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Extraordinary Florence.

Extraordinary Florence: the things you won’t find in guidebooks.

“at the discovery of unusual and less well known Florence places with a timeless atmosphere which you won’t find on guides and only a local tourist guide may know“.
You can download Extraordinary Florence for free to find some of Florence hidden treasures which escape traditional guidebooks:

Teatro del Sale
A cultural club where to meet out-of-the-ordinary people.

The Iris Garden
A garden dedicated to the flowery symbol of Florence, open just one month a year.

Antique animals
The Zoological Museum La Specola is the most ancient scientific museum in the world.

Classical Music capital
Florence hosts one of the most ancient and prestigious European Classical Music Festival.

Florence and Soccer
The glorious history of the Italian Soccer Team can be followed in the museum in Coverciano.

Icecream in via de’ Neri
The simple but tasteful recipe of a Florentine butcher, to be tasted in a high quality gelateria.

Chocolate at Hemingway
in the most popular quarter of Florence, a compulsory stop for the greedy ones.

Lastrucci mosaics
the so-called commesso fiorentino, a 1500s artistic technique to compose.

The central market
The central Market: where do the Florentines go shopping for food?

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The treausures of the Florence Cathedral

11 dicembre 2015 by Elena

Tomorrow a first visit to the complex of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence is scheduled. The meeting will be at 3 pm in San Giovanni Square, right in front of the Caffé Scudieri. The visit will last 3 hours, as we are going to enter the crypt dedicated to Santa Reparata, the romanesque Baptistery of Saint John, Santa Maria del Fiore’s and the new museum.

The crypt underneath the duomo is the most ancient thing we will see: it corresponds to the early christian church dedicated to Santa Reparata. The choice of this saint is due to an historical event: on the 8th of October (day traditionally dedicated to this greek saint) 405 the florentine Romans could resist againist the attack of a barbaric population. In order to thank the saint for the help she had given them, the Floretines decided to move the title of cathedral church from the ancient San Lorenzo’s (previuosly consacrated by saint Ambrose) to the new church.

One of the most interesting work on show in the crypt is the mosaic floor, decorated with a number of christian symbols. Beside them you can clearly read the names of those patrons who gave money for making the pavement: they payed for it and, sofar, they wanted to be remembered forever!

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The treausures of the Florence Cathedral

11 dicembre 2015 by Elena

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