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A path in Dante’s footsteps to discover the city where he lived, his neighborhood and the places of his education, his passions, his works and the uses and customs of the medieval city
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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A path in Dante’s footsteps to discover the city where he lived, his neighborhood and the places of his education, his passions, his works and the uses and customs of the medieval city
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Stop At: Church of Santa Maria Novella, Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 50123, Florence Italy
Meet your private guide and admire the Basilica Santa Maria Novella where Dante attended the famous Studium, one of the most important centers in Europe for the teaching of philosophy and theology
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Maria Maggiore, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont
In the chapel of the church, there is the tomb of Brunetto Latini the illustrious mentor of Dante, who had taught him how “… man is eternal”. Latini was also one of the most important Florentine political figures and as such was a model for the poet interested in the political life of his city.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Battistero di San Giovanni, Piazza San Giovanni, 50122, Florence Italy
The tour proceeds with the exterior visit of the Baptistery where Dante was baptized. This Monument was mentioned several times in the “Divine Comedy” and the ceiling was decorated by a splendid thirteenth-century mosaic with a vision of Heaven and Hell that were certainly a source of inspiration for a series of visions described in the Divine Comedy.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Crypt of Santa Reparata, Piazza Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy
At the time of Dante, the Cathedral looked completely different: The church was much smaller and was called the Cathedral of Santa Reparata. The crypt is the archaeological area of the previous Cathedral of Santa Reparata and this is the church actually frequented by Dante and his contemporaries.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Duomo – Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Via della Canonica, 1 Piazza del Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy
Your guide will show you where Dante wrote poetry on summer evenings as he watched the construction of the new Cathedral of Florence.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza de’ Donati, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
The Donati were one of the oldest and most important families in Florence. To this family belonged Gemma, Dante’s wife. They were at the head of the movement of the Black Guelphs against the White Guelphs
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: CONGREGAZIONE DEI BUONOMINI DI SAN MARTINO, Piazza S. Martino, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Here Dante probably married Gemma Donati in 1285
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Museo Casa di Dante, Via Santa Margherita 1, 50122, Florence Italy
The guide will show you the Casa di Dante or Casa Museo Dante : located in the heart of medieval Florence, it’s a 20th century building located on the site – as the documents suggest – of a very likely location of the Alighieri family home, the birthplace of one of the most beloved poets, Dante Alighieri.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Chiesa di Santa Margherita dei Cerchi, Piazza dei Giuochi, 50122, Florence Italy
The tour will proceede with the visit of the Church of Dante” , here he met Beatrice his big love and muse and where you can leave love letters in a special basket!!!
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Via del Proconsolo 4, 50122, Florence Italy
The oldest public palace in the city has a very long history: built in 1250 as the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, it was then Palazzo del Podestà, a prison and finally a museum. Today, it collects one of the most extraordinary collections of Italian sculpture (works by Donatello, Michelangelo, Verrocchio, Cellini). Among the frescoes in the Cappella della Maddalena, referable to the Giotto area, the most ancient portrait of Dante is recognized
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza della Signoria, 50122, Florence Italy
Piazza della Signoria is mentioned by the poet as the place where the ancient Ghibelline houses of the Uberti were, demolished after the triumph of the Guelph faction
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, 50122, Florence Italy
Although Dante is not buried in Florence, the city has one of the poet’s death masks that can be seen here. It symbolizes both Dante’s political contribution to the city of Florence and his fundamental role in the development of Italian literature and culture. This is the mask mentioned in Dan Brown’s “Inferno”.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gallerie Degli Uffizi, Piazzale Degli Uffizi 6, 50122, Florence Italy
Here you can admire the statue of Dante Alighieri
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ponte Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, Province of Milan, Lombardy
The tour will end here
Duration: 10 minutes
