Florence - Piazza di Bellosguardo

As the name suggests, there is a splendid view of Florence from the Piazza di Bellosguardo, southwest of the center, with the Villa di Bellosguardo and its beautiful garden.

To the right of the Piazza stands the Villa Belvedere al Saracino (built by Baccio d'Agnolo in 1502 for Francesco Borgherini) and to the left is the Villa dell'Ombrellino. A bust of Galileo commemorates the fact that he lived here from 1617 to 1631.