Florence City Facts Quiz【Questions – Answers】

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Question 1: As what did Florence begin?

(A) A Italian garrison town

(B) A Europe garrison town

(C) A Roman garrison town

(D) None of Above

Question 2: What is the name of the palatial monument, begun in 1299, which is to be found in the Piazza Della Signoria?

(A) San Miniato al Monte

(B) Palazzo Pitti

(C) Palazzo Vecchio

(D) Florence Cathedral

Question 3: Today this building still fulfills an important function As what?

(A) Florence Baptistery

(B) Laurentian Library

(C) The Town Hall of Florence

(D) San Miniato al Monte

Question 4: It contains, amongst many others, perhaps the most famous work of sculpture by Michelangelo? What is it called?

(A) John

(B) David

(C) Murad

(D) Mark

Question 5: In the same Piazzia there is an elegant museum built in the late 14th century What is its name?

(A) Uffizi

(B) Florence Cathedral

(C) Florence Baptistery

(D) Loggia dei Lanzi

Question 6: The museum specialises in masterworks of sculpture. In pride of place is the statue of ‘Perseus’, by___?

(A) Benvenuto Cellini

(B) Campanile di Giotto

(C) Fontana del Porcellino

(D) Perseus Statue

Question 7: Behind the Piazzia della Signoria, and stretching down to the River Arno, another elegant museum begun in 1560 What is it called?

(A) Loggia dei Lanzi

(B) The Uffizi

(C) Florence Baptistery

(D) None of Above

Question 8: Due north of the Piazza, dominating the skyline, is the dome of which cathedral?

(A) Florence Duomo

(B) Sanctae Mariae Floris

(C) Santa Maria del Fiore

(D) Siena Cathedral

Question 9: Opposite the cathedral stands what other famous building?

(A) Palazzo Vecchio

(B) The Bargello

(C) Basilica of San Lorenzo

(D) The Baptistery

Question 10: This has a series of bronze, figured doors, one famous pair of which were made by the most accomplished goldsmith of all time. His name?

(A) Lorenzo Ghiberti

(B) Boccaccio

(C) Brunelleschi

(D) Leonardo da Vinci

Question 11: On the western edge of ‘Old Florence’ the Dominican order built, beginning in 1279, the church of ___?

(A) San Lorenzo

(B) San Marco

(C) Santa Maria Novella

(D) Santo Spirito

Question 12: on the eastern edge, the Franciscans built___?

(A) San Lorenzo

(B) Santa Croce

(C)  Santa Maria de Carmen

(D) Santa Maria Novella

Question 13: What is the remarkable building which lies between the Piazza Della Signoria and the Cathedral?

(A) Basilica of San Lorenzo

(B) Palazzo Pitti

(C) Basilica of Santa Croce

(D) The Or San Michele

Question 14: North of the Cathedral is the former home of the former rulers of Florence What is it called?

(A) The Medici Palace

(B) Bargello Palace

(C) Davanzati

(D) Villa La Petraia

Question 15: Behind the Pitti Palace, south of the Arno River, the hills were transformed into an area of recreation and relaxation. Called___?

(A) The Bardini Gardens

(B) The Torrigiani Gardens

(C) The Boboli Gardens

(D) The Iris Garden