This is a list of the main architectural works in Florence, Italy by period. It also includes buildings in surrounding cities, such as Fiesole. Some structures appear two or more times, since they were built in various styles.
Pre-historic, Greek and Roman periods Image Building Date Architect Notes Necropoli of Palastreto 8th century BC Tomba della Mula 7th century BC Sesto Fiorentino Archaeological area of Fiesole 3rd century - 4th century BC Fiesole Roman Amphitheatre of Florence 2nd century BC Archaeological excavations of Santa Reparata 4th-5th century AD. Torre della Pagliazza Perhaps 6th century, later 10-11th century AD
Romanesque Image Building Date Architect Notes Badia di San Salvatore 10th century Scandicci Badia Fiorentina 10th century and 1282–1335 Church of Santi Apostoli 10-11th century Baptistery of San Giovanni 11th-14th century Church of San Miniato al Monte 1018–1207 Cathedral of Fiesole 1024–1028 Fiesole Badia Fiesolana 1025–1028 Fiesole Church of San Salvatore al Vescovo 10th century Church of Santa Maria Maggiore 10th-13th century Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte 11th-12th century Church of San Michele a San Salvi 11th-16th century Church of San Jacopo sopr'Arno 12th century Church of San Jacopo in Campo Corbolini 12th-14th century Church of San Remigio 13th-14th century Torre della Castagna 13th century Palazzo del Bargello (or Palazzo del Popolo) c. 1256–1327 and c. 1345-1350 Neri di Fioravante and Benci di Cione Torre dei Belfredelli 13th century Torre dei Ghiberti 13th century Torre dei Ricci 13th century Torri di Corso Donati 13th century Torre dei Marsili 13th century Torre degli Amidei 13th century Torre degli Alberti 13th century Palazzo de' Mozzi 1260–1273 Porta San Gallo 1284 Porta al Prato 1284 Palazzo Spini-Feroni from 1289 Torre dei Gianfigliazzi c. 1290
Gothic Image Building Date Architect Notes Church of Santa Trinita 1250–1380 Santa Maria Novella and convent 1278–1360 Fra' Sisto da Firenze and Fra' Ristoro da Campi Belltower of Badia Fiorentina c. 1285 Arnolfo di Cambio Basilica of Santa Croce and convent from 1294 Arnolfo di Cambio (attribution) and others Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore 1296–1421 Arnolfo di Cambio, Francesco Talenti and others Palazzo Vecchio (first phase) 1299–1314 Arnolfo di Cambio Porta San Niccolò 1324 Porta Romana 1326 Church of San Francesco (Fiesole) from 1330 Fiesole Porta San Frediano 1332 Giotto's Belltower 1334–1357 Giotto, Francesco Talenti, Andrea Pisano and others Orsanmichele 1337–1404 Simone Talenti and others Certosa del Galluzzo from 1342 Jacopo Passavanti and others Ponte Vecchio 1345 Neri di Fioravante ? Palazzo Castellani first half of 14th century Palazzo dell'Arte dei Beccai first half of 14th century Church of San Carlo dei Lombardi 1349–1404 Neri di Fioravante and Benci di Cione Palazzo Davanzati c. 1350 Loggia del Bigallo 1352–1358 Alberto Arnoldi Palazzo Acciaiuoli second half of 14th century Palazzo Canigiani second half of 14th century Loggia della Signoria 1374–1381 Benci di Cione and Simone Talenti Palazzo di Parte Guelfa 14th-15th century
Renaissance (15th century) Image Building Date Architect Notes Palazzo Bardi 1410 Filippo Brunelleschi? Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore 1418–1434 Filippo Brunelleschi Sacristy of Santa Trinita 1418–1423 Lorenzo Ghiberti Spedale degli Innocenti 1419–1426 Filippo Brunelleschi and others Convent of San Domenico c. 1419-38 and 1480-90 Michelozzo and Giuliano da Maiano Fiesole Basilica of San Lorenzo 1419–1460 Filippo Brunelleschi and others Sagrestia Vecchia of San Lorenzo 1420–1429 Filippo Brunelleschi Barbadori Chapel in Santa Felicita 1425 Filippo Brunelleschi Palazzo Capponi da Uzzano 1427 Lorenzo di Bicci Palazzo Lenzi-Quaratesi c. 1430 Michelozzo ? Church of Sant'Ambrogio 14th-15th century Church of San Niccolò sopr'Arno first half of 15th century Church of Santa Maria del Carmine 1268–1475 Monastery