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PICTURES OF FLORENCE |
Santa Croce church
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Let your fantasy run
away and imagine to live in Florence during a Carnival of
the XV century: you are in Piazza Santa Croce
and people are playing a spectacular football match.
In 1530, the most famous football match between the florentines
against the German occupiers (that have lost the match) was
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| FLORENCE
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Map
of Santa Croce area in Florence
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Detailed
map of Santa Croce area
Today, the competition is kept up annually in historic
costumes in the same square, to commemorate the historical
event.
The beautiful Church of Santa Croce, located
in the square, presents on its interior some precious frescoes
by Giotto and his pupil Taddeo Gaddi and, in its cloister,
is a masterpiece of Renaissance’s architecture: the
Brunelleschi’s Cappella de’ Pazzi.
Going on our walk, we’ll find the interesting church
dedicated to Sant’Ambrogio and the imponent Synagogue
of Florence in its great Spanish-Moorish style.
What
to see in Santa Croce area
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