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Step into the heart of history with our immersive 4K Ultra HD walking tour of Florence, Italy! Join us on a mesmerizing journey through the cobbled streets, ...
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Let's explore #florence virtually. Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. The city is enriched with beautiful streets, markets, bridges, a ri...
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Apr 6, 2024 · Walking tour that shows finest of Renaissance and contemporary Florence.Florence, the capital of Italy's Tuscany province, is home to major Renaissance art a...
- Florence Cathedral
- The Renaissance
- Arno River
- Ponte Vecchio
- Chianti
- Uffizi Gallery
- The Italian Language
- Piazza Della Signoria and Palazzo Vecchio
- Bistecca Alla Fiorentina
- Michelangelo’s David
Beauty and monumentality aren’t the only reasons why Florence Cathedral is the city’s ultimate icon. A self-supporting dome like its own hadn’t been built since Antiquity because the technique had been lost. This engineering breakthrough was a major symbol of the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance (and the modern era). When it was c...
In a way, we can say the Renaissance was the first time in 1,000 years the West started looking within and around instead of looking up. More people were learning how to read, as intellectuals and artists rediscovered Greek and Roman texts that taught them about perspective, architecture, philosophy, and government. By the early-to-mid 1400s, Flore...
As in many cities that developed around a river, the Arno is to Florence both a blessing and a curse. It gave the city a major port and should be thanked for the breeze that cools down the valley around it. Yet it threatened Florence with flooding for two millennia as well. Walking along the Arno offers the perfect chance to discover the city’s bri...
Speaking of the Arno, let’s now talk about the most famous bridge spanning it: Ponte Vecchio. It’s not every day you cross a bridge with buildings on top, especially 100-year-old jewelry shops. Bearing witness to its huge historical relevance is the fact that the Nazis destroyed all the bridges in town to slow down the advance of Allied troops, exc...
While Chianti is not exactly exclusive to Florence, it’s the wine more commonly associated with the city. It’s produced across central Tuscany mainly from Sangiovese grapes. Folks have been making wine in the region since pre-Roman times, but the first rules regulating the production of an authentic Chianti date back to the early 1700s (which is an...
Florence serves as a sort of guardian of Italy’s enormous cultural heritage — and the Uffizi works as the safe where that treasure is stored. In the 16th century, the Medici rulers commissioned a building to house the offices of judges topped by a private gallery for the family’s artworks (talk about rich and powerful). Two centuries later, that sa...
In case you don’t know, about 30 languages are spoken in Italy besides Italian. Many centuries before the country’s unification in 1861, there was a lively debate regarding which local dialect should serve as a common language in the Peninsula. In the 1500s, Venetian grammarian Pietro Bembo started sponsoring Il Canzoniereas a role model for what a...
Florence is one of the few Italian cities whose central square doesn’t feature a church, which attests to the major role politics has always played here. The main building in Piazza della Signoria, in fact, is Palazzo Vecchio, from where Florence has been ruled for 700+ years. Yet the plaza is much older than Florence’s best-known palace; it hosted...
Italy’s not generally prized for its beef dishes, but Florentines are indeed quite obsessed with them (check out no. 13 for more). The bistecca alla fiorentina(or steak Florentine style) is the most popular dish of the local cuisine and consists of a barbecued T-bone steak of either steer or heifer. The greatest part is that the steak should be thi...
David may have defeated Goliath, yet ironically Michelangelo’s version of the biblical figure is a giant in its own right. At 5.2 m (17 ft) tall, the marble sculpture is simply massive. The marble statue was originally meant for Florence Cathedral, but ended up being placed in front of Palazzo Vecchio. It soon became a symbol of the then city-state...
- Duomo & Brunelleschi’s Dome. The most recognizable landmark of Florence, the Cathedral or the Duomo is absolutely not to be missed when visiting Florence for the first time.
- Giotto’s Bell Tower. Standing right next to the cathedral, you’ll find another landmark of Florence, Giotto’s Campanile. This is the cathedral’s bell tower.
- Piazza del Duomo & the Baptistery of St. John. Piazza del Duomo is Florence’s main square, home to the cathedral and the splendid buildings of Giotto’s Campanile and the Baptistery of St. John.
- Uffizi Gallery. It would be unthinkable to go to Florence without paying a visit to the Uffizi Gallery. Established in the 16th century, this is one of the oldest museums in the world.
Sep 15, 2023 · Tuscany Wine & Food Tour with Guide (#1 day trip!) 2. Florence Duomo Visit & Bruneschelli Dome Climb (#1 attraction!) 3. Art Tour of the Uffizi & Accademia (see the Uffizi & Statue of David) 🏨 Best Florence Hotels: 1. Cicerone (charming central Florence guesthouse) 2.
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Jul 11, 2023 · 2. Gaze at Il Duomo from every angle. The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (known as Il Duomo of the city of Florence) is one of the most recognized and iconic cathedrals in the world. You cannot walk through Florence without stopping to marvel at the intricate decoration and immaculate detail on the outside.
