Firenze Trip Overview
During our walking tour, we have the opportunity to learn how the daily life for gay people was here, during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance era. Florence has been a LGBTQ-friendly town, since those times, famous in Europe for its liberality towards this community, even if the Government created a special Police to fight the sodomy.
Laws, penalties, punishments, exile, death penalty, but also gay weddings, celebrated in front of an altar. And, not only common people were involved in that activity; many famous artists and aristocrats had “secret” and forbidden relationships.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Firenze, Toscana, Italy
During our walking tour, we have the opportunity to learn how the daily life for gay people was here, during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance era. Florence has been a LGBTQ-friendly town, since those times, famous in Europe for its liberality towards this community, even if the Government created a special Police to fight the sodomy.
Laws, penalties, punishments, exile, death penalty, but also gay weddings, celebrated in front of an altar. And, not only common people were involved in that activity; many famous artists and aristocrats had “secret” and forbidden relationships.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Ponte Vecchio, 50125, Florence Italy
The only Medieval bridge, famous for its goldsmiths’ shops.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo Pitti, Piazza Dei Pitti 1, 50125, Florence Italy
Stop in front of the Royal Pitti Palace which was the place where Gian Gastone , the last Grand Duke of the Medici dinasty spent the last years of his queer life.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Della Repubblica, Florence Italy
The area around the ancient Roman Forum became the seat of many brothels, during the Middle Ages and Renaissance time.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza della Signoria, 50122, Florence Italy
Signoria square and its surroundings was the core of the gay life during the Middle Ages.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi, 50123, Florence Italy
One of the most remarkable Renaissance palace in Florence
Stop At: Uffizi, Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany
Here, in front of the Uffizi palace, now housing a remarkable painting collection, we learn how many famous painters were gay or bisexual and have forbidden friendships.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Santa Trinita, Florence Italy
Seat of the Spini Ferroni palace.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Lungarno Annamaria Luisa de’ Medici, 50122, Florence Italy
Walk along the Arno river to admire the exterior of the Vasarian Corridor connecting the Signoria palace to the Pitti palace.
Stop At: Mercato Nuovo, Piazza della Repubblica Corner of Via Porta Rossa & Via Por Santa Maria Calimala, 50123, Florence Italy
Here a stop is “a must”! It is a tradition to say “hello” to our bronze wild boar for good luck!
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Palazzo dell’Arte della Lana, Via Dell’Arte della Lana 1, 50123, Florence Italy
It was the seat of the Wool Guild, during the Middle Ages.
Stop At: Florence, Florence, Tuscany
The KIng square: it was very important for the LGBTQ community during the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Duration: 5 minutes
