{"id":12313,"date":"2021-01-14T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/firenze\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T13:45:46","slug":"florence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/where\/florence\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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“Of all the foreign cities, Florence has certainly become my favourite. The more you live in it, the more you realise you love it. There is something welcoming about it that makes me feel at home”.<\/p>

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky<\/strong>
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Music<\/strong>\u00a0can tell you lots about the most hidden aspects of a city.\u00a0Florence<\/strong>\u00a0is an excellent example of this, having long inspired composers and poets to sing about its beauty.\u00a0Leonardo\u00a0was neither the first nor the last to sing about it in rhyme. If we dig into the past, but also into the present, we discover many songs dedicated to Florence that celebrate the city of the lily.\u00a0The song La porti un bacione a Firenze<\/strong><\/em> (Take a big kiss to Florence<\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0by Odoardo Spadaro, the romantic words, almost verses, of\u00a0Firenze sogna<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Florence is dreaming<\/strong><\/em>) by Cesare Cesarini, sung by the Claudio Villa, an ode to love and the city in a nocturnal, romantic and poetic guise that makes the hearts of lovers tremble as they snuggle in a tight embrace tightly on the Lungarni. How many songs feature Florence<\/strong> as the protagonist, or as the backdrop of love stories and emotions!\u00a0Florence, the capital of Tuscany, is a city that has retained its past charm and splendour. Its works of art, churches and architecture evoke the splendour of Renaissance culture and art in a city that never ceases to surprise. The beating heart of Florence is\u00a0Piazza del Duomo<\/strong>, towered over by the\u00a0Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore<\/strong>, surmounted by\u00a0Brunelleschi’s dome<\/strong>, and also housing the\u00a0Baptistery of San Giovanni<\/strong>, a magnificent example of Florentine Romanesque architecture, and\u00a0Giotto’s Bell Tower<\/strong>, a masterpiece of Florentine Gothic architecture.
Walking along\u00a0Via dei Calzaiuoli<\/strong>, where you can admire the shop windows of some of the most prestigious designer labels, you reach\u00a0Piazza della Signoria<\/strong>, the heart of the city’s social life, where a stop at\u00a0Caff\u00e8 Rivoire<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0, opened in 1872 by Enrico Revoire, chocolatier to the Royal Family of Savoy, is a must. Piazza della Signoria, captured in the millions of photos taken by the tourists from all over the world who stop to admire the beauty and harmony of this masterpiece, is home to the 14th-century\u00a0Loggia dei Lanzi<\/strong>, the\u00a0Neptune Fountain<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Palazzo della Signoria<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Palazzo Vecchio<\/strong>, one of the city’s symbolic monuments, in front of which stands a copy of Michelangelo’s famous\u00a0David<\/strong>. Next to the square is the majestic\u00a0Uffizi Gallery<\/strong>, home to one of the world’s most important museum collections, displaying works by\u00a0Botticelli<\/strong>,\u00a0Michelangelo<\/strong>,\u00a0Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong>\u00a0and many other great artists. An architectural element of particular prestige is the Vasari\u00a0Corridor<\/strong>, designed by Vasari in the mid-16th century, which connects the Gallery to Palazzo Vecchio and\u00a0Palazzo Pitti<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Architectural treasures such as the\u00a0Church of Orsanmichele<\/strong>\u00a0and the 13th-century\u00a0Palazzo del Bargello<\/strong>, now one of the most important national museums in the world, are located between Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Signoria. Don\u2019t miss the 16th-century\u00a0Loggia del Mercato Nuovo<\/strong> also called\u00a0Loggia del Porcellino<\/strong>\u00a0for its characteristic bronze statue depicting a wild boar, considered a good luck charm, and the grandiose\u00a0Palazzo Strozzi<\/strong>, which dates back to the late 15th and early 16th centuries, leading us to\u00a0Via Tornabuoni<\/strong>. This is a luxurious street in the historic centre, considered one of the most elegant in Florence thanks to its many noble palaces and the numerous boutiques of\u00a0high fashion<\/strong>\u00a0designers, such as Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Enrico Coveri, Roberto Cavalli, Emilio Pucci and others, and jewellers such as Damiani, Bulgari and Buccellati. Continuing on our journey to discover the treasures of the so-called \u2018Cradle of Art\u2019, we come to the medieval neighbourhood of\u00a0Santa Croce, overlooked by the Basilica of the same name, famous for its frescoes by\u00a0Giotto<\/strong>\u00a0and for housing the tombs of many illustrious Italians including\u00a0Michelangelo<\/strong>,\u00a0Galileo<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Machiavelli<\/strong>.\u00a0The extraordinary monumental complex of San Lorenzo is also worth a visit, as is the conventual complex of\u00a0Santa Maria Novella<\/strong>, with its church containing famous frescoes and precious works of art. Across the ancient and fascinating\u00a0Ponte Vecchio<\/strong> full of ancient goldsmiths’ workshops, we reach the Oltrarno district where we find the square overlooked by the\u00a0Pitti Palace<\/strong>, the imposing and sumptuous palace that was once the residence of the Medici and Lorraine families, and its marvellous park, the Boboli Gardens, a splendid example of an Italian garden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Also, in the Oltrarno is the panoramic\u00a0Piazzale Michelangelo<\/strong>, a favourite destination for tourists because of its wonderful view over Florence and the surrounding hills, and the\u00a0Church of San Miniato al Monte<\/strong>, one of the best examples of Florentine Romanesque architecture. About 2 km from Florence is Fiesole, a village of infinite beauty of Etruscan origin, considered the ‘mother’ of the city of the lily. Rising on the hill immediately behind Florence, it offers an incomparable view of the city. Fiesole is concentrated around\u00a0Piazza Mino da Fiesole<\/strong>\u00a0from which it extends over a vast territory made up not only of\u00a0monuments,\u00a0historical villas<\/strong>,\u00a0and\u00a0noble palaces<\/strong> but also of\u00a0nature trails<\/strong>\u00a0and historical villages<\/strong>\u00a0such as\u00a0Maiano<\/strong> and\u00a0Vincigliata<\/strong>.
Its great charm derives partly from the beauty of its trails through woodland and hills, and partly from of its extensive collection of monuments and vestiges of its ancient past. Today Fiesole is the perfect destination for tourists seeking intense cultural experiences or who wish to get married or celebrate an event in one of the most scenic and evocative places in the Florentine hills.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Florence “Of all the foreign cities, Florence has certainly become my favourite. The more you live in it, the more you realise you love it. There is something welcoming about it that makes me feel at home”. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Music\u00a0can tell you lots about the most hidden aspects of a city.\u00a0Florence\u00a0is an excellent example<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18336,"parent":12314,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12313","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12313"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18067,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12313\/revisions\/18067"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossellacelebrinievents.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}