{"id":11778,"date":"2017-12-04T17:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/?page_id=11778\/"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T12:20:07","slug":"i-classici","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/i-classici\/","title":{"rendered":"The Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[mk_page_section][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][mk_fancy_title color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; size=&#8221;36&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; txt_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;]The classic[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1484686420835{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/passeggiata-a-firenze.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;A stroll in Florence&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;The ideal first meeting with the historical downtown of Florence consists on a pleasurable, slow promenade without hurry. You will discover with your guide the main attractions of the city: the Cathedral&#8217;s square, Piazza della Signoria, the Uffizi Gallery, the Old Bridge, the Pitti Palace, the Porcellino&#8217;s Fountain (\u201ethe piglet\u201c), San Lorenzo district and Medici Riccardi Palace, just from outside.&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contatti\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20160911_101020.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;The Uffizi Gallery&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;Guided tour dedicated to the masterpieces of one of the most wonderful museum all over the world: from the medieval Madonna enthroned of Giotto, through the international gothic style of Gentile da Fabriano, to the geometrical lucidity of Piero della Francesca, up to the fluctuating dance of Botticelli&#8217;s \u201eSpring\u201c, without forget the bright colours of the \u201eTondo Doni\u201c of Michelangelo, the smoky atmospheres of Leonardo da Vinci, the harmonious, graceful serenity of Raphael, the golden light of Titian, the moral anguish of Caravaggio. &#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contatti\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/accademia.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;The Accademia Gallery&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;Guided tour in one of the most famous museums in Florence: we will walk across the suggestive procession of the \u201ePrisoners\u201c and we will reach the titanic \u201eDavid\u201c of Michelangelo, the agony and the ecstacy of art lovers, the symbol of the florentine pride, of the freedom of the republic, of the heroic intellect of all the humanity from its 5 meters and 17 centimetres of height in the pure Carrara&#8217;s marble.<br \/>\nWith a taste of music too.&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contatti\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1484686327715{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/foto-5.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;The Medici&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;Bankers and merchants, Popes in Rome and Queens in France: the Medici dynasty ruled over Florence and Tuscany across centuries of prestige, culture, prosperity. An extraordinary political talent and a strong vocation for patronage of the arts turned Florence into the guiding light of art history in 1400. Let&#8217;s remember dawn and sunset of the illustrious lineage, moved from the countryside to the city: the bank, the exile, the power, the love and the crimes. Fascinating intrigues of one of the most prestigious family in the whole Europe across Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Palazzo Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti and the official procession&#8217;s path of Cosimo I.&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contatti\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1483456357797{padding-right: 25px !important;}&#8221;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180314_161216-1.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;Cathedral, Baptistery and Duomo Museum&#8221; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;Guided tour of intense spirituality. A travel across the centuries, perfect to contextualize the historical evolution of the splendid Cathedral (where Giuliano de&#8217; Medici was murdered during the famous Pazzi Conspiracy in 1478); the building of the Baptistery, a rare oriental corner in the city; the elegant Campanile of Giotto. We will end in style with the new Museum of the Cathedral, admiring the touching \u201eMary Magdalene\u201c of Donatello and the \u201ePiet\u00e0 Bandini\u201c carved by Michelangelo. &#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1483456319968{padding-right: 25px !important;}&#8221;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/69-rotated.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;Palatina Gallery at Pitti Palace&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;The triumphant Palatina Gallery: it&#8217;s not enough to describe it.<br \/>\nYou will fall in love with the splendid, lavish, sumptuous arrangment, the impressive amount of masterpieces, the gorgeous painted vaults. Guided tour to the key pieces of the Gallery, from Filippo Lippi to Raphael, Titian, Giorgione, Rubens&#8230; in the astonishing context of Pitti Palace, the last Medici residence. &#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1484686509869{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/palazzo-vecchio-1.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;Palazzo Vecchio&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;An amazing adventure through the historical and civic power.