Florence: The city of Arts
Florence is an Italian pearl and one of the tourist’s top-pic destinations, being an open-air museum. Wandering around Florence you can contemplate works of art and architectural masterpieces unique in the world. The historic centre of Florence has been declared a ‘World Heritage Site’ as it’s the cradle of the Italian Renaissance, with museums, squares, churches, gardens and historic buildings of international renown. Florence also hides unusual corners and curious attractions that even the most regular visitors might not know about. Here you can find the top 3 Florence pearls.
1. Art in nature: Parco d’Arte Enzo Pazzagli
The particularity of the ‘Parco d’Arte Enzo Pazzagli’ lies in the 200 sculptures popping up in its green valley. Among the various sculptures, we find those of flowers and animal figures and sculptures by Sauro Cavallini or Marcello Guasti. The sculpture that stands out among all is that of the Trinity. The Trinity is composed of 300 cypress trees planted to represent a face with two profiles seen from above. To visit the park in the south of Florence you just have to reach Santa Maria Novella’s Station or Piazza San Marco.
2. Medieval Football: matches in which the traditional costumes of the time are worn
If you visit Florence in June, you might come across Florentine football, considered the ancestor of ball sports. This particular sport is a mix of today’s football, rugby and wrestling. The location known as ‘Giuoco del Calcio Fiorentino’ or Piazza Santa Croce is where this ancient sport is played. If you want to experience Florence in an alternative way this is a great opportunity! Usually, the games happen on the 24th of June, Feast Day of St. John the Baptist.
3. Piazza Duomo: emblem of Florence
This is the place that will give you the feeling of being in a real open-air museum! Santa Maria del Fiore, or the Cathedral of Florence, is the third largest cathedral in Europe. This immense structure is the result of the work of several architects (Arnolfo di Cambio, Giotto, Francesco Talenti and finally Brunelleschi). Brunelleschi in particular is the creator of the dome, considered one of the jewels of the Renaissance. As they say ‘the harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it’ the best point to enjoy this dome is to climb its 463 steps. Inside the dome you can admire the beautiful frescoes by Giorgio Vasari.
Travel Italy with Mel
Meet Melissa Romano (known to us as Mel because she now resides in Sydney, Australia… and we love to shorten things). Melissa was born in Italy and lived the first few decades of her life there. She regularly travels back to her homeland and we are lucky to have her in the TravelPay Marketing team as our go-to guide for anyone travelling to Italy.
She has a passion for travel and is a total foodie. Mel will be sharing her insider tips on travelling to Italy with a series of blogs on our site.
So make sure you check back for more and discover Italy through the eyes of a local.
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