We'll start at the duomo Florence's vast Cathedral and tell you not only how the magnificent dome was created but how this remarkable piece of engineering was one of the corner stones of the Renaissance. Whether you go inside then or wait until later is
We'll start at the duomo Florence's vast Cathedral and tell you not only how the magnificent dome was created but how this remarkable piece of engineering was one of the corner stones of the Renaissance. Whether you go inside then or wait until later is up to you.
Either way, next we'll wander down the Via Calzaiuoli and talk about how the shops around this modern Florentine street relate to the Renaissance and Florence's history. We'll take in the Palazzo Vecchio and then the Ponte Vecchio and explain what all those padlocks on its railings are about.
Into Oltrarno, and we'll talk about the history of the Palazzo Pitti and its connection with opera as well as explaining what is so vitally important to the history of art about a small fresco in the Brancacci chapel.
Simon Brooke is an award winning journalist and travel writer who has written for The Sunday Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and The Times amongst others. He is the author of two novels.
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We'll show you and tell you all about:
The magnificent cathedral
Piazza della Signoria
The Palazzo Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio
the magnificent Palazzo Pitti
Church of Santo Spirito
The significance of the Brancacci Chapel
Santa Maria Novella
San Lorenzo
and much more
We'll start at the duomo Florence's vast Cathedral and tell you not only how the magnificent dome was created but how this remarkable piece of engineering was one of the corner stones of the Renaissance. Whether you go inside then or wait until later is up to you.
Either way, next we'll wander down the Via Calzaiuoli and talk about how the shops around this modern Florentine street relate to the Renaissance and Florence's history. We'll take in the Palazzo Vecchio and then the Ponte Vecchio and explain what all those padlocks on its railings are about.
Into Oltrarno, and we'll talk about the history of the Palazzo Pitti and its connection with opera as well as explaining what is so vitally important to the history of art about a small fresco in the Brancacci chapel.
Simon Brooke is an award winning journalist and travel writer who has written for The Sunday Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and The Times amongst others. He is the author of two novels.