Sample Walking Tour of Florence (Jahmiah Robinson) by Jahmiah Robinson

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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This is the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. Michelangelo made the statue ¨David¨ inside of this building, because two other sculptures couldn´t carve it; claiming that the marble was too soft. Michelangelo saw something it though, and when he finished; his contemporaries considered that David surpassed every other statue ever made, whether ancient or modern.

28.8 Piazza del Mercato Nuovo, City of Florence, Italy

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This is the Piazza del Mercato Nuovo; or The New Market, in Florence. This building was one of the largest financial marketplaces in Europe. People came her to buy and sell items such as silk,wool, and gold.

28.6 Orsanmichele, City of Florence, Italy

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This is the Orsanmichele of Florence, in Italy. This building is a church in Florence that Leonardo Da Vinci most likely worked at. His connection to this building is through his teacher Verrochio´s commission for the Orsanmichele bronzes, which came during 1466-7.

28.3 Palazzo Medici

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This is the Palazzo Medici. This is where the ruling family in Florence spent evenings with the best artists of Florence. The Medici family were patrons for many leading Renaissance artists.

28.5 Casa di Dante, City of Florence, Italy

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This is Casa di Dante in Florence, Italy. This is where Dante Alighieri lived. Dante is known for ¨The Afterlife in Dante´s The Divine Comedy.¨

28.7 Palazzo Vecchio, City of Florence, Italy

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This is the Palazzo Vecchio. This building was made by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1314. The famous statue of Michelangelo´s David is in this building. He served in the government of Florence with an office in the Palazzo Vecchio during a time of invasions and wars with other city-states.