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View of Florence – View of Florence from Fiesole loop from Firenze Santa Maria Novella
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20.6km
310m
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Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 12, 2026
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7.14 km
View of Florence
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View of Florence
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8.50 km
View of Florence from Fiesole
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8.61 km
Roman Theatre of Fiesole
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9.23 km
Etruscan Tombs of Via del Bargellino
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19.9 km
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella
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20.1 km
Monument to the Fallen of the Wars of Independence, Piazza dell'Unità Italiana
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The monument to the fallen in Piazza dell'Unità Italiana: a symbol of all the Risorgimenti.
The square's current name, formerly Piazza Vecchia di Santa Maria Novella, dates back to 1882 and was intended to celebrate the political unity of the peninsula achieved in the previous decade.
That same year, on May 28, the anniversary of the Battle of Curtatone and Montanara, the obelisk to the fallen of the three Wars of Independence, a work by the city engineer Giovanni Pini, was inaugurated in the center of the square.
Since then, commemorative plaques and tombstones have been hung on the monument, commemorating the fallen of all the wars in which Italians participated, including the War of National Liberation from the Nazi-Fascists.
To mark the civil ceremony, a public commemoration will take place in the square from April 4 to 25, and floral wreaths will be laid at the war memorial, attended by civil, military, and religious authorities.
History books remember our Risorgimento as the redemption of a people who, for centuries, had been without a homeland, without freedom, and without a national identity, and that the unification of Italy was only achieved in 1861, at the cost of the sacrifices of many, women and men, in the Wars of Independence of 1848 and 1859.
Historians have also rightly interpreted the resistance movement in Italy against the Nazi-Fascists from 1943 to 1945 as a second Risorgimento, which ended happily with the reconquest of freedom on April 25, 1945.
The political significance that the commemoration of the resistance at the Monument to the Fallen in Piazza dell'Unità can still have today lies not only in the cult of remembrance of a founding moment of the Italian Republic, but also in the necessity that the ethical and political authority of a Risorgimento of national redemption can never fail, even in times of peace.
Even today, the values and ideals that gave strength to all Risorgimento movements, from the Wars of Independence to the Resistance, make more sense than ever!
Text / Source: Comitato Fiorentino per il Risorgimento Firenze
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20.6 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
11.8 km
5.51 km
2.16 km
925 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
18.6 km
1.11 km
641 m
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< 100 m
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