How did chroniclers, poets and visitors write about Florence?
4 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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Chroniclers, poets and travellers left different ways of telling Florence. These routes connect their words with places and lives in the catalogue. The theme lets you compare a visitor's view with a city known from within, keeping in mind that each account belongs to a particular writer, a particular moment and a particular way of looking.
In “Legends of Florence”: The wedding that divided the city and the tales of its sculptures let you follow how Florence was described by its chroniclers.
In “Oltrarno: from Pitti to the Carmine”: The windows of Casa Guidi bring writers' perspectives into the walk among the Oltrarno's palaces, churches and neighbours.
In “Dante's Florence”: You'll see how two families from the same neighbourhood split the city into Whites and Blacks, how a poet ended up sentenced to be burnt at the stake, and how the centre where it all happened burnt in 1304 and was demolished six centuries later.
Choose from 4 independent walks in Florence. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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You'll see how two families from the same neighbourhood split the city into Whites and Blacks, how a poet ended up sentenced to be burnt at the stake, and how the centre where it all happened burnt in 1304 and was demolished six centuries later.
The wedding that divided the city and the tales of its sculptures let you follow how Florence was described by its chroniclers.
The windows of Casa Guidi bring writers' perspectives into the walk among the Oltrarno's palaces, churches and neighbours.
A curved square that traces a Roman amphitheatre leads you to Santa Croce: the match of 1530, Galileo's long wait, the traveller with the racing heart and the water of 1966.
Florence fits into short walks that grow longer as you keep looking. The centre is compact; crossing the Arno changes the perspective without changing the city.
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