{"id":668,"date":"2009-06-16T19:22:05","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T18:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/?p=668"},"modified":"2009-06-17T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T15:30:12","slug":"the-memories-of-the-ancient-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/668\/the-memories-of-the-ancient-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Memories of the ancient Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/forte.jpg\" alt=\"forte\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/forte.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/forte-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are 20 places in Florence where visitors feel they are back in the year 1500. That\u2019s what Stendhal felt about this city whose civic spirit floats around and seeps from the houses, buildings and squares: a journey back in time into an ancient civilization. This route touches places with a strong connection between man and the city:<br \/>\non top of a hillock Bernardo Buontalenti designed Forte Belvedere, a former defensive building and now an important exhibition centre for sculptured works.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/speda.jpg\" alt=\"speda\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><br \/>\nBrunelleschi, another great Florentine genius, almost 2 centuries before had designed the Spedale degli Innocenti.<br \/>\nAnother splendid building is the Loggia dei Lanzi built on the design by Orcagna, once a rostrum for important civic events\u00a0 and a fine open-air-museum.<br \/>\nA building dedicated to man and his thirst for knowledge and research is the famous Astrophysic Arcetri Observatory with its distinctive white domes built more than a hundred years ago.<!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/teatro.jpg\" alt=\"teatro\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/teatro.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/teatro-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nBut of course there are thousand of interesting places in a city like Florence.<br \/>\nFor instance Stazione Leopolda in Piazzale Porta la Prato, the former ducal railway terminus, which will now be turned into a concert hall.<br \/>\nIn the middle of the town visitors will surely stop to admire the newly-restored Fontane di Pietro Tacca in piazza delle Santissima Annunziata, Palazzo Nonfinito in Via del Proconsolo, designed by Buontalenti for Alessandro Strozzi, and the characteristic metal structure of the central market. a bustling shopping- centre and meeting place.<br \/>\nIt\u00a0is also possible to stop at the old Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella, with its variety of spices and perfumes, and the graceful stuccos of the Teatro della Pergola.<br \/>\nVisitors will be transported far back in time at the sight of the Roman Theatre in Fiesole, a town defined as the \u201cmother\u201d of Florentine culture.<\/p>\n<p>Form more information about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/holidays-in-tuscany\/florence-area\/city-of-florence\/hotels\/\">Hotels in Florence<\/a>, click here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/holidays-in-tuscany\/florence-area\/city-of-florence\/hotels\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/lanzi2.jpg\" alt=\"lanzi2\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/panorama1.jpg\" alt=\"panorama1\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 20 places in Florence where visitors feel they are back in the year 1500. That\u2019s what Stendhal felt about this city whose civic spirit floats around and seeps from the houses, buildings and squares: a journey back in time into an ancient civilization. This route touches places with a strong connection between man [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,61],"tags":[552,94,553,554],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy","category-tuscany-vacation","tag-fiesole","tag-florence","tag-holidays-in-florence","tag-loggia-dei-lanzi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Memories of the ancient Florence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are 20 places in Florence where visitors feel they are back in the year 1500. 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