Jacopo Peri stood at the centre of Florence’s musical revolution around 1600. His Dafne is widely regarded as the first opera, while Euridice is the earliest surviving opera whose music has come down to us substantially complete. […]
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Francesca Caccini was one of the most remarkable musicians of 17th-century Florence. A composer, singer and teacher at the Medici court, she created the earliest surviving opera written by a woman and built an extraordinary career in a male-dominated musical world. […]
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Giulio Caccini was one of the musicians who transformed Florence around 1600 into the birthplace of opera. Discover his role in the Florentine Camerata, the Medici court and the development of expressive solo singing. […]
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Ponte San Niccolò marks the eastern edge of central Florence. Discover its unusual history, from a 19th-century suspension bridge to destruction in 1944 and post-war reconstruction. […]
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Ponte alla Carraia has connected Florence across the Arno for centuries. Discover its medieval origins, Renaissance transformation, wartime destruction and reconstruction. […]
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Ponte alle Grazie has crossed the Arno for centuries. Discover its medieval origins as Ponte Rubaconte, its remarkable lost structures, wartime destruction and modern reconstruction. […]
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