The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church that is now home to the Monastic Communities of Jerusalem. It is situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence. It is also in front of the ancient prison of the Bargello, next to the street that houses the now-called Casa di Dante, which was rebuilt in 1910 as a museum to Dante.
Badia in ancient Italian meant abbey, and Fiorentina just means Florentine.
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The Gucci Museum in Florence (now Gucci Garden) was inaugurated in 2011 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the eponymous fashion house.
It tells the story of the Italian fashion and leather goods manufacturer, from its early start in the city of Florence to the global biggest-selling Italian brand that it is today.
The museum is located in the historic Palazzo della Mercanzia (Palace of the Merchandise) in Piazza della Signoria.
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The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana) is a historic library in Florence, built to the right of San Lorenzo Square, into a cloister of the Basilica of San Lorenzo.
If you and Robert have not visited there, you should.
(Dan Brown, Inferno)
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The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John, the patron saint of Florence, is a religious building that stands in Piazza del Duomo, across from the Florence Cathedral and the Campanile di Giotto. Its origins are in part mysterious. History It was long believed that the Baptistry was originally a Roman temple…
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The Birth of Venus is perhaps the most famous painting by Botticelli. It is a symbol of Florence, along with Michelangelo’s David, the Palazzo Vecchio, and a few other places and works of art.
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The Genius of Victory was sculpted by Michelangelo for one of his many projects for the tomb of Pope Julius II, who was Pope from 1503 until his death in 1513.
The famous Prisoners statues also belonged to that project.
The Last Judgement is the name of the fresco located on the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
It was designed and realized by the Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti between 1533 and 1541.
It depicts the Second Coming of Christ as well as the final and eternal Judgement by God on all humanity according to the Christian religion. Altogether there are over 300 figures, with nearly all the males and angels originally shown as nudes.
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The Bargello, formerly used as a barracks and a prison, now serves as an art museum in Florence, Italy.
It is mentioned many times in Dan Brown’s novel Inferno and is also known as the Museo Nazionale del Bargello or the Palazzo del Popolo (Palace of the People).
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