Step Into History
Walk Florence in 1600
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Step Into History · City walk
The Grand Duke's Firenze, 1600
Firenze in 1600 is the grand-ducal capital of Tuscany: a compact city of guilds, princely palaces and showy collections owned by the Medici. The walk moves from the surrounding hills into the market stalls, civic piazze and riverfront, across the Vasari corridor to the Pitti gardens and the sculptured terraces where courtly display and learned curiosity meet.
35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Florence as it stood in 1600 (“History of Florence”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Fiesole Panorama
- 2. Porta San Gallo
- 3. Via San Gallo
- 4. Piazza Santa Maria Novella
- 5. Mercato Vecchio
- ↳ Cloth Market Hall · interior
- 6. Piazza del Duomo
- ↳ Nave of Santa Maria del Fiore · interior
- 7. Campanile di Giotto
- ↳ Bell Chamber of Giotto's Campanile · interior
- 8. Via dei Calzaiuoli
- 9. Piazza della Signoria
- ↳ Hall of the Five Hundred · interior
- 10. Loggia dei Lanzi
- ↳ Arcade of Civic Statues · interior
- 11. Uffizi Courtyard
- ↳ Octagonal Tribuna · interior
- 12. Arno at the Uffizi
- 13. Ponte Vecchio
- ↳ Vasari Elevated Gallery · interior
- ↳ Covered Goldsmiths' Shops · interior
- 14. Palazzo Pitti Façade
- ↳ Grand Ducal Audience Chamber · interior
- 15. Piazza Pitti and Boboli
- 16. Boboli Garden Terraces
- ↳ Buontalenti Grotto Interior · interior
- 17. Via Maggio
- 18. Piazza Santo Spirito
- ↳ Nave of Santo Spirito · interior
- 19. Via de' Serragli
- 20. Ponte Santa Trinita
- 21. Via de' Tornabuoni
- ↳ Cortile of Palazzo Strozzi · interior
- 22. San Miniato al Monte View
- ↳ Choir of San Miniato al Monte · interior