of Sant'Apollonia c. 1380-1450 Pazzi Chapel and Grand Cloister of Santa Croce 1430–1473 Filippo Brunelleschi and others Chiostro degli Aranci in the Badia Fiorentina 1435–1440 Bernardo Rossellino Church and San Marco 1437–1452 Michelozzo Façade of Santa Maria Novella 1439–1442 Leon Battista Alberti Former church of San Pancrazio 1375–1470 Leon Battista Alberti and others Palazzo Medici Riccardi 1444–1469 Michelozzo Basilica of Santissima Annuziata and convent 1444–1476 Michelozzo and others Palazzo Rucellai 1446–1451 Leon Battista Alberti and Bernardo Rossellino Church of Santo Spirito 1446–1488 Filippo Brunelleschi and others Palazzo dello Strozzino 1451–1469 Filippo Brunelleschi (attributed), Michelozzo (attributed) and Giuliano da Maiano Badia Fiesolana 1456–1464 Collaborators of Michelozzo Fiesole Church of San Felice in Piazza c. 1457 Michelozzo Villa Medici at Careggi 1457–1482 Michelozzo Villa Medici at Fiesole 1457–1461 Michelozzo Fiesole First nucleus of Palazzo Pitti 1457–1470 Luca Fancelli Palazzo Pazzi 1458–1469 Giuliano da Maiano Loggia Rucellai 1460–1466 ? Palazzo Antinori 1461–1466 Giuliano da Maiano Palazzo Della Gherardesca 1472–1490 Giuliano da Sangallo Palazzo Horne 1480–1490 Giuliano da Sangallo or Cronaca Church of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi 1481–1500 Giuliano da Sangallo Villa Medici of Poggio a Caiano 1485-94 e 1515-19 Giuliano da Sangallo Sacristy of Santo Spirito, Florence 1488–1497 Giuliano da Sangallo and Salvi d'Andrea Loggia di San Paolo 1489–1496 Leon Battista Alberti Palazzo Strozzi 1489–1534 Giuliano da Sangallo, Cronaca and others Palazzo Gondi 1490–1501 Giuliano da Sangallo
Late Renaissance and Mannerism (16th century) Image Building Date Architect Notes Annexation of the Palazzo Vecchio 1495–1590 Il Cronaca, Giorgio Vasari, Bernardo Buontalenti and others Church of San Salvatore al Monte c. 1500 Il Cronaca Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori c. 1500 Baccio d'Agnolo or il Cronaca Palazzo Albizi c. 1500 Baccio d'Agnolo or il Cronaca Palazzo Panciatichi-Ximenes c. 1500 Giuliano, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder and others Palazzo Corsini-Serristori c. 1500 Baccio d'Agnolo Palazzo Taddei 1503–1504 Baccio d'Agnolo Palazzo Guadagni 1503–1506 Il Cronaca Chiostro dello Scalzo early 16th century Giuliano da Sangallo Palazzo Ginori c. 1510 Baccio d'Agnolo Palazzo Pandolfini 1515–1520 Raffaello and Giuliano da Sangallo Loggiato dei Serviti 1516–1525 Antonio da Sangallo the Elder Palazzo Galli Tassi early 1500s Palazzo Borgherini-Rosselli del Turco c. 1517 Baccio d'Agnolo Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni 1517–1520 Baccio d'Agnolo Sagrestia Nuova of San Lorenzo 1519–1534 Michelangelo Buonarroti Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 1519–1559 Michelangelo Buonarroti Church of San Giuseppe c. 1520 Villa i Collazzi 1534 Scandicci Fortezza da Basso 1534–1535 Antonio da Sangallo the Younger Villa di Castello 1540–1592 Niccolò Tribolo e Bernardo Buontalenti Loggia del Mercato Nuovo 1546–1564 Giovanni Battista del Tasso Palazzo Uguccioni c. 1550 Church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri c. 1550 Palazzo Niccolini c. 1550 Baccio d'Agnolo and Giovanni Dosio Boboli Gardens 1550–1588 Niccolò Tribolo, Bernardo Buontalenti and others Palazzo Grifoni-Budini Gattai 1557–1563 Baccio d'Agnolo and Bartolomeo Ammannati Enlargement of Palazzo Pitti 1558–1577 Bartolomeo Ammannati and others Uffizi 1559–1580 Giorgio Vasari and others Palazzo Capponi-Vettori 1559–1585 Bernardo Buontalenti and others Corridoio Vasariano 1565 Giorgio Vasari Palazzo Pucci 1565–1570 Bartolomeo Ammannati Loggia del Pesce 1567 Giorgio Vasari Palazzo di Bianca Cappello 1567–1570 Bernardo Buontalenti Palazzo Portinari Salviati 1565–1570 Bartolomeo Ammannati Ponte Santa Trinita 1567–1570 Bernardo Buontalenti Palazzo Ramirez da Montalvo 1568–1572 Bartolomeo Ammannati Casino Mediceo 1568–1574 Bernardo Buontalenti Villa La Petraia 1576–1589 Bernardo Buontalenti Palazzo Giugni c. 1577 Bartolomeo Ammannati Palazzo Zuccari 1578–1579 Federico Zuccari Palazzo Larderel c. 1580 Giovanni Dosio Grotta del Buontalenti 1583–1593 Giorgio Vasari and Bernardo Buontalenti Forte Belvedere 1590–1595 Bernardo Buontalenti and others Façade of Santa Trinita 1593 Bartolomeo Ammannati Palazzo Nonfinito 1593–1604 Bernardo Buontalenti and others Villa La Ferdinanda 1594–1596 Bernardo Buontalenti Carmignano
