24 hours in Florence: the city is worth rather more, but you can at least get some idea of it. With a single day at your disposal you will want to see the chief monuments and walk around the “heart” of the city centre. You start with Piazza del Duomo, facing the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, begun by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1296 but only in 1436 crowned with the masterpiece of Filippo Brunelleschi.

On the 9^th of March 1513, a member of the Medici Family, Giovanni son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was elected Pontiff. It was the first time that a representative of this family became the head of Christendom.