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    Rome to Florence
    Rome to Florence
    Rome to Florence
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    Rome to Florence

    By Enrico Massetti

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    This is a guide to a 10 days trip in the land of the Etruscan, from Rome to Florence through Cerveteri, Civitavecchia, Tarquinia, Orbetello, Grosseto, Massa Marittima, Siena, Volterra and San Gimignano.

    There are extensive descriptions and color photos of the attractions.

    It is ideal for use on your smart phone, it contains active links to the web sites of many reviews for the best recommended restaurants that are at the location described. There are active links to the review pages, you can use them if you have an active Internet connection, but, if you don’t, you have the basic information ready: the name, address and telephone number are included in the guide.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEnrico Massetti
    Release dateNov 8, 2014
    ISBN9781311882127
    Rome to Florence
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    Enrico Massetti

    Enrico Massetti nació en Milán, Italia, donde vivió durante más de 30 años, visitando innumerables destinos turísticos, desde las montañas de los Alpes hasta el mar de Sicilia. Ahora vive en Washington, Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, visita regularmente su ciudad natal y disfruta recorriendo todos los lugares de su país, especialmente aquellos a los que puede llegar en transporte público. Puede contactar con Enrico en enrico@italian-visits.com.

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      Rome to Florence - Enrico Massetti

      One week through Siena, Volterra and San Gimignano

      The Land of the Etruscan

      Enrico Massetti

      Copyright Enrico Massetti 2014

      Published by Enrico Massetti

      All Rights Reserved

      Here is a journey from Rome to Florence, two cities that represent very different elements in the history of Italian art and culture as it has developed through the centuries.

      In making this journey we pass through the land of the Etruscans, the fabled a Tyrrhenians of Herodotus.

      They came from the East, landed on the shores of Tuscany, and quickly spread out round the lakes and volcanic hills of the interior until they reached the shores of the Adriatic.

      They founded the first great civilization of Western Europe: they were fond of the good things of life-luxury, jewels, and good food.

      Their cities rivaled each other in wealth and power, but they were not alive to the need to make a common front against their half-barbarian and turbulent neighbor, Rome which began to press up from the south. Its march to world domination had begun. One by one the Etruscan cities were conquered and burnt.

      When the long history of Rome closed, ancient Etruria rose again, and her cities were rebuilt close to the sites of the ancient ones. With the mediaeval communes the old individualistic and rather anarchic rivalry of cities began again. Tuscany revenged defeated Etruria.

      Even while they shared in the flowering of the Renaissance, Florence and Rome maintained their essential difference, the one measured and balanced, the other grandiloquent and massive. In this land, which lies et the very heart of Italy, there is a mingling of all kinds of elements Roman, Etruscan, Medieval, Renaissance, in the abbeys and the cities.

      Rome in 48 hours – first day

      The first itinerary we suggest starts from:

      A - St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City,

      B - Castel S. Angelo then, crossing the Tiber,

      C - Piazza Navona next to the

      D - Pantheon and finally, passing through Piazza Colonna, ends up in

      E - Piazza di Spagna

      A - St. Peter's Basilica and The Vatican City

      Piazza San Pietro from the cupola

      Arriving at St. Peter’s Square, the visitor is immediately impressed by the size of the memorable square facing St. Peter’s, surrounded by the magnificent four-row colonnade masterpiece of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

      Only when one gets inside the basilica, slowly climbing up the sweeping three flights of steps designed by Bernini, one will be truly amazed by the size and splendor of the largest church in the world, the symbol of Christianity, extending over a total of about 22,000 sq m.

      The building is 136 m. high, the diameter of the Cupola, designed by Michelangelo, measures 42 m. It is possible to reach the top of the Cupola climbing 330 steps: once up there the view of the square below and of Rome is unforgettable.

      Bronze baldachin by Bernini

      The church contains the masterpieces of important artists: the 29 m. high bronze baldachin by Bernini, the Pietà by Michelangelo, the tomb of Clement XIII by Canova and the mosaic of the Navicella by Giotto, located above the middle entrance to the Portico.

      Pietá by Michelangelo

      The works of art are numerous and timeless, which are mainly paintings, kept in the Vatican Museums, which preserve the art of the most illustrious artists of all times.

      The museums host one of the largest art collections in the world, since it exposes the enormous collection of works of art accumulated over the centuries by the popes.

      The museum was founded by Pope Julius II in the sixteenth century. The Sistine Chapel and the papal apartments frescoed by Michelangelo and Raphael are part of the works which museum visitors can admire in their path.

      It is recommended to use the Online Ticket Office of the Vatican Museums in advance. On this website it is possible to purchase admission tickets to the Vatican Museums online, avoiding the queue.:

      http://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?weblang=en

      Sistine Chapel

      A visit to the Sistine Chapel, a milestone in the history of Italian painting, should not be missed.

      Originally known as the Cappella Magna, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who restored it between 1477 and 1480. Since that time, the chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today it is the site of the Papal conclave, the process by which a new Pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, and most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment by Michelangelo.

      Between 1508 and 1512, under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling, a masterpiece without precedent, that was to change the course of Western art.

      Brief historical outline

      The first basilica of St. Peter, belonging to the Vatican City, independent State since 1929 (Lateran Pacts), was built by emperor Constantine about 320 A.D. near the necropolis which included the tomb of the martyred Saint, that can still be visited today. Around 1450, the reconstruction works were first entrusted to Bernardo Rossellino, later on to Bramante who designed a Greek-cross plan basilica, and then to Raphael who designed it, instead, following a Latin-cross plan. The design by Bramante was resumed and enlarged by Michelangelo in 1547. Before its official conservation in 1626, the church was modified by Carlo Maderno who reverted definitively to the Latin-cross plan.

      Financing with indulgences

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