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precious stones, and with monuments of the Grand Duke ; the baptizing 

 chapel, ii Battisterio, in which ah children born in Florence are baptized, 

 with the metal folding doors by Ghiberti ; the church and convent of the 

 Holy Ghost ; the Church del Carmine, with a finely painted dome, &c 

 The royal residence, called Palace Pitti, to which belongs the garden 

 Boboli, is over 500 feet long, and contains the finest works of art, in eight 

 saloons and several hundred rooms ; the same may also be said of the con- 

 tiguous Palazzo Vecchio, the former residence of the Grand Duke, with its 

 fine Loggia or Hall. More celebrated and better worth seeing than either, 

 is the gallery termed Palazzo degU Ufiici, which is directly opposite, and 

 whose third story contains, in twenty-three saloons and apartments, the 

 rarest master-pieces of art, paintings, engravings, statuary, gems, mosaics, 

 bronzes, and coins, all combined. Another large collection is that of the 

 Academy of Arts ; and the palaces of the old Florentine families, Riccardi, 

 Strozzi, Gerini, and Corsini, and others, are likewise rich in gems of art. 

 Among the scientific collections may be mentioned : the Medicean Library 

 in the Convent of St. Lorenzo, with 120,000 volumes ; the Grand Ducal 

 and Magliabecchian Library ; the Marucelli Library ; the Museum of 

 Natural Sciences, and the Botanic Garden. At the head of the scientific 

 and literary institutions stands the University, founded in 1438, although 

 for the Italian language the Accademia della Crusca is far more renowned ; 

 chief among the charitable institutions is the great St. Mary's Hospital, 

 capable of accommodating seven hundred sick persons. 



Explanation of the Plan. 



A. 



Piazza S. Marco. 



11. 



B. 



" Vecchia. 



12. 



C. 



S. Maria Novella. 





D. 



" del Gran Duca. 



13. 



E. 



S. Croce. 



14. 



F. 



" del Carmine. 



15. 



G. 



S. Spirito. 



16. 



H. 



dei Pitti. 



17. 



]. 



Chiesa S. Maria Novella. 



18. 



2. 



S. S. Trinita. 



19. 



3. 



" S. Lorenzo. 



20. 



4. 



Teatro del Cocomero. 



21. 



5. 



Duomo S. Maria del fiore. 



22. 



6. 



Chiesa S. Marco. 



a. 



7. 



Accademia di Belle Arti. 



h. 



8. 



Chiesa S, Annunziata. 



c. 



9. 



Teatro degli Intrepidi o Torro 



d. 





Nuovo. 



e. 



10. 



Ospedale de S. Maria Nuovo. 



/• 



Teatro della Pergola. 



Chiesa S. Maria Maddalena de' 



Pazzi. 

 Chiesa S. Ambrogio. 

 Teatro Alfieri. 

 Chiesa S. Croce. 

 Galleria Medici. 

 Palazzo Vecchio. 



Pitti. 

 Museo di Storia Naturale. 

 Teatro Goldoni. 

 21. Chiesa S. Spirito. 

 " il Carmine. 

 Via Chiara Boffi. 

 " de' Serragli. 

 " S. Agostino. 

 " Maggio. 

 " della Nunziatina. 

 " del Campuccio. 



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