Walk around Florence Italy
00:00 Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte
07:00 Piazzale Michelangelo
13:00 Porta San Niccolò
21:10 Ponte alle Grazie
27:25 Piazza di Santa Croce Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze
38:15 Piazza di S. Firenze Palazzo Gondi Complesso di San Firenze
39:50 Piazza della Signoria
41:55 Palazzo Vecchio
49:00 Ponte Vecchio
51:45 Galleria degli Uffizi
55:25 Ponte Vecchio
01:19:25 Piazza della Repubblica
01:26:25 Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
01:49:15 Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
01:54:35 Piazza San Marco
02:01:45 Palazzo Medici Riccardi
02:03:50 Basilica di San Lorenzo
02:09:40 Cappelle Medicee
02:14:00 Mercato Centrale Firenze
02:24:35 Piazza dell'Unità Italiana Basilica di Santa Maria Novella
Places to see in ( Florence - Italy ) Piazzale Michelangelo
Places to see in ( Florence - Italy ) Piazzale Michelangelo
Piazzale Michelangelo is a square with a panoramic view of Florence, Italy, located in the Oltrarno district of the city. This Florentine piazza was designed by architect Giuseppe Poggi and built in 1869 on a hill just south of the historic center, during the redevelopment of Oltrarno, the left (South) bank of the Arno river.
In 1869, Florence was the capital of Italy and the whole city was involved in an urban renewal, the so-called Risanamento or the Renovation of the city's neighborhoods. Lungarni (riverside walkways; lungarno, singular) were built on the riversides. On the right bank, the fourteenth-century city walls were removed and turned into the Viali di Circonvallazione, mimicking the French boulevard design, six lanes wide and lined with trees. On the left bank winding up the hill of San Miniato the Viale dei Colli was built, a tree-lined street over 8 kilometers long ending at the Piazzale Michelangelo which was built as a terrace with a panoramic view of the city.
The square, dedicated to the Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo, has bronze copies of some of his marble works found elsewhere in Florence: the David and the four allegories of the Medici Chapel of San Lorenzo. The monument was brought up by nine pairs of oxen on 25 June 1873.
Poggi designed the loggia in the neoclassical-style that dominates the whole terrace, which today houses a restaurant. Originally it was intended to house a museum of works by Michelangelo, never realized. In the wall of the balcony, under the loggia, there is an epigraph in capital letters referring to his work: Poggi turned this into his monument in 1911.
The view captures the heart of Florence from Forte Belvedere to Santa Croce, across the lungarni and the bridges crossing the Arno, including the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, the Bargello and the octagonal bell tower of the Badia Fiorentina. Beyond the city are the hills of Settignano and Fiesole. The Piazzale Michelangelo can be accessed by car along the tree-lined Viale Michelangelo, constructed at the same time, or by walking the stairs or going up the ramps from the Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, also known as the Poggi Ramps in the district of San Niccolò.
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Places to see in ( Gorizia - Italy )
Places to see in ( Gorizia - Italy )
Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia and a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Since 1947, a twin town of Nova Gorica has developed on the other side of the modern-day Italian–Slovenian border.
The entire region was subject to territorial dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia after World War II: after the new boundaries were established in 1947 and the old town was left to Italy, Nova Gorica was built on the Yugoslav side. Taken together, the two towns constitute a conurbation, which also includes the Slovenian municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba. Since May 2011, these three towns are joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board.
Gorizia is located at the confluence of the Isonzo and Vipava Valleys. It lies on a plain overlooked by the Gorizia Hills. Sheltered from the north by a mountain ridge, Gorizia is protected from the cold bora wind, which affects most of the neighbouring areas. The town thus enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate throughout the year, making it a popular resort. The name of the town comes from the Slovene word gorica 'little hill', which is a very common toponym in Slovene-inhabited areas.
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The castle, built within the medieval walls, was once the seat of the administrative and judiciary power of the county. It is divided into the Corte dei Lanzi (with foundings of a high tower demolished in the 16th century), the Palazzetto dei Conti (13th century) and the Palazzetto Veneto. The Lanzi were the armed guards, the term being an Italian form of Landsknecht. The palatine chapel, entitled to Saint Bartholomew houses canvases of the Venetian school of painting and traces of Renaissance frescoes. There is also a Museum of the Goritian Middle Ages.
The Cathedral (originally erected in the 14th century), like many of the city's buildings, was almost entirely destroyed during World War I. It has been rebuilt following the forms of the 1682 edifice, a Baroque church with splendid stucco decoration. A Gothic chapel of San Acatius is annexed to the nave.
