i. Palazzo Vccchio, 1298-1314, used as the town hallsin.ce 

 1871. 2. View from the church of S. Spirito, showing 

 Giotto's campanile and dome of the cathedral. 3. Church 

 of S. Croce, begun in 1294. The new facade built 1857-63. 

 4. Pitti Palace, begun in 1440, containing the famous 

 picture gallery. 5. The Baptistery, c. 1200. 6. Palazzo 



Vecchio, the Renaissance courtyard built in the i6th cen- 

 tury. 7. Cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore, crowned with 

 Brunelleschi's dome, 142034. 8. Portico of the Uffizi 

 Palace, 1560-74, containing Art Galleries and National 

 Library. 9. Ponte Vecchio, the bridge across the Arno, 

 built in 1345, with shops and a covered passage-way 



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