Step Into History
Walk Florence in 1300
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Step Into History · City walk
Dante's Florence, 1300
Florence in 1300 is a thriving medieval republic on the edge of architectural transformation: the new cathedral has just begun beside the ancient Baptistery, Palazzo della Signoria rises as a civic palace, and a forest of private tower-houses crowns the dense roofscape. The walk moves from the hills into the gates, along the Arno with its wool workshops, through crowded markets, and past building sites where guildsmen, clerics and civic officials conduct the city’s daily business.
35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Florence as it stood in 1300 (“History of Florence”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Fiesole Hill View
- 2. Porta San Miniato
- 3. Borgo San Frediano
- 4. Lungarno Riverside
- ↳ Fullers' Riverside Shed · interior
- 5. Ponte Vecchio
- ↳ Bridge Butchers' Stall · interior
- 6. Piazza Santa Trinità
- 7. Ponte alla Carraia
- 8. Via dei Calzaiuoli
- 9. Mercato Vecchio
- ↳ Covered Market Stall · interior
- 10. Via Calimala
- ↳ Counting House · interior
- 11. Baptistery of San Giovanni
- ↳ Mosaic Dome · interior
- 12. Cathedral Construction Site
- ↳ Scaffolded Choir · interior
- 13. Piazza del Duomo
- 14. Piazza della Signoria
- 15. Palazzo della Signoria
- ↳ Priors' Council Chamber · interior
- 16. Torre della Castagna
- ↳ Tower Meeting Hall · interior
- 17. Mercato di San Lorenzo
- 18. Piazza San Lorenzo
- ↳ Wool Guild Hall · interior
- 19. Via Porta Rossa Towers
- ↳ Tower Solar Chamber · interior
- 20. Piazza Santa Croce
- ↳ Santa Croce Nave · interior
- 21. Piazza Santa Maria Novella
- ↳ Dominican Choir · interior
- 22. San Miniato Terrace
- ↳ San Miniato Choir · interior