The church of Gorizia of St. Ignatius of Loyola, built by the Jesuits in 1680–1725. It has a single nave with precious sculptures at the altars of the side chapels. In the presbytery Christoph Tausch painted a Glory of St. Ignatius in 1721.
The Palazzo Attems Petzenstein (19th century), designed by Nicolò Pacassi.
Saint Roch's Church.
Palazzo Cobenzl, today seat of the archbishops.
The Counts of Lantieri's house, which housed emperors and popes in its history.
The Palazzo Coronini Cronberg, including an art gallery.
Transalpina railway square, divided by an international border.
The Department of International and Diplomatic Sciences of the University of Trieste, hosted in the Seminario Minore, is an academic course in foreign affairs.
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Travel Italy - Exploring the Limestone City of Posada in Sardinia
Take a tour of Posada in Sardinia in Posada, Italy - part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
Posada is a limestone city on the autonomous Italian island of Sardinia.
This is one of the oldest towns in Sardinia, with ancient Etruscan temples as proof of human presence.
The town is on the Tyrrhenian coast, facing mainland Italy.
The old town section of Posada sits at the top of the hill, and features a medieval historic center and the ruins of the Castle of Fava.
The town was bought by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1856, and it remains one of the jewels of the island to this day.
A landscape of rolling mountains, dunes, and vast beaches surround this quiet town, whose claim upon this land is stamped into history.
Loggia Lionello, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Europe
The loggia of Lionello is one of the oldest and most important historical buildings in Udine, erected in Piazza Libertà it owes its name to the one who had it completed its construction: Nicolò Lionello. Characterized by a majestic structure and the elegance of its marbles, the Loggia gradually became a symbol of the city. The building appears to be composed of two floors and characterized by a covering with alternating bands of pink and white stones. The main façade has ten arches located in the lower part, while at the top there is a central balcony and two side windows, enriched with stone coats of arms that recall the city of Udine. The style of the building, on the whole, refers to the Venetian Gothic style. The upper part of the northern side has a refined pentafora characterized by a frame with denticles and round stones, depicting religious moments such as the Annunciation, and bas-reliefs of the evangelists. The main façade faces the castle hill, the left side faces a group of houses, the right one looks at Via Mercatovecchio, while the rear part forms the back wall of the Loggia. The latter joins the square through an elegant and wide staircase that occupies the two central arches. The origin of the lodge dates back to January 24, 1441, when in pleno consilio the construction of a new town hall was proposed, since all the renowned cities boasted the presence of spectacular palaces in which to carry out the Council of the city, while Udine did not have still of any building used for this function. It was, therefore, the noble deputy Nicolò Savorgnan to propose the construction of this new municipal building. To finance its implementation it was decided to use all the amount coming from the duty on bread and the Council's consent, on 24 January 1441, was almost unanimous. However, it was not until July of the following year that the materials were supplied. The Municipality was entrusted with the task of providing bricks, timber and all the remaining building materials necessary for construction, while the labor was left to the care of the masters of the land. The work plan was in fact modified many times over time, especially in the seventeenth century, when substantial extensions were carried out in the building under construction, which lasted until the nineteenth century, when the Loggia was tragically disfigured by a serious fire. In 1448, the year that marks the beginning of the works, four above the factory were named: Nicolò dei Bombeni, Raimondo della Torre, Giovanni Rainoldi and Nicolò Lionello. These personalities were decisive for the continuation of the works; however the judgments on the various modifications of the Loggia sometimes led to bitter conflicts: it was thus that in the middle of the same year Lionello proposed a new project for the construction of the building, signed by twenty-three Municipal Councilors. A new phase of work in the Loggia began at the end of the fifteenth century, more precisely on 20 March 1492, when the Council approved the acquisition and integration of the houses behind the Lodge as municipal properties. Shortly afterwards the Council decided to demolish these houses, defining this gesture as an act necessary for the enlargement and improvement of the Palace. It was probably the growth of the community's needs to determine the need for such extensions, in fact, the building that appeared at the end of the fifteenth century was very different from today's image.
Lazise, Lake Garda - Italy: Things to Do and Tourist Information
If you are planning to visit Lazise and Lake Garda, in Italy, here you’ll find the best tips on things to do in the city, with a sightseeing map on the most relevant points of interest to enjoy, so you can easily imagine and organize your trip: WHAT to see, HOW to plan your visit, and WHY to discover this place.
