Battaglia di Marciano della Chiana Giorgio Vasari painted the great east wall of Salone dei 500, illustrating the Florentine victory of the Battle of Marciano, a very bloody battle, where finally Siena fell and Florence became the absolute power in the hands of the Medici family.On a banner at the top you can read “Cerca […]

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari, painter and architect, belonging to that eclectic season that marks the transition to Mannerism, was born July 30, 1511 in Arezzo and died in Florence in 1574. More than for his artistic production, Giorgio Vasari is primarily remembered for his work as a historian and art critic for the “Lives of […]

    Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Book your tour in Florence Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map News Contact us “Finché non ci entri” rammentò a se stesso Langdon, visualizzando gli stupefacenti mosaici dell’interno…” “…avrebbero potuto attraversarlo e aggirare Porta […]

      Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map You are here: Home Florence Locations Church of Dante Church of Dante The church of Via Santa Margherita, already mentioned in 1302, was the parish of […]

    Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Book your tour in Florence Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map News Contact us “Sienna eyed the banner with uncertainty. “We’re going to Dante’s house?”” “…Ponte Vecchio the medieval stone bridge that serves as […]

Baptistry of San Giovanni The Baptistry of San Giovanni is thought to be the oldest monument in Florence. The first known mention of it was in a document dated 897, but the exact date of its construction is not known.In the Middle Ages, it was believed that it had been a temple to Mars in […]

    Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Book your tour in Florence Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map News Contact us “Up ahead rose the unmistakable shape of a campanile… Commonly known as Giotto’s bell tower…” “Langdon had been mesmerized by […]

      Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map You are here: Home Florence Locations Giotto’s bell tower Giotto’s bell tower Following his nomination as master of works on the construction of the new cathedral, […]

    Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Book your tour in Florence Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map News Contact us “Langdon recognized the image at once. The masterpiece before him La Mappa dell’Inferno” “The Dante death mask is around the […]

      Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map “I am the shade, through the dolent city I flee. … along the banks of the river arno I scramble breathless…” “I am the shade, through […]