2-Hour Guided English Cemetery Tour in Florence with Barrett Browning

• Meet your tour guide and visit the ancient English Cemetery of Florence.
• Walk among the tombstones and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of this beautiful and charming cemetery, also called the Island of Dead.
• Listen to the history of this place and the stories of some of the amazing people buried here: poets and writers, scientists and pastors, artists and adventurers. The tombs unveil the many different communities of foreigners in Florence during the 19th century. Not just English people, but ex-pats from 16 different countries who lived and died in Florence, including celebrities like the British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
• Your tour guide will talk about:
  • The cemetery symbolism and iconography
  • The history of the English Cemetery
  • The history of the foreign communities in Florence
  • The notable people buried here, such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Freedom, love, art, and the fight against slavery

Feel free to ask any kind of question about them!