Thus the major advice of the Signoria deliberates the construction of a public loggia: it is the Loggia dei Priori better known with the Loggia dei Lanzi or the orcagna. Before building the loggia there was an environment where some lions symbol par excellence of the city of Fiorenza were kept in captivity, subsequently everything was turned with enormous pillars in order to support the real loggia.
Inside the majestic cathedral of Florence, one of the hidden jewels that await visitors is an enigma painted on a fascinating and unique clock. This work, created by the brilliant artist Paolo Uccello, challenges temporal conventions and logic, offering a fascinating window in the mind of a Renaissance painter and in the mysteries of the past.
Well yes ... even Michelangelo is indeed ... perhaps it would be better to say, what remains of his project to the unfinished facade of S.Lorenzo. It all starts when Pope Leo X returns to Florence on a solemn visit and seeing the facade of S.Lorenzo, is tormented by an idea, that of creating a facade worthy of the oldest church in the city.
Walking in via Lambertesca in ancient times via dei Gherardini we arrive at the corner of the Chiasso del Buco, where we can see some remains of the residence of the art of the corrections (he framed all the craftsmen who packaged straders, shields, crossbows and anything else of leather served for use military). Above the Matassini jewelry shop, we will notice the remains of the ancient architrave adorned with four shields, the first of the people of Florence and the last of the Guelph part are of the era of the original construction (late 14th century), while those of the doctors and Pistoia are sixteenth -century.
Marin Luther himself had written ... "They are built with gift buildings, excellent foods and drinks are within everyone's reach, the servants are very diligent, the doctors, the beds and the clothes are very clean, and the painted beds. As soon as a Sick is stripped of all the clothes [...] a white shirt is put on him, he puts him in a nice painted bed, pure silk sheets. Immediately afterwards two doctors are conducted [...] ; you need the poor and then they return home [...].
Santa Maria del Fiore, commonly known as the Florence Cathedral, is one of the most iconic landmarks in Florence, Italy. Here are some of the best things to see and explore about Santa Maria del Fiore.
Piazza della Signoria was the subject of various excavation campaigns. In the square between Palazzo Uguccioni and the door of the customs of Palazzo Vecchio, several medieval buildings were found, including a large foundation of a home home with well. Perhaps we do not realize that in Piazza Signoria it was dotted with several-twitting houses belonging to various Ghibelline families including the largest one belonging to the Uberti family.
Now we want tell something about a place were people and tourist probably walk in front. On via Lambertesca at n.4, in the direction of the Uffizi square, we passed in front of the large green color door, and we wondered .. but what will it be inside? Soon said, what remains and we can see currently consisted of various home belonging to the Pulci family, these finding themselves very close to the large complex of the new pole of the city power, were acquired for the new structure used for the mint, very important for coining of the coins.
Twelve million euros for 450 square meters, with a 70 square meter panoramic patio. Their pay per square meter is almost 27,000 euros. We are in Florence, in the Palazzo Portinari Salviati on the Via del Corso, where Dante Alighieri is rumored to have met Beatrice, but the price is more than that of an apartment on the île Saint-Louis, in the middle of the Senna, in the heart of Paris. Enjoy an amazing view of the Brunelleschi dome and the Torre di Arnolfo from the panoramic terrace. Which would you rather see: the Sacre-Coeur of Montmartre or the Eiffel Tower?
Many movements, such as the American National American Woman Suffrage Association, that sought to grant women the right to vote and ensure greater participation in political life were born in the Anglossassone world between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, particularly in that region. or the Women's Social and Political Union, headed by Emmeline Pankhurst, and the British National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, led by Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
