Category: Free Walking Tour

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Sep 10, 2024

La Limonaia Strozzi Florence

Within the gardens of Villa Strozzi al Boschetto in Florence, Italy, sits the stunning and historically significant La Limonaia di Villa Strozzi. The Strozzi family was a well-known noble family in Florence, and the villa itself dates back to the 16th century.

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Sep 9, 2024

Symbols of Cosimo I de’ Medici

The Grand Duke of Tuscany employed a number of personal emblems that represented his astrological sign, his passions, and the ascent to prominence of his dynasty.

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Sep 8, 2024

Botticelli and its authentic life

Ognisanti a church with a original story, that involved Sandro Botticelli that was making a fresco of Sant. Agostino and a funny inscription.

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Sep 5, 2024

Commesso fiorentino old stone technique

Commesso Fiorentino is a highly accomplished artistic style that developed in Florence, Italy during the late Renaissance. It is often referred to as pietra dura or Florentine mosaic. This complex art style includes piecing together finely cut semi-precious stone fragments to create complicated pictures.

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Sep 4, 2024

Jiudit and Holofernes by Cristofano Allori

Through the lessons of Artemisia Gentileschi, who painted two violent renditions of Judith for Cosimo II at the same era while working for the Medici family, Cristofano recognizes his influence from Caravaggio in this piece.

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Sep 3, 2024

singular story of Rucellai ‘s Lodge

There is a really special lodge called Rucellai Lodge in Vigna Nuova. Constructed by Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, it has served as a mail office, a café bar, and an art studio until the present.

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Sep 2, 2024

Curious History Brunelleschi’s Round

The Round of Brunelleschi is a distinctive structure located in Florence's center. Designed by renowned architect Brunelleschi, it took a long time to finish.

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Sep 1, 2024

Girolamo Segato and its secret technique

Segato's most well-known research was done in Florence, where he carried out studies that gave him the ability to preserve human tissues in a way that gave the impression that they had been transformed into stone.

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Aug 31, 2024

Giuseppe Verdi street and its history

Giuseppe Verdi Street close to Santa Croce Basilica and square has a very long story in the origin its name was via del Fosso from medieval age, until our time...