In this video:
- WHAT are the major attractions that you can't go home without having seen: Church of Saint Nicolò church, San Zeno Gate, San Nicolò Church, Scaligero castle.
- Then, I’ll describe to you HOW to follow a daily-tour to better visit the city, with a clear map of Lazise and tips for nearby attractions.
- Finally, we’ll discover WHY to visit Lazise, with his rich historic city center.
WHAT
Lazise, located on the eastern shore of Garda Lake, between Bardolino and Peschiera del Garda.
Its name derives from the Latin “lacus” which means lacustrine village. Lazise in fact was originally a group of stilt houses.
What to see in Lazise?
The medieval Church of Saint Nicolò has frescoes dating from the 12th century, by the school of Giotto.
In 1405, Lazise came under Venetian Republic rule, but the castle and the city walls were built before, by the Scaligeri of Verona.
After the Congress of Vienna (1815) it entered a period of Austrian rule, until in 1866, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy.
The 14th century La Pergolana villa, a kilometer north of Lazise, hosts a famous honey festival during the first weekend of October.
HOW
How could you visit Lazise?
I suggest you park just under the northern part of the walls. From here you can enter the narrow city’s streets, until San Zeno Gate, to move in Vittorio Emanuele square and then to San Nicolò Church. Finally, visit the Scaligero castle.
But then, I suggest to you:
- don’t miss the chance to walk north along the lake, to arrive in Cisano village and Bardolino city
- going south you could visit, by car, Peschiera del Garda or the crazy Gardaland park.
- in 25 mìnutes by car you can reach Sirmione and its thermal baths.
Finally, in half an hour by car you could arrive in Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet
Don’t forget to watch my videos on Bardolino, Sirmione, Peschiera and Verona!
WHY
The city is a popular holiday destination in Southern Europe, thanks to its beautiful view of the Alps from the Garda Lake.
I love its Medieval walls and the way this city has a series of interconnected squares that house several open-air cafés, shops, gelaterie, where you can smoothly walk or take a break. I think Lazise is a relaxing place compared to other towns on the lake.
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Places to see in ( Jesi - Italy )
Places to see in ( Jesi - Italy )
Jesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in Marche, Italy. It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river 17 kilometres before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea. Jesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri when, in the 4th century BC, the Senones Gauls invaded the area and ousted them. They turned it into a stronghold against the Piceni. In 283 BC the Senones were defeated by the Romans. Jesi in 247 BC became a colonia civium romanorum with the name of Aesis.
During the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Iesi was ravaged by the troops of Odoacer (476 AD) and again in 493 by the Ostrogoths of Theodoric the Great. After the Gothic War, Italy became part of the Byzantine Empire, and Jesi became one of the main centers of the new rulers, and also became a diocese seat. In 751 it was sacked by the Lombard troops of Aistulf, and later was a Carolingian imperial city.
Starting from 1130, it was an independent commune, gradually expanding in the neighboring countryside. In December 1194 it was the site of the birth of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, who later gave it the title of Royal City. In the 14th century it was captured by the Papal vicar Filippo Simonetti, by Galeotto I Malatesta (1347–1351), by Braccio da Montone in 1408, and by Francesco I Sforza, who turned it into his family's main stronghold in the Marche. In 1447 it was bought by the Papal States.
Alot to see in Jesi such as :
Jesi cathedral: duomo built in the 13th-15th centuries. The façade and the Latin cross interior are modern.
San Floriano: 18th century convent.
San Marco: Gothic, 13th-century church just outside historical centre. The interior has a nave and two aisles, with a 14th-century fresco by an anonymous Rimini painter.
Santa Maria delle Grazie: 15th-century church with 17th-century belltower.
San Nicolò: 13th-century church with Romanesque apse and a Gothic portal.
The 14th century walls, built following the line of the Roman ones and mostly rebuilt in the 15th century by Baccio Pontelli and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Six towers remain today.
Palazzo della Signoria, built in 1486-1498 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. The angular tower was elevated in 1661 and received a dome, but crumbled down a few years later. Notable is the interior courtyard, with two orders of loggias, partially designed by Andrea Sansovino from 1519.
Palazzo Balleani, an example of local Baroque architecture, built from 1720 and designed by Francesco Ferruzzi. The façade has a characteristic balcony supported by four atlases (1723). The interior has precious gilded stucco decoration.
Palazzo Pianetti: Rococo palace. The wide façade has exactly one hundred windows, while the interior has a noteworthy giardino all'italiana. The palace houses the city's civic art gallery, with a series of paintings by the Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto.
