Politics

Girolamo Savonarola

1452–1498Local figure

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

Performed here
Basilica of Santissima Annunziata
His movement used the basilica as a gathering point for penitential processions associated with his campaign to reform Florentine public life.
Performed here
Le Murate
He delivered an unsuccessful early cycle of Florentine sermons to the nuns of Le Murate in 1482.
Created here
Oratory of the Buonomini di San Martino
He helped expand the confraternity's resources by directing substantial public funds and processional donations to its charitable work.
Created here
Palazzo Soldani
He promoted and helped finance the Monte di Pietà that began operating at the Via de' Neri site during his ascendancy.
Lived here
piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria is best known as the political heart of Florence and its historical significance.
Commemorated here
Savonarola Monument
The monument portrays him as a defiant preacher and religious reformer.

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