Step Into History
Walk Florence in 1490
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Step Into History · City walk
Lorenzo's Florence, 1490
Florence in 1490 is at the height of Medici patronage and civic ambition: Brunelleschi's dome crowns a compact city of merchants, guilds and palazzi. The walk moves from the hills into fortified gates, through markets, riverfront workshops and Medici gardens, ending on the hill above the Arno where the city's stone and terracotta roofs gather beneath the dome.
37 scenes — 23 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Florence as it stood in 1490 (“Republic of Florence”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Fiesole Overlook
- 2. Porta San Gallo
- 3. Convent of San Marco
- ↳ Convent Scriptorium · interior
- 4. Palazzo Medici
- ↳ Medici Courtyard · interior
- ↳ Medici Private Studiolo · interior
- 5. Medici Garden
- ↳ Lorenzo's Sculpture Casino · interior
- 6. Bottega of Botticelli
- ↳ Botticelli's Workshop · interior
- 7. Piazza di San Lorenzo
- ↳ Old Sacristy (Sagrestia Vecchia) · interior
- 8. Mercato Vecchio
- ↳ Covered Market Hall · interior
- 9. Piazza della Signoria
- ↳ Council Hall of Palazzo Vecchio · interior
- 10. Loggia della Signoria
- 11. Via Calimala
- 12. Piazza del Duomo
- ↳ Drum Gallery of the Dome · interior
- 13. Baptistery of San Giovanni
- ↳ Mosaic Vault of the Baptistery · interior
- 14. Giotto's Campanile
- ↳ Upper Bell Chamber · interior
- 15. Ponte Vecchio
- ↳ Goldsmith's Shop on the Bridge · interior
- 16. Arno near Ponte Vecchio
- ↳ Riverside Forge · interior
- 17. Ponte Santa Trinita
- 18. Piazza Santa Trinita
- ↳ Sassetti Chapel · interior
- 19. Borgo San Jacopo
- 20. Piazza Santo Spirito
- 21. Palazzo Pitti
- 22. Porta Romana
- 23. San Miniato al Monte