Sample Walking Tour of Florence (Ashely Denard) by Ashely Denard

28.2 Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza del Duomo, Florence

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This is il Duomo, the dome of the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore. The cathedral lacked a dome for decades, but Filippo Brunelleschi figured a way to build this massive dome out of iron hoops, wood and brick. It has no internal supports.

28.4 Piazza della Signoria, City of Florence, Italy

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Both Donatello and Michelangelo have a David statue with three great differences. first is that Donatello's David is made out of bronze and Michelangelo is made out of marble. Next is that their face expressions are different. Last is that they have different ideas if David was old or young.

28.8 Piazza del Mercato Nuovo, City of Florence, Italy

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In Florence there was an Old market and a new market, the old market was a place where people could buy everyday items like food and weapons. The New market was a banking industry.

28.6 Orsanmichele, City of Florence, Italy

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Leonardo Da Vinci was a big part of the Renaissance, Da Vinci explored variety of topics such as geometry, engineering, sound motion, and architecture.

28.3 Palazzo Medici

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Painters from the Renaissance wanted to depict real people that posed in lifelike ways and whose faces expressed emotions.

28.5 Casa di Dante, City of Florence, Italy

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During the Renaissance the rebirth of classical ideas humanism rose. In Medieval times most people wrote in Latin.

28.7 Palazzo Vecchio, City of Florence, Italy

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During 1434 The Great City of Florence was ruled by the Medici family. The reason that the Medici family ruled over Florence is that they were great sponsors of artists, writers, and musicians.