Squares & Avenues — Firenze

Florence's civic heart since the Middle Ages, an open-air sculpture gallery fronting the crenellated Palazzo Vecchio, where a copy of Michelangelo's David has stood since 1910.

A 19th-century hilltop terrace across the Arno, purpose-built in 1869 for the single most famous panoramic view of Florence, watched over by a bronze copy of Michelangelo's David.