Florence [antikvár]

FIRST ITINERARYPiazza del Duomo (Baptistry of San Giovanni; Giotto's Belltower; Loggia del Bigallo; Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore; Cathedral Museum) -Medici-Riccardi Palace (Medici Museum) - Piazza San Lorenzo (Church of San Lorenzo, Laurentian Library, Medici Chapels).Piazza del Duomo - This huge square, together with the adjoining Piazza San Giovanni surrounding the Baptistry, is the heart of Florence. The religious monuments to be found here the Cathedral, the Baptistry, and Giotto's Belltower create splendid harmony with their pink, green, and white marbles and geometric designs. By the Baptistry's north door is the so-called Column of St. Zenobius, put up here in 1384. It commemorates the miracle performed by the saint (who was bishop of Florence around the 5th century); an elm tree burst into flower as his coffin was being carried by in mid winter. Here every year on Easter Sunday the "Scoppio del Carro" (Explosion of the Cart), a traditional Florentine event, is held.