Saturday in Florence-pt 1
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frualeydisSautrday the weather was worse than Friday: c. 10 degrees C (c. 50 F) and raining on and off. Though not enough to stop someone from Gothenburg, or even make him/her take out their umbrella :)
We started with visiting Basilica Santa Croce, to look at the frescoes by Giotto, and by Taddeo Gaddi. This meant walking through all the old, old parts of Florence, houses which stood there when Dante pined after Beatrice, or were built in the days of the Medicis.
In the earlier Middle ages the rich/noble families built narrow owers which they fortified and lived in. These were later incorporated in to larger bulidings. The image behind the cut shows one of those.
The church of Santa Croce is very typical medieval Italian, influenced by Byzantine architecture and very different from the northern Gothic style. Like the Duomo and Santa Maria Novella it is decorated/built with white and green marble.
On eof Giottos paintings, from ca 1300-1320
The church is actually a whle complex of buildings, with different chapels and areas that used to be inhabited by monks and priests. There were two lovely courtyards; photos behind the cut.
After Santa Croce we had something to eat (or rather, Rickard did, I'm still on the Cambridge diet) and continued to Palazzo Davanzati, a late 14th centur Palazzo which has been furnitured as it might have been. I took photos there too, but they're not as good as the ones on the museum's website, so I suggest you go there :)
Now it's time for the Swedish qualifier finals to the Eurovision song contest, so I'll continue with the rest of the Saturday tomorrow.
We started with visiting Basilica Santa Croce, to look at the frescoes by Giotto, and by Taddeo Gaddi. This meant walking through all the old, old parts of Florence, houses which stood there when Dante pined after Beatrice, or were built in the days of the Medicis.
In the earlier Middle ages the rich/noble families built narrow owers which they fortified and lived in. These were later incorporated in to larger bulidings. The image behind the cut shows one of those.
The church of Santa Croce is very typical medieval Italian, influenced by Byzantine architecture and very different from the northern Gothic style. Like the Duomo and Santa Maria Novella it is decorated/built with white and green marble.
On eof Giottos paintings, from ca 1300-1320
The church is actually a whle complex of buildings, with different chapels and areas that used to be inhabited by monks and priests. There were two lovely courtyards; photos behind the cut.
Me and Rickard:
At the end of that archway there was an opning to another courtyard
After Santa Croce we had something to eat (or rather, Rickard did, I'm still on the Cambridge diet) and continued to Palazzo Davanzati, a late 14th centur Palazzo which has been furnitured as it might have been. I took photos there too, but they're not as good as the ones on the museum's website, so I suggest you go there :)
Now it's time for the Swedish qualifier finals to the Eurovision song contest, so I'll continue with the rest of the Saturday tomorrow.
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Date: 2017-03-13 04:28 am (UTC)