An Orientation and Introduction to Fabulous Florence Learn how and why the Renaissance began in Florence This three-hour walking tour encompasses the origins of Florence, and how and why the Renaissance began in this fascinating city. See remnants of the Roman origins of the city, and learn about the artists of the early 1400s who achieved astonishing breakthroughs
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Florence’s Most Elegant Street
The Via Tornabuoni This article of mine was published originally by Fathom When I first lived in Florence in the 1980s, I should have photographed the historic 19th-century cafes on Via Tornabuoni. Because when I next made Florence my home two decades later, they were gone. Although I was a backpacking waif in the '80s, totally ignorant of Florentine history, if someone had
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