The arcaded courtyard
Full sides of Renaissance arches.
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If the current show interests you, yes — it is usually calmer and more modern in presentation than the Uffizi; if not, the courtyard alone is worth walking through, and it is free.
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Florence's most complete private Renaissance palace — and today its exhibition powerhouse: Filippo Strozzi began it in 1489 to rival the Medici after returning from exile, spent his fortune on it and died before it was finished; construction took some sixty years — three storeys of graded rusticated stone around a fully arcaded courtyard. Today it is visited not as a historic house but as the city's most active exhibition institution: two or three major shows a year in the great hall, ranging from Renaissance masters (Donatello, Verrocchio) to global contemporary names (Koons, Marina Abramović, Ai Weiwei) — the exhibitions that make Florence's noise each season. The inner courtyard is free and open to walk through with a café and bookshop, while the exhibitions are ticketed. In the basement the Strozzina hosts experimental work by younger artists. It stands between Piazza della Repubblica and Via Tornabuoni, precisely at the city's heart.
Full sides of Renaissance arches.
From Donatello to Ai Weiwei.
Piazza degli Strozzi, Florence