Palazzo Ricci, finished in 1547. The diamond-like bricks of the façade are inspired to famous Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara.
Teatro Pergolesi built in 1790.
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Places to see in ( Catania - Italy )
Places to see in ( Catania - Italy )
Catania is an ancient port city on Sicily's east coast. It sits at the foot of Mt. Etna, an active volcano with trails leading up to the summit. The city's wide central square, Piazza del Duomo, features the whimsical Fontana dell'Elefante statue and richly decorated Catania Cathedral. In the southwest corner of the square, La Pescheria weekday fish market is a rowdy spectacle surrounded by seafood restaurants.
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea. Catania is the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, one of the ten biggest cities in Italy. Catania is well known for its historical earthquakes, having been destroyed by catastrophic earthquakes in 1169 and 1693, and for several volcanic eruptions from the neighbouring Mount Etna. Catania is located on the east coast of the island of Sicily, at the foot of Mount Etna. As observed by Strabo, the location of Catania at the foot of Mount Etna has been both a curse and a blessing.Two subterranean rivers run under the city; the Amenano, which surfaces at one single point south of Piazza Duomo, and the Longane (or Lognina).
Alot to see in ( Catania - Italy ) such as :
Mount Etna
Catania Cathedral
Castello Ursino
Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
San Benedetto, Catania
Basilica della Collegiata
Palazzo degli Elefanti
Fontana dell'Elefante
Via Etnea
Amphithéâtre de Catane
Giardino Bellini
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania
Museo Civico Belliniano
Fontana dell'Amenano
Officine Culturali, visite guidate al Monastero dei Benedettini di Catania
Museo Emilio Greco
Piazza Università
Teatro romano de Catania
Terme della Rotonda
Casa di Verga
Museo diocesano
Palazzo Manganelli
Porta Uzeda
Villa Cerami
Palazzo Platamone - Palazzo Della Cultura - Ex Convento San Placido
Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia
Parco Gioeni
Piazza Stesicoro
Vecchia Dogana
Chiesa San Giuliano
Église Saint-François-d'Assise à l'Immaculée
Palace of Chierici
Museo Dello Sbarco
Chiesa di San Nicolò l'Arena
Porta Garibaldi
Palazzo Del Toscano
Terme dell'Indirizzo
Odeon Romano
Monumento a Vincenzo Bellini
Zoological Museum, Catania
Poste Palace
Casa-museo Stesicorea
Palazzo Pedagaggi
Mogam
Terme Achilliane
Palazzo Hernandez
Il Museo del giocattolo srl
società storica catanese
Roman amphitheatre
Church of Sant'Agata al Carcere
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Places to see in ( Mazara del Vallo - Italy )
Places to see in ( Mazara del Vallo - Italy )
Vaguely redolent of a North African kasbah (and still bearing the Casbah name), Mazara's historic quarter is a labyrinth of narrow streets, sprinkled with magnificent baroque and Norman-period buildings. It's small enough that you won't ever really get lost, and the dilapidated old buildings give it a rugged charm. Mazara was one of the key cities of Saracen Sicily and the North African influence is still strongly felt here – the town has one of the highest percentages of immigrants in Italy, with hundreds of people from Tunisia and Maghreb arriving annually to work on Mazara's fishing fleet. In summer, Mazara is inundated with holidaymakers who head straight to Tonnarella beach, on the western side of the city.
Mazara del Vallo is a medium-sized city in South-Western Sicily, most famous for being one of the leading fishing harbour of Italy and the centre where the Dancing Satyr is hosted. It is part of the province of Trapani. During the summer period, the heart of Mazara moves from the downtown (Corso Umberto I, Piazza Mokarta, Piazza della Repubblica) to the Tonnarella beach, on the Western side of the city.
Alot to see in Mazara such as :
The Dancing Satyr, a bronze statue discovered by a fishing boat, and almost immediately became the emblem of the city.
The Norman Arc, that is the only remains of the old Castle, built during the flourishing occupation of Mazara by the Normans led by King Roger I of Sicily.
The Casbah, the old city centre built up during the Arab period.
Several churches, amongst others San Nicolò Regale and San Vito a Mare.
Mazara made national news in March 1998, when a bronze statue called the Dancing Satyr (Satiro Danzante) was found off the port, at a depth of 500 metres (1,600 ft) in the Strait of Sicily by a local fishing boat. The statue is believed to have been sculpted by Greek artist Praxiteles and is now on display to the public in a dedicated museum in the city, after having been on show at the Chamber of Deputies of Rome, and in Aichi, Japan. After this event, the city quickly gained in terms of visiting tourists and a national advertising campaign was mounted with the slogan Mazara del Satiro.
