Ponte Santa Trinita is one of Florence’s most elegant Renaissance landmarks. Discover Ammannati’s extraordinary bridge, its four seasons statues, destruction in 1944 and painstaking post-war reconstruction. […]
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The National Archaeological Museum Florence reveals a world far older than the Renaissance. Discover Etruscan masterpieces, Ancient Egyptian treasures and important Greek and Roman antiquities in the historic Palazzo della Crocetta. […]
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Florence and the Islamic world were connected by trade, art and cultural exchange. Discover how textiles, luxury goods, merchants and artistic ideas linked Renaissance Florence with the wider Mediterranean. […]
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Religion in Renaissance Florence shaped politics, art and everyday life. Discover the Medici relationship with the Church, the rise of Savonarola and how faith became inseparable from power in the Renaissance city. […]
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Discover Jewish Florence through the story of its historic community, the lost Medici ghetto and the magnificent Great Synagogue. Explore a fascinating chapter of Florence that disappeared from the city map but remains part of its history. […]
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The Black Death devastated Florence in 1348, killing a large part of its population and transforming society. Discover the plague through Boccaccio’s eyewitness account and explore what happened to medieval Florence during one of the greatest catastrophes in its history. […]
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