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Museo Nazionale del BargellovsBattistero di San Giovanni
Both are highly recommended by those who travel for a living. Overall, Museo Nazionale del Bargello is preferred by most reviewers compared to Baptistery of San Giovanni. Museo Nazionale del Bargello scores 90 with accolades from 8 reviewers like Travel + Leisure, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello
Concierge
Travel + Leisure
Fodor's Travel + Leisure
Michelin Guide
The Telegraph
Afar Magazine
Condé Nast Traveler
Frommer's
Via del Proconsolo 4, 50122 Florence
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Concierge "Today, the museum houses a fabulous collection of sculpture by Michelangelo, Donatello, Benvenuto Cellini, Giambologna, and others."
Travel + Leisure "What the Uffizi is to paintings, the Bargello is to sculpture: a storehouse of some of the greatest works in marble and bronze to come out of the Renaissance and Baroque eras." Full review
Fodor's "Houses the Museo Nazionale, home to what is probably the finest collection of Renaissance sculpture in Italy." Full review
Travel + Leisure "One of Florence's most important museums yet surprisingly under-appreciated, the Bargello houses one of the world's great collections of Florentine Renaissance sculpture. " Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Palazzo del Podestà has a remarkable courtyard... is home to a museum of great importance." Full review
The Telegraph "The treasures inside include celebrated works such as Giambologna’s Mercury and Michelangelo’s Drunken Bacchus, as well as Donatello’s two Davids and his statue of Saint George.
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Afar Magazine "This forbidding building, once the city jail, is home to a superb sculpture collection." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Museo Nazionale del Bargello—which opened in 1865 by order of by royal decree, making it Italy’s first national museum—houses the city’s most important collection of Renaissance sculpture." Full review
Frommer's "Inside this 1255 Gothic palazzo is Florence's premier sculpture museum, with works by Michelangelo, the della Robbias, and Donatello." Full review
Battistero di San Giovanni Frommer's Michelin Guide
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Piazza del Duomo, Florence
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Frommer's "The Baptistery is one of Florence's oldest, most venerated buildings." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Clad in sombre white marble, this elegant octagonal building (11C) is quintessentially Florentine." Full review
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Of global renown are its bronze doors, embellished by magnificently carved panels.
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Across from the cathedral is Florence's 11th-century Romanesque baptistry, an octagonal striped structure of white-and-green marble." Full review
Lonely Planet "Just west of the cathedral is the 13th-century baptistry with a small marble font (1502) by Andrea Sansovino" Full review
