🏛️ La Specola

Italy · Europe · 43.76°N, 11.25°E

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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Country	Italy
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	43.76°N, 11.25°E · view on map

La Specola is located in Italy, in Europe.

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