A “must-see” list for Florence usually includes checking out Renaissance art at the Uffizi Gallery, having a quick look at Michelangelo’s David, and taking a walk to admire the incredible feat of architecture of the Florentine Duomo. However, there are many other less obvious art history treats in Florence. One of them, in place since the mid-17th century but closed for renovations for the last eight years, is the celebrated Vasari Corridor—the secret Medici passage high above the city streets. The corridor reopened to the public a few months ago, and I was happy to check it out.
Nina, thank you. I look forward to spending some time on this section. The trip I made to Italy in 2023 will be cherished so much more as I read all you’ve prepared. Again, thank you!
I’m happy you like my idea of posting some “high culture” travel tips. Italy and France are particularly easy to find beauty and art at every corner but almost everywhere in Europe there is something “less touristy” that still “feeds the soul.”
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Thank you, Nina, for the article. Your prose transported me back to my week-long visit to Florence with my wife who is a gemologist. The pietre dure shops welcomed her as a colleague, permitting her to walk behind the ropes to inspect the cutting of stones.
As a public administrator, I sensed the force of Florence’s power in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Hall of the Five Hundred. It was appropriate to pay respects at Machiavelli’s tomb; for a man so great, no words are great enough.
Thank you reed for your kind words. I too love Florence so much. Florence is a gift that keeps on giving, despite crowds, heat or difficulty of getting there if one lives far away. Perhaps your wife would enjoy this posting that I wrote two years ago about pietre dure and other stones: https://food4thesoul.solari.com/2023/06/10/ninas-blog-2023-stones-of-florence/
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Nina, thank you. I look forward to spending some time on this section. The trip I made to Italy in 2023 will be cherished so much more as I read all you’ve prepared. Again, thank you!
Hello Claudia:
I’m happy you like my idea of posting some “high culture” travel tips. Italy and France are particularly easy to find beauty and art at every corner but almost everywhere in Europe there is something “less touristy” that still “feeds the soul.”
kind regards, n
Thank you, Nina, for the article. Your prose transported me back to my week-long visit to Florence with my wife who is a gemologist. The pietre dure shops welcomed her as a colleague, permitting her to walk behind the ropes to inspect the cutting of stones.
As a public administrator, I sensed the force of Florence’s power in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Hall of the Five Hundred. It was appropriate to pay respects at Machiavelli’s tomb; for a man so great, no words are great enough.
In a heartbeat, I would visit Florence again.
Thank you reed for your kind words. I too love Florence so much. Florence is a gift that keeps on giving, despite crowds, heat or difficulty of getting there if one lives far away. Perhaps your wife would enjoy this posting that I wrote two years ago about pietre dure and other stones: https://food4thesoul.solari.com/2023/06/10/ninas-blog-2023-stones-of-florence/
Kind regards, n