thouar.

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Type: Church
Description: church building in Florence, Italy
Also known as: “Ex Chiesa di San Francesco di Sales”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brancacci Chapel and Uffizi Gallery.

Brancacci Chapel

Museum

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The Brancacci Chapel is a chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, central Italy. It is sometimes called the "Sistine Chapel of the early Renaissance" for its painting cycle, among the most famous and influential of the period. Brancacci Chapel is situated 340 metres east of San Francesco di Sales.

Uffizi Gallery

Museum

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The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best-known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance. Uffizi Gallery is situated 1¼ km east of San Francesco di Sales.

Santa Maria del Carmine

Church

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Santa Maria del Carmine is a church of the Carmelite Order, in the Oltrarno district of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy. It is famous as the location of the Brancacci Chapel housing outstanding Renaissance frescoes by Masaccio and Masolino da Panicale, later finished by Filippino Lippi. Santa Maria del Carmine is situated 350 metres east of San Francesco di Sales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isolotto and Statuto.

Isolotto

Suburb

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Isolotto is a residential district in the southwestern part of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It forms part of Quartiere 4 and is one of the city's best-known post-war neighbourhoods.