Florence

People who shaped the city

Residents, visitors and the occasional passing genius — each with the addresses where their story is still standing.

Visual art

Politics

Literature

Architecture

other

Science

  • Evangelista Torricelli

    • Basilica of San Lorenzo
  • Guglielmo Marconi

    Developing a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferdinand Braun.

    • Basilica of Santa Croce

Music

Follow the story on foot

These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.

See routes in this city