History and development of the town of Florence – Half day

The program:

• 9:00 You meet your English-speaking guide, an expert architect, passionate about her town, at your hotel reception

• The city as a palimpsest 
  Piazza della Repubblica: from the Roman forum and capitolium to the Jewish ghetto and to the modern centre; the Futurists’café: Le Giubbe Rosse
  Merchants and bankers 
  Palazzo Strozzi (the largest private palace of its time, built by bankers): the “panca di via” as a public/private structure
  Palazzo Davanzati (a merchant’s palace): visit to the Museum of the Ancient Florentine House
  Loggia del Mercato Nuovo: a covered piazza
  Le Arti (The Guilds) 
  Some headquarters: the palace of the Arte della Lana (The Wool guild) and the Arte dei Beccai (The Butchers Guild)
  Orsanmichele: an ancient loggia, used as covered market and granary, later transformed into the church of the Arts
  The major public space 
  Piazza della Signoria: from the democracy piazza with the public palace and the public loggia to the Medici’s piazza

• 13:00 End of the program

The price of the program includes: an expert English-speaking guide and all entrance tickets.