Florence Renaissance Audio Tour: In the Footsteps of the Medicis

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Itinerary

1. 1

   Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

   15min

   Hear about the "impossible" dome and it's construction as well as the bell tower and facade of the most famous structure in Florence and look up at a dome that stood roofless for decades because no one alive knew how to build it

2. 2

   Piazza Del Duomo

   10min

   Notice why this bell tower stands apart from its cathedral — a design choice that reveals something about Italian tradition and hear about how Giotto's work kicked off the Renaissance

3. 3

   Church and Museum of Orsanmichele

   5min

   Search the niches of a former grain market where rival guilds waged a quiet war through sculpture.

4. 4

   Mercato Nuovo

   10min

   Rub a boar's snout for luck, then find the marble circle where bankrupt merchants suffered a very public punishment

5. 5

   Piazza della Signoria

   20min

   Hear about a monk who seized power, a fountain that was ridiculed, admire the large open air gallery of sculptures and pay homage at the copy of Michelangelo's David.

6. 6

   Uffizi

   Pass by

   Take in the courtyard which lined with statues of Florence’s legends and hear how the Uffizi eveolved

7. 7

   Ponte Vecchio

   10min

   Cross the only bridge Hitler's forces refused to destroy — and ask why butchers were banished to make way for goldsmiths

8. 8

   Stop 8

   Pass by

   Pause at the doors Michelangelo supposedly compared to the entrance of Paradise — then spot the trick that made them revolutionary.

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