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The Story of Florence

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Pallas taming a Centaur (Photogravure)[1]Frontispiece

Florence from the Boboli Gardens3

The Buondelmonte Tower20

The Palace of the Parte Guelfa29

Arms of Parte Guelfa31

Florentine Families33

Corso Donati's Tower40

Across the Ponte Vecchio47

Mercato Nuovo, the Flower Market51

The Campanile63

Cross of the Florentine People70

Florence in the Days of Lorenzo the Magnificent80

The Badia of Fiesole83

"In the Sculptor's Work-shop" (Nanni di Banco)[1]97

Arms of the Pazzi110

The Death of Savonarola[1]135

"The Dawn" (Michelangelo)[1]144

The Palazzo Vecchio147

Looking through Vasari's Loggia, Uffizi161

"Venus" (Sandro Botticelli)[1]178

Orcagna's Tabernacle, Or San Michele185

Window of Or San Michele191

Tower of the Arte della Lana201

House of Dante207

Arms of the Sesto di San Piero213

Bargello Courtyard and Staircase217

Santa Croce233

Old Houses on the Arno245

The Baptistery251

The Bigallo264

Porta della Mandorla, Duomo267

Statue of Boniface VIII270

Arms of the Medici from the Badia at Fiesole283

Tomb of Giovanni and Piero dei Medici[1]288

The Well of S. Marco299

The Cloister of the Innocenti331

A Florentine Suburb337

The Ponte Vecchio343

The Tower of S. Zanobi347

Arms of the Strozzi353

In the Green Cloisters, S. Maria Novella357

In the Boboli Gardens374

The Fortifications of Michelangelo399

Porta San Giorgio403

Map of Florencefacing 422

The Story of Florence

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