Piazzale Michelangelo is located in the top part of Florence’s City Centre. On the Monte alle Croci, spend some minutes walking up to visit the Piazzale Michelangelo and the Basilica of San Miniato, where enjoyment caught along the spectacular route with the architect Giuseppe Poggi. From the Piazzale, you can see the whole of Florence at a glance, from Forte ... More> Belvedere to Santa Croce, the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, the Uffizi, Palazzo della Signoria and the Bargello, etc. Upper, on the other side of Florence, you see the hills to the north, with Fiesole and the Cathedral’s bell-tower (1213) standing out in their midst.