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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/siena/piazza-del-campo
of the city, from the time of the Republic up until the Medici period, during which Siena come under the control of Florence of Cosimo I de'Medici. Il Campo has always been the theatre of the most important citizens' events and the privileged meeting...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/siena
What are the best things to do in Siena? Tradition has it that Siena, located in Tuscany, just 43 miles (70 km) south of Florence, was founded by Senius and Aschius, the sons of Remus. When Romulus killed their father, Senius and Aschius fled Rome...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/umbria/orvieto/piazza-del-duomo/maurizio-tower
are other famous bell towers still standing from medieval Italy as homage to the lonely ringers - Giotto's Bell Tower Florence is an excellent example. There is yet another well-known bell tower in Rome's Piazza del Campo, the Torre del Mangia, which...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/volterra/medicean-fortress
The construction of the New Fortress was commissioned by Lorenzo the Magnificent following the war between Volterra and Florence for control over the alum mines. The Medici Fortress played a significant role both militarily and as a prison over the...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/the-vatican/vatican-museums/sistine-chapel/the-last-judgment
and so had he, also because of the power his rival Raphael had at the papal court; Michelangelo was working at the time in Florence as an architect and sculptor. He let the pope wait a bit until, one year later, in 1534, he returned to Rome, maybe a...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/ancient-rome/baths-of-caracalla
Archeological Museum of Naples, and the mosaic with athletes in the Vatican Musuems. Even the Columnn of Justice in Florence, is from the natatio of the Baths of Caracalla! The only area that has yet to emerge from the excavations—and that remains...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/myths-and-legends/pasquino
insults and propaganda spread quickly throughout the rest of Italy: in Venice, by way of the Hunchback of the Rialto, to Florence, with its famous “piglet” in the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo. Bombarded with satire, the most prominent figures quickly began...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/pisa
ice-cream parlors of the Piazza Cairoli to the daily market that overflows from the Piazza delle Vettovaglie. Pisa fell to Florence and the Medicis in the early 15th-century when the period of Renaissance building began and the university was...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/rialto-bridge
sell their merchandise wholesale. Here gathered Venetians, with silk and spices from the Orient, traders from Lombardy and Florence who offered work in metal and textiles, together with Germans and many others coming from other parts of Italy and from...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/san-gimignano/piazza-del-duomo/palazzo-nuovo-del-podesta/loggia-of-the-civic-museum
roof supported on columns, and to the Museo Civico. The Museo is a treasure trove of precious works of art by artists from Florence and Siena. Many of the works come from public and religious buildings throughout the city. The viewer stands agape in...
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