![]() ![]() ![]() This famous tower began to tilt when its construction began in 1173. Stop At: Leaning Tower of Pisa The Tower of Pisa in Italian “Torre Pendente di Pisa” is located in the city of Pisa, exactly in the Piazza del Duomo of Pisa known as “Piazza dei Miracoli” (Cathedral Square). It is one of the most important cities in Tuscany and it is extremely well-known in the world, because of its famous symbol: "the Leaning Tower". Stop At: Pisa The city of Pisa rises above the banks of Arno, just before the mouth of the river at Marina of Pisa. It was abandoned by the 500s, built over in the 1300s, a re-discovered in 1875. It was seating for 8,000-10,000 people and had to be enclosed by an additional wall as it boarder the original city wall. Stop At: Palazzo Vecchio The Eastern side of the complex was a theater in Roman Times built around 150AD (city Florentia was 59 BC by Julius Caesar) on what was a natural 20-foot slope. It is the only bridge in town to survive WW2 Rich people didn’t want to walk the stinky bridge either and had Goldsmiths move in. The first one was made of wood then turned into a stone bridge after the Flood of 1333 or 45? butchers (beccai) were based here, threw scraps in the river, and it stunk so bad that Cosimo de Medici had Vasari build him a suspended walkway to Pitti Palace. It was the only one to cross the River until 1218. ![]() Stop At: Ponte Vecchio The Roman bridge was built next to this one around 127AD and replaced by in 966. Because the architect died in 1310, work slowed for 30 years until the survivors of the Plague of 1348 revived the project. Before the current church was started in 1296, the Romanesque Cathedral of Santa Reparata sat here dating back to the Gauls in the 400s. Stop At: Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Officially called the Cathedral of Santa Maria of the Flower (del Fiore), Florence’s Cathedral (Duomo) is the most monumental landmark in town. ![]() While many of Florence’s neighbors never recovered from plagues and famines, thanks to its river access, powerful military, and ruthless Medici rulers, Florence grew into a European powerhouse in the Age of Enlightenment. This is a typical itinerary for this product Stop At: Florence Not only is central Florence the heart of town, but since the 1500s it was also the heart of the Italian Renaissance. ![]()
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