SAN MARCO, Square And Church

Hi, I'm Debbie, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through the convent of San Marco, which is one of the most poetic places in Florence!

You are in tree-lined San Marco Square in the San Giovanni district, where memories of the Medici family abound, and where convent complexes of several religious orders are found, in addition to several universities. The Aula Magna, or Great Hall, and the Rectorate of the University of Florence face the square in a building that was originally the Grand Duke's Stable. If you see a long line, it's full of people eager to admire the original David by Michelangelo, which is kept in a Museum in the great complex that houses the Academy of Fine Arts.

Naturally the square gets its name from the church, which is connected to the beautiful Dominican convent of San Marco, and is also full of pigeons like its Venetian homonym!...