17th century Image Building Date Architect Notes Renovation of Church of Santissima Annunziata 1601–1693 Giovanni Caccini and others Church of Santa Margherita in Santa Maria de' Ricci 1604 Gherardo Silvani Church of Santi Michele e Gaetano 1604–1649 Matteo Nigetti, Gherardo Silvani Cappella dei Principi in San Lorenzo 1604–1650 Matteo Nigetti and others Arcispedale di Santa Maria Nuova 1606–1663 Bernardo Buontalenti and Giulio Parigi Church of Ognissanti 1627–1637 Bartolomeo Pettirossi and Matteo Nigetti Church of Santi Simone e Giuda 1628–1630 (date of extensiverenovation, original building dates from the 13th century) Gherardo Silvani Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte 1631–1655 Pietro Tacca and Antonio Maria Bartolommei Enlargement of Palazzo Pitti 1619–1650 Giulio Parigi Palazzo dell'Antella 1619 Giulio Parigi Palazzo Strozzi del Poeta 1626–1629 Gherardo Silvani Palazzo Capponi-Covoni 1623 Gherardo Silvani and others Palazzo Fenzi 1634 Gherardo Silvani Palazzo di San Clemente c. 1640 Gherardo Silvani? Palazzo della Missione c. 1640-1650 Bernardino Radi Palazzo Corsini al Parione 1656–1699 Antonio Maria Ferri and others Church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi 1661–1665 Alfonso Parigi il Giovane Church of San Paolino 1669–1693 Giovan Battista Balatri Enlargement of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi 1670–1685 Pier Maria Baldi and Giovan Battista Foggini Church of San Frediano in Cestello 1670–1698 Pier Francesco Silvani, Giulio Cerutti and Antonio Maria Ferri Cappella Corsini in the Church of the Carmine 1674–1683 Pier Francesco Silvani Palazzo Orlandini del Beccuto 1679 Antonio Maria Ferri Palazzo dei Cartelloni 1690–1963 Giovan Battista Nelli Palazzo Viviani della Robbia 1693–1696 Giovan Battista Foggini Villa Corsini a Castello 1698–1699 Giovan Battista Foggini
Rococo and Habsburg-Lorraine period (18th century - first half of 19th century) Image Building Date Architect Notes Palazzo di Gino Capponi 1699–1716 Carlo Fontana and others Complex of San Firenze 1645–1775 Pier Francesco Silvani and others Galleria Palatina in Palazzo Pitti 18th-19th century Ospedale di San Giovanni di Dio 1702–1735 Carlo Marcellini Church of San Giorgio alla Costa 1705 Giovan Battista Foggini Interior of Santa Felicita 1736–1739 Ferdinando Ruggieri Triumphal arch 1738–1740 Jean Nicholas Jadot Biblioteca Marucelliana 1748–1752 Alessandro Dori Rondò of Palazzo Pitti 1765 and 1783-99 Giuseppe Ruggieri and Niccolò Gaspero Maria Paoletti Villa di Poggio Imperiale 1767–1808 Gaspare Maria Paoletti, Pasquale Poccianti and Giuseppe Cacialli Casino della Livia 1775 Bernardo Fallani Palazzo della Specola dal 1775 Alessandro Dori and others Kaffeehaus del Giardino di Boboli 1775–1776 Zanobi del Rosso Parco delle Cascine c. 1780-1850 Ex-Ospedale di San Matteo dal 1781 Ex-Ospedale Bonifacio 1787 Giuseppe Salvetti Palazzina Reale alle Cascine 1787 Giuseppe Manetti Teatro Comunale 1792–1862 Telemaco Bonaiuti and others Giardino Torrigiani 1815–1821 Luigi de Cambray Digny and Gaetano Baccani Palazzo Borghese 1821–1822 Gaetano Baccani Piazza Indipendenza after 1850 Palazzo Malenchini Alberti 1849-1851 Façade redesigned by Odoardo Razzi and Niccolò Salvi Villa Favard 1857 Giuseppe Poggi Palazzo Calcagnini 1857 Giuseppe Poggi Palazzo della Borsa 1858–1860 Michelangelo Maiorfi and Emilio De Fabris
Eclecticism, Empire and Art Nouveau (second-half of 19th century - early 20th century)