Florence of the Medici 4-hr walking tour

The Medici: wealth, power, patronage and passion that launched the Renaissance. On this private, 4-hour walking tour you will discover the Florence of the legendary Medici.

 
DETAILS: FLORENCE OF THE MEDICI 4-hr walking tour

Recently the protagonists of a hit television series, the Medici were the most influential and important figures in Florence during the 15th century. The story of the Medici family is inseparably bound to the story of the city.

With a masterful alternation of entrepreneurial genius and diplomatic skill intertwined with family intrigues and political plots, the Medici rose from wealthy bankers to the ranks of grand dukes, queens and popes.

The members of the Medici family distinguished themselves not only for their political savvy but also as the promoters of a new way of approaching art and viewing humankind, which we now refer to as “the Renaissance“.

As we walk around Florence we will enter their palaces and their churches, we will discover the most indicative places connected to their name, to their power, to their extraordinary patronage, to their passion for classical art and culture, and to their immense love for the city of Florence.

The full experience is carried out in two 4-hour days. The condensed experience is a single 4-hour tour.

The full experience (two 4-hour sessions on successive days) includes:

• the convent of San Marco (8 Euro), desired by Cosimo the Elder, with works by Beato Angelico and the cell of Girolamo Savonarola
• Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (10 Euro), splendid example of a Renaissance palace, designed by Michelozzo for Cosimo the Elder
• the basilica of San Lorenzo (7 Euro), the parochial church of the Medici, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi
• the Medici chapels (9 Euro), the family mausoleum (Lorenzo the Magnificent is entombed in the splended New Sacristy, designed by Michelangelo)
• Piazza del Duomo
• the Bargello museum (8 Euro), housing masterpieces by Donatello, Verrocchio, and Michelangelo, who were intimately connected to the story of the Medici family
• Piazza della Signoria, political heart of the city, and the loggia containing many exquisite sculptures
• Palazzo Vecchio (12.50 Euro), the historic seat of the Signori della città (city council), that became the home of Duke Cosimo I and his beautiful Spanish wife, Eleonora di Toledo. It houses their apartments, the magnificent Salone del Cinquecento, the chancellery of Niccolò Machiavelli, and the Map Room
• Ponte Vecchio
• Pitti Palace (16 Euro), the last Medici palace of the city, now housing several galleries, including and art gallery with works by Raffael, Tiziano and Caravaggio.

The condensed experience (4 hours) includes:

• Piazza San Marco
• Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, (10 Euro)
• the Medici chapels, (9 Euro)
• the Bargello museum, (8 Euro)
• PIazza della Signoria and Palazzo Vecchio (from the exterior)

FLORENCE OF THE MEDICI 4-HR WALKING TOUR
DURATION: 4 hrs

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