Posted by: paola
on Mar 09, 2010
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The Uffizi Gallery is one of the most important museums of the world.
One of those places that you have to see, at least once in life like the Louvre in Paris, the Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery in London, etc. ...
In the Uffizi you not only admire world masterpieces, you can especially appreciate and understand the development of Italian art from the Middle Ages (late 1200) to the late Baroque, passing through the major artists of the Renaissance.
Posted by: paola
on Mar 02, 2010
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On Easter morning all Florentines crowd aroud the cathedral to see what the "Colombina" will do. The "colombina" is a rocket, shaped like a dove (dove=colomba in Italian) that is lit during the Mass (during the "Gloria"). So the colombina flies to the cart that is located exactly outside the main door inbeteween the Cathedral and the Baptistry, to explode it.
Posted by: paola
on Feb 23, 2010
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On the second floor of Palazzo Davanzati there is the bridal chamber of Tommaso Davizzi and of Catelana degli Alberti.
This bedroom is especially interesting because there are the frescos with the story of the Chatelaine de Virgy: an intrigue of love, seduction and betrayal that ends in tragedy.
Posted by: paola
on Feb 16, 2010
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Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, last heir of the Medici family died in Florence,
February 18th 1743. The city has decided to remember the Electress Palatine, that has been so important for Florence, in a very special way.
On the facade of San Lorenzo Basilica you'll be able to see the project that Michelangelo had thought for this church.
Posted by: paola
on Feb 09, 2010
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People come to Florence to visit the city, to enjoy Italian food but especially to visit its museums.
In Florence there is so much to see. The artistic and cultural heritage is enornous ad it offers everybody the opportunity to enjoy the incomparable beauty and perfection of so many masterpieces.
This year the Ministy of Heritage and Culture, on the occasion of St. Valentine, GIFTS all lovers an entrance ticket to all State museums and galleries.– Let me stress “State” because in Florence there are many private and municipal museums and collections-.
So just go with your lover to one of the Florence musuems and pay for 1 person only.
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on Feb 02, 2010
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Both monuments are very beautiful and from both the view is great BUT despite the beauty and the peculiarity of Giotto’s Bell Tower, it is only a bell tower!
One of the many bell towers that you can see and climb in Italy.
Brunelleschi’s Dome represents on the other hand a unique experience in the world. For this reason it is in my top ten list!
Posted by: paola
on Jan 26, 2010
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Florence is no doubt a place that can be continuiously discovered: the more you know it, the more you realise that there is still so much you still need to know.
Florence is a lifelong love, at least for me.
So I thought to list my top 10 ten places: a list of those palaces, churces, museums that will make your trip to Florence memorable.
Posted by: paola
on Jan 19, 2010
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Florence, cradle of Renaissance, is indeed a medieval city. Just have a walk around in the city centre and you will easily recognise the narrow and winding streets and the many towers and the houses into which they have later developed.
For the longest time, stairs were considered an inconvenient necessity in architecture. They took up valuable living space, and so they were narrow and steeply rising up: the first flights were normally in stone, after which the steps became of wood to lighten the load.
Posted by: paola
on Jan 12, 2010
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The palace – now Davanzati Museum was built middle of XIV century for the rich and powerful merchant family of the Davizzi.
In 1578 it was bought by the Davanzati und finally, at the beginning of the XX cen. by the antiquarian Elia Volpi. He restored it and transformed it into the ancient floretine house.
The original furniture was sold during the centuries and so was replaced in order to perfecltly reproduce the typical rich mansion of the first period of the Renaissance.
This palace is especially interesting because it allows us to understad the development of the Florence houses very well.
Palazzo Davanzati is no longer a medieval tower-house even if you can clearly distinguish some medieval aspects like the vertical developmet or the defensive holes in the main room and it is not yet a real Renaissace palace despite a system for diverting and catching rainwater, the interior well with access points at every floor, the dumb-waiter and bathrooms (with privy toilets and metal bathing tubs!!!)
Posted by: paola
on Jan 05, 2010
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Florence’s dome is a wonder, something incredible, for the time and for us today.
The genius of this construction was an old (for the time, because he was 40 years old) goldsmith who had visionary ideas on how to cover the big hole that there was just above the main altar of Florence Cathedral: Santa Maria del Fiore.
Climbing up Brunelleschi’s dome is a MUST when visiting Florence.
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