La Specola
Sight in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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... (read more on Wikipedia)
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Hotels/Accommodations nearby
- Hotel Annalena (100 m)
- Hotel Pitti Palace al Ponte... (160 m)
- Ottantotto Firenze (190 m)
- Toscanelli Residenza d'Epoca (250 m)
- Ponte Vecchio Suites & Spa (390 m)
Other locations nearby
- Tribune of Galileo (20 m)
- Boboli-Gardens (180 m)
- Palazzo Pitti (200 m)
- Santo Spirito (240 m)
- Santa Maria del Carmine (360 m)
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