We saw…

San Lorenzo Dante’s house Santa Croce Pitti Palace

Boboli Gardens The Duomo Old Palace Old Bridge

Santa Maria Novella and…

The San Lorenzo is a beautiful basilica. The San lorenzo is the oldest church in Florence. The basilica was consacrated in 393.

Dante's house, is located between the square and the street of Santa Margherita, opposite the Torre della Castagna and the remains of the church of St. Martin. It is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. Here in the heart of medieval Florence, where, on the basis of some documentaries, stood the houses of Alighieri.

Santa Croce is one of the most famous churches in Florence, with a density of amazing artwork even for a city like Florence. Attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio (1295) and completed in the fourteenth century.

The Pitti Palace, which was formerly the residence of the grand-dukes of Tuscany and later of the King of Italy, now houses several important collections of paintings and sculpture, works of art, porcelain and a costume gallery, besides providing a magnificently decorated historical setting which extends to the Boboli Gardens, one of the earliest Italian gardens famous also for its fountains and grottoes.

The Duomo is also called "Cathedral" because there is the chair of the Bishop, that is, the place where the Bishop celebrates and preaches the Word of the Lord.

The Old Bridge was until 1218 the only bridge crossing the Arno in Florence. The bridge, as you see it today was built in 1345 after a severe flood destroyed the previous year. During the Second World War, German troops destroyed all the bridges of Florence, except this one. On November 4, 1966, the Old Bridge miraculously endured the huge wave of water from the Arno in flood, which broke its banks causing the flood of Florence.

For more than seven centuries the Palace of the Signoria, better known as the Old Palace, is the symbol of the civil power of the city of Florence. Its current appearance is due largely to great works of renovation and interior decoration that were made in the middle decades of the sixteenth century, in order to adapt to the new function of the ducal palace to which Cosimo I de 'Medici had intended. After the transfer of the Medici court in the Pitti Palace continued to host the Wardrobe and various government offices, until in 1871 it became the seat of the Municipality of Florence.

Since 1868, following the abolition laws of church property and in accordance with the agreement signed in September 3 between the City and the rectors of churches, the Community of the Dominicans took on the obligation to provide for the maintenance of worship and its ordinary officiatura and extraordinary, thus becoming responsible for the pastoral and liturgical service of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella.

It was fun and exciting. Sleep away from home is fun, even if, at times, scary. Visit a city other than your own makes you know your country, not only in the cultural and historical heritage also on a personal level. 2^ D

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