Opt for the spring or fall to enjoy the best of the city's buzzing outdoor markets and piazzas.
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Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
As the last rusty leaves fell from the trees in the parks and historic piazzas, the birds swooped down, rummaging and pecking and shaking their feathers, then flew off again with quivers of delight.
Several portraits in medallions high on the walls of the cloisters show decapitated Dominican Friars who worked as inquisitors with just a stump for a neck and their heads held in their hands.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes and panels by Fra Angelico, as well as its courtyard, cloisters, palazzo, and garden.
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