Santa Spirito Oltrarno

This area covers a part of Central Florence from San Niccolu Oltrarno to San Frediano, and its heart is around the Piazzo Santo Spirito, which is full of historic charm and many of the city’s artists have their workshops located here. The Santo Spirito Piazza attracts the young Florentines along with foreigners and most summer evenings there is a party feeling about the place. Also the local residents are mostly of the youthful generation and give this part of Florence much vitality and entertainment. There is the Pitti Palace with its Medicean gardens and the Boboli Garden is well worth a look in Oltrarno as well as the famous Piazzale Michelangelo with a spectacular view is also located in this part of town. One can also notice the last remains of the old medieval wall near the Belvedere Fort that escaped destruction during the 19th century.

Campo di Marte has a mix of modern apartment blocks that were built in the 50s, along with many historical buildings dating back to the 1890s. Swimming pools and sports stadiums are located in this district as well as the Franchi Stadium. The Fiesole as well as the Bellariva zone are near this district and these are swathes of Piagentina countryside that inspired Tuscan artists with great feelings.

Gavinana in the south of the city below the Arno and it leads to the famous Chianti wine region. At the bottom left of this district lies a Carthusian monastery by the name of Galluzo.

Isolotto e Legnaia was mainly developed during the 1960s and 1970s and this district was full of social unrest during the swinging sixties. Clashes between the authorities were commonplace back then.

Rifredi is not only full of industrialised areas with lots of resident African and Chinese immigrants, but also has many beautiful country villas. Lots of foreign immigrants have called Florence their home and settled here creating its own multi ethnic history in the annals of this fantastic city.

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