<br \/>\nHeart of the free Republic, later occupied by Cosimo I de&#8217; Medici and his wife Eleonora di Toledo, then headquarters of the parliament during the short period of Florence Capital&#8230; Palazzo Vecchio (\u201eOld Palace\u201c) had a lot of names during its history, but it was always considered as the seat of governement and it always played a key role in the proud heart of Florentines. We are going to try to discover the Vasari&#8217;s frescoes, we are going to have a look on the wonderful \u201eJudith and Holophernes\u201c of Donatello. After all, \u201ecerca trova\u201c (seek and ye shall find).&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/palazzo-medici-ricciardi.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;Palazzo Medici Riccardi&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;First medicean palace in the city, it was the prototype for all renaissance palaces in Italy. Palazzo Medici Riccardi conserves a small, precious, unique pearl: it&#8217;s the Chapel painted from Benozzo Gozzoli with the \u201eProcession of the Magi to Bethlehem\u201c, commissioned by Cosimo the Elder. It will be funny to guess who is who, to identify the profiles of Lorenzo the Magnificent, his father Piero the Gouty and much more&#8230;<br \/>\nOur last stop will be in the most interesting baroque oasis of the city: the Galleria degli Specchi, painted by the neapolitan Luca Giordano.&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bargello.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;National Museum of Bargello&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;Too often ignored, the Bargello needs to be reconsidered. It is one of the majour sculpture&#8217;s and decorative arts museum in whole Italy and it offers an extraordinary artistic path going from Quattrocento to Cinquecento. It houses the quintessence of Renaissance: the \u201eSt.George\u201c of Donatello. But much more as well: ivories, tapestries, goldsmithing, bronze statuettes, enamelled and colourful terracotta. All the most noteworthy names of the Renaissance&#8217;s dawn are here displayed: Donatello, Verrocchio, Luca della Robbia, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Filippo Brunelleschi and Michelangelo.&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cappelle-medicee.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;Church of S.Lorenzo, Laurentian Library and Medici Chapels&#8221; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;This church is intimately connected with the Medici family.<br \/>\nWe will talk about Brunelleschi, who didn&#8217;t like the intervention of Donatello in the Old Sacristy. Then, we will admire the unprecedented bronze sarcophagus by Verrocchio; we will see Cosimo the Elder&#8217;s tomb; we will climb the wonderful staircase of Michelangelo, leading to the temple of all the sciences: the Laurentian Library. Then, we will have a look on the precious marbles and stones of the Chapel of Princes and finally we will forget about time in the magic, silent, eternal New Sacristy of Michelangelo.<br \/>\n&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/santa-maria-novella.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;Church of Santa Maria Novella and Church of Santa Croce&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;They are situated at the opposite side of each other. First settling of the Dominican and the Franciscan order, they both are the richest churches in Florence, after the Cathedral.<br \/>\nFrom the crucifixes of Giotto, Masaccio and Brunelleschi in Santa Maria Novella, up to the frescoes of Giotto in Santa Croce, with a stop-over in front of the \u201eCavalcanti Annunciation\u201c and the legendary \u201eEggs Crucifix\u201c of Donatello. But why \u201eEggs Crucifix\u201c?&#8230;&#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/michelangelo.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;Piazzale Michelangelo and Church of San Miniato al Monte&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;Simply, the most beautiful view of Florence.<br \/>\nYour gaze will embrace the most unforgettable panoramic view of this city and will be accompanied by your guide&#8217;s explanation, before going on with our visit to the most romantic and evocative church of Florence: San Miniato al Monte, a florentine romanesque masterpiece. &#8221; back_desc_size=&#8221;12&#8243; back_desc_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/en\/contact\/&#8221; button_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; button_text=&#8221;BOOK NOW!&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; button_bg_hover_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221;][mk_divider style=&#8221;padding_space&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[mk_page_section][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][mk_fancy_title color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; size=&#8221;36&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; txt_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;]The classic[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1484686420835{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][mk_flipbox front_background_color=&#8221;#1b503e&#8221; back_background_color=&#8221;#e3b505&#8243; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.myfloraguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/passeggiata-a-firenze.jpg&#8221; front_title=&#8221;A stroll in Florence&#8221; front_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; front_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; back_title_size=&#8221;25&#8243; back_title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; back_desc=&#8221;The ideal first meeting with the historical downtown of Florence consists on a pleasurable, slow promenade without hurry. 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