Florence city of art
Florence is also a Museum in open and the best way to explore it by Yourself. After a plesent trip by highspeed train You will arrive in Credle of Renessance.We sugest You to visit Piazza Santa Croce, one of the most beautiful squares in town with a splendid Cathedral as a background. The third and last cathedral of Florence, it was dedicated to the Virgin of the Flower, in 1412, a clear allusion to the lily, the symbol of the city. Its Dome is an absolute masterpiece of art that enchants the world since its creation: it is the symbol of the Renaissance and of humanism in general.
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, with the magnificent dome projected by Brunelleschi,. Then the Baptistry with the golden bronze doors by Ghiberti and Giotto’s Belfry.
You can then walk to the Piazza della Signoria with the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence’s Town Hall, the Loggia dei Lanzi with the Perseus by Cellini and the Fountain of Neptune.
Uffizi Gallery
Refined by the Renaissance Art and enriched by the Medici rule, Florence is the cradle of the Italian language. We will arrive in the heart of the city to let You visit the Uffizi Gallery (with skip the line ticket) where the original David by Michelangelo is housed, together with the Third “Pietà” and the Prisons.
The museum houses a collection of priceless works of art , deriving, as a fundamental nucleus, from the Medici collections , enriched over the centuries by bequests, exchanges and donations, among which stands out a fundamental group of religious works derived from the suppressions of monasteries and convents between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Divided into various rooms set up by schools and styles in chronological order, this gallery is is one of the most important art collections in the world. Masterpieces from Giotto, Cimabue, Botticelli Titian , Pontormo , Bronzino , Andrea del Sarto , Caravaggio , Dürer , Rubens , Leonardo da Vinci will amaze You.
