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La Specola

La Specola is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Poggio Casaccia stands 921 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Oratorio di San Sebastiano de' Bini, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

Museo di zoologia, cerplastica e mineralogia

The story

The Museum of Zoology and Natural History, best known as La Specola, is an eclectic natural history museum in Florence, central Italy, located next to the Pitti Palace. The name Specola means observatory, a reference to the astronomical observatory founded there in 1790. It now forms part of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze. This museum is part of what are now six different collections at four different sites for the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze.

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Dates from 1775.

Wikidata Q1799158, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
2024-02-22

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.76458, 11.24712

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Springs
  • Piazzale Michelangelo: 0.9 mi
  • Fonte Pecchioli: 5.1 mi
  • Fonte Mezzina: 5.3 mi
  • Fonte Giallina: 5.6 mi
  • Fonte della Caldaia: 5.8 mi
Peaks
  • Monte Cuccioli: 2.0 mi
  • Montepiano: 3.5 mi
  • Monterivecchi: 3.6 mi
  • Colle San Francesco: 3.7 mi
  • Monte Rinaldi: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 54
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tonfo del Diavolo: 6.9 mi
  • Pescaia Calvelli: 14.3 mi
  • Cascata di Meriggioni: 16.6 mi
  • Pisciolo di Macereto: 16.9 mi
  • Pisciolo di Sant'Antonio: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of La Specola. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poggio CasacciaN 356°921 m7.6 mi
Poggio CornacchiacciaN 355°892 m7.9 mi
Poggio CapannelleN 359°839 m7.8 mi
Poggio TriniN 360°764 m7.3 mi
Poggio al GiroN 2°747 m6.1 mi
Monte RotondoN 358°705 m6.8 mi
Poggio PratoneNE 46°702 m6.8 mi
Poggio di FirenzeSE 125°693 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:4918:27
June solstice05:3420:1721:01
September equinox07:0318:3719:15
December solstice07:4615:5416:41

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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