Other attractions include the Norman Arc, that is the remains of the old Norman Castle built in 1073 and demolished in 1880, and a number of churches, including the Royal Saint Nicholas (San Nicolò Regale) Church, a rare example of Norman architecture built in 1124, the Seminary, built in 1710, which surrounds the main local piazza, Piazza della Repubblica, and St. Vitus on the Sea (San Vito a Mare) Church. In honour of St. Vitus, the official patronal saint as well as a native of Mazara del Vallo, the St. Vitus Feast (Lu Fistinu di Santu Vitu) is held every year.
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Verona - Chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore - Chiesa Superiore e Inferiore - videomix
La chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore è una delle costruzioni religiose più interessanti ed originali della città di Verona, composta da due chiese connesse e sovrapposte l'una all'altra. Un unicum in cui lo stile romanico tipico del X-XI secolo si fonde armoniosamente con il gotico del XIV secolo.
La chiesa inferiore fu eretta tra il 1065 e il 1143, sui resti di un'antica pieve del V secolo, già dedicata ai Santi Fermo e Rustico che in questo luogo erano stati martirizzati. La chiesa superiore fu eretta nei primi decenni del XIV secolo dai frati francescani, che lasciarono intatta la romanica chiesa inferiore e dettero alla superiore l'attuale stile gotico, arricchendola durante i secoli con l'originale soffitto a carena di nave, splendidi affreschi, cuspidi e numerose opere d'arte. UNA GRANDE BASILICA IN CUI LO STILE ROMANICO SI FONDE CON IL GOTICO, come si intuisce sin dalla facciata, divisa in due parti da una galleria d'archetti in parte cieca. La parte inferiore è in tufo e appartiene alla preesistente chiesa romanica; quella superiore è tipicamente gotica, con il suo rivestimento murario a fasce alternate di tufo e cotto, su cui si apre una grande finestra quadrifora, sormontata da una trifora incastonata tra due loculi. Completa la splendida visione d'insieme il magnifico portale tipicamente romanico con la sua profonda strombatura a cordoni multipli e la porta bronzea, recentemente realizzata dal maestro Luciano Minguzzi, in cui sono visibili ventiquattro formelle che raccontano la storia dei santi Fermo e Rustico. Da notare anche la statua di San Francesco, incastonata nella lunetta sopra il portale, e la pregevole arca sepolcrale in cui riposano le spoglie mortali di Aventino Fracastoro, posta sulla sinistra della scalinata che porta all'ingresso. L'interno dell'ampia chiesa superiore, a croce latina, è a navata unica con cinque absidi e vari altari laterali.
Entrando lo sguardo rimane subito affascinato dal TRECENTESCO SOFFITTO LIGNEO A CARENA DI NAVE, pregevolmente ornato da una doppia galleria di archetti su cui sono dipinti vari busti di santi. Entro queste millenarie mura sono conservati dipinti e sculture che vanno dal XIII al XVII secolo, tra cui un brano d'affresco con angeli musicanti di Stefano da Verona, vari dipinti di Domenico Brusasorci, l'affresco della Crocifissione del Turone, oltre ad opere di Francesco Torbido, Battista del Moro, Liberale da Verona, Alessandro Turchi (detto l'Orbetto). Da segnalare inoltre alcune sculture giovanili di Michele Sanmicheli e il mausoleo di Nicolò Brenzoni, autentico capolavoro dell'arte tardogotica ornato con le sculture del fiorentino Nanni di Bartolo (Resurrezione di Cristo) ED ANCHE ALCUNI NOTEVOLI AFFRESCHI DEL PISANELLO (l'Annunciazione, San Raffaele e San Michele). Per una porta nel transetto destro si scende nel chiostro romanico, dove una scala conduce alla Chiesa Inferiore. Anche in questo edificio la pianta è a croce latina, ma spartita su tre navate da numerose colonne e poderosi pilastri in pietra con capitelli medievali. Particolare attenzione va riservata agli interessanti affreschi dell'XI e XIII secolo che qui sono conservati, tra cui un Battesimo di Cristo (presente sul terzo pilastro della navata di sinistra) ed una Madonna che allatta. Nel presbiterio si trova un pregevole crocifisso ligneo risalente al XIV secolo, mentre nel transetto di destra è situata la pietra dove, secondo la tradizione, furono decapitati i santi Fermo e Rustico.