“It goes without saying that Florence is a city that lives in the past. Its medieval and Renaissance history, immortalised in famous buildings, sculptures and paintings, is the main reason the city is as loved and visited as it is today. In every nook and cranny, history seeps out onto the well trodden stone streets and into the everyday” - Emiko Davies, Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence
The Palazzo Strozzi
Welcome to Episode #153:
Here is the next instalment on the Tuscan Treasures to be discovered in Florence in the region of Tuscany.
Today I share more details about Renaissance Italy and the culture of art and history that pervades the many wonderful sites and landmarks in the city of Florence. This is a more practical share on the places, museums, cultural landmarks and a taste of the food culture if you are to visit the city of Florence, Italy.
Inside the Santa Maria Novella Museum in the piazza’s namesake
Shownotes:
Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance by Joseph Luzzi
In the Shadow of a Cypress - In the Shadow of a Cypress by Michelle Johnston
Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence
Places mentioned…
The Uffizi Gallery, The Accademia, Palazzo Vecchio, Palazzo Strozzi, Palazzo Pitti, Varari’s Corrdior (connected to the Uffizi Gallery and Boboli Gardens), The Santa Maria Novella Cathedral and The Santa Maria Novella Museum
The Boboli Gardens - if your feet are already tired you can catch the No.11 bus from the bus stop outside of the Santa Maria Novella Train Station (to the right if walking out of the station) and enter at the Porta Romana Gate
Visit Fiesole outside of the city (a 20 minute bus ride from the San Marco Piazza)
Artemisia Gentileschi Art exhibition from October to April 2027
A Writer in Italy Podcast
Florence, Tuscan Treasures - Part 1
The Tarocchi Players: Renaissiance Italy and the History of Tarot
A Florentine Cafe and Musings on Women and Art in Italy
The Story of Art Podcast:
Michelangelo - The Birth of a Genius (Part 1)
Michelangelo - The Making of David (Part 2)
Michelangelo - The Sistine Chapel Ceiling (Part 3)
Michelangelo - The Master of Rome (Part 4)
Artemisia Gentileschi: Talent and Torment (Part 1)
Artemisia Gentileschi: Painter to the Medici and Charles I (Part 2)
On the Via Tournabuoni and wandering toward the Palazzo Vecchio