The Renaissance in Florence

The most famous city in Tuscany is Florence. The old translation of Florence is "Fei Lengcui", for example, Xu Zhimo's "Fei Lengcui One Night" refers to Florence. "Fei Lengcui" means "Flower City" in Italian. Hong Kong people call it "Florence". Although it looks a bit strange, this exquisite and beautiful name is quite imaginative. However, the tone of Florence is not really as green as jade. The most typical weather here-and the most typical weather in Tuscany-is the blue sky and white clouds in the sun. Colorful walls, dark green shutters and crimson roofs are the symbolic colors here.

Florence has 40 museums and galleries, more than 60 palaces and many churches, and has a large collection of excellent works of art and precious cultural relics, so it is also called "Athens of the West". It is one of the richest places to preserve Renaissance art in the world. 1. College Gallery.

The Florence Academy of Fine Arts has a collection of works by Florence artists such as Michelangelo's David, four unfinished Slaves and the second Virgin Mary. There is a good bookstore and poster spot across the street, so you can stop by.

2. Florence Cathedral

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers (also translated as Hundred Flowers Cathedral and Florence Cathedral) is a landmark of Florence. Its appearance is made of pink, green and cream white marble, which shows the elegant and noble temperament of women, so it is called "Notre Dame". Together with the Pantheon of the Roman Empire and St. Peter's Cathedral in the heyday of the Renaissance, it is called the three domes of ancient Europe. The giant mural "The Last Judgment" on the dome of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Hundred Flowers is the painstaking work of vasari, a great artist in the 6th century. Starting from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Florence, European architecture officially entered the Renaissance from the Gothic era.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Hundred Flowers was built by Arnorfo di Cambio in 1296. The huge central dome is the first Renaissance dome built by the famous architect brunelleschi, which took 14 years to complete. It is a model of dome architecture in Renaissance. When Michelangelo planned to design the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral, he said, "I can build a dome bigger than that of the Emerald Cathedral, but I can't compare with its beauty." The church was built in 1248. In order to show its position, Florence wanted to build the dome of the church into the largest dome in the world at that time. Although the completion date of the church has been delayed for nearly 20 years, it is all worthwhile. This cathedral, which took 150 years before and after and was finally built through the efforts of several generations, has become synonymous with Florence.

If you want to climb the roof of the cathedral, you can enter from the left corridor of the small church on the right and climb 463 steps. The facade of the church has been rebuilt twice, and there are many great works of art in the Cathedral Opera House.

3. Giotto Bell Tower

The 82-meter-high tower next to Baihua Cathedral was built by architect Giotto in 1334. Its appearance is a quadrangular column tower. Pink, dark green and cream are geometrically blended, which is very harmonious with the nearby Baihua Cathedral. There are exquisite reliefs at the bottom, and there are stairs leading to the top with 290 steps.

4. Sangiovani Church

The octagonal church facing Baihua Cathedral, built in the 5th-8th century, is a representative of Romanesque architecture in Tuscany.

There are three bronze doors reliefs in the chapel with the most sightseeing value: the bronze doors on the south side of the entrance was made by Andrea Bisano in 1330, and the 28 patterns tell the story of John's missionary work; The East Gate of Worship was built by ghiberti from 1425 in 27 years. Ten patterns describe Adam and Eve and the theme of the Old Testament, which Michelangelo called the "Gate of Heaven". Bronze doors in the north is also the work of Gilberti, which consists of 28 pictures, and its theme is to show the life of Christ and the deeds of his 12 disciples.

5. uffizi gallery

This is the Italian Renaissance art palace, which houses Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Caravaggio,

The masterpieces of Michelangelo, Botticelli and others. Important works include Botticelli's The Birth of Venus and Spring. Leonardo da Vinci's "Three Doctors Worship"; Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch and Michelangelo's Sancta familia.

6. Bajero National Museum.

The largest statue gallery in Florence is famous for its collection of sculptures from Tuscany 14 to 17 centuries. There is a collection of Donatello's "David"-the first male nude statue since the Middle Ages; And Michelangelo's works when he was young, such as The Unfinished Statue of Da Peter and Dionysus.

7. Michelangelo Square

Located on the other side of the Arno River, this square is the best base overlooking Florence. In the center of the square, there is a replica of Michelangelo's statue of David, and behind it is the romantic church of San Miniato, which is breathtaking.

8. Vecchio Palace: "Old Palace"

The interior of this heavily guarded palace used to be medici family's residence. Michelangelo's David has been waiting at the door on the left since 1873, but it is a copy. The Great Hall on the second floor is the general assembly hall of China government, and Michelangelo's masterpiece Victory is hung on both walls. In front of the palace is the most lively Plazza della Signoria in Florence, and the riding statue of Cosimo Medici, the "father of the motherland", which is very lively. There are many ancient and Renaissance marble statues in Zilan Corridor near the palace.

9. Vecchio Bridge: "Old Bridge"

Built in 1345, it is the oldest bridge in Feilengcui. The word Vecchio is an old meaning. There is a two-story building on Visio Bridge, which used to be the corridor from uffizi Palace to Beatty Palace on the other side. There are specialty shops on both sides of the bridge, and the back of the shop extends to the river. The specialty store mainly sells precious stones and metals.

Sinho Square is located in the center of Florence, where there is an ancient bunker-style palace (now the city hall) built in13rd century. The tower on the old palace is 94 meters high and is one of the most striking public buildings in Italy. The corridor on the wing of the old palace, where the announcement was read for the abbot and CEO, together with the whole square, became an open-air sculpture museum. Its various stone carvings and bronze statues are lifelike, such as the familiar replica of Michelangelo's Portrait of David, which amazed tourists from all over the world.

Notre Dame, built in 1296, is the first church in Florence. This is a very splendid Romanesque building, from the beginning of design to the completion of the whole building, which is the painstaking efforts of several generations of artists. Its exterior wall made of white, green and pink striped marble is very attractive, and its unique big dome and unique bell tower are its essence. If you go upstairs and overlook, the charming ancient city of Florence will definitely make you unforgettable.

10. Pitty Palace

This palace is the residence of the famous medici family in Florence. This family is in Buddha.

Lorenza played an important role and was a key factor in the Italian Renaissance. Looking at the design of this palace, we can know that the status and taste of the host family must be extraordinary: in Florence, you may never find such a magnificent building again. The whole building boldly adopts a straight and symmetrical design, and a large fountain is set up in the square in front of the house. All the details of the house construction are made of large stones, except the stone lion embedded in the bottom of the window. This informal design style makes the whole house not only look elegant, but also look extraordinary.

The palace is used as a museum, and the gallery on the second floor and the art gallery on the third floor have collected many famous works. At the same time, the museum also displays related exhibits of silverware and carriages. Florence is the cradle of Italian Renaissance poetry and painting, where the great poet Dante was born. So far, Florence still preserves Dante's former residence, and many tourists come here. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael are known as the "three outstanding artists" in the Renaissance. They met in Florence on 1506 and became a beautiful talk in the history of art.

Whether you are strolling in the streets of Florence or visiting museums, galleries or churches, you will definitely feel the rich cultural atmosphere of the ancient city of Florence.