Firenze Trip Overview
Florentine Renaissance marks the pinnacle of the craftsman’s figure affirmation: an artist, a maker yet someone who creates new techniques and styles. Venturing into the less busy areas of Florence we can find those craftsmen, were new shops used to be opened daily and slowly became meeting points where artisans consolidated their reputations while enhancing their creative skills. Still today, these little shops produce the most refined objects of desire in the entire world. We will discover the amazing secrets of Italian Craftsmen, handed down from generation to generation.
The most famous of Florentine artisanal works are traditionally done in Santo Spirito; our expert local guide will show you the district and its monuments and you will track down several small ateliers. Leather, mosaics, the city’s finest jewelers and much more. Have the opportunity to see artisans at work, in their own laboratories. Be amazed by this out of time experience.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Florentine Renaissance marks the pinnacle of the craftsman’s figure affirmation: an artist, a maker yet someone who creates new techniques and styles. Venturing into the less busy areas of Florence we can find those craftsmen, were new shops used to be opened daily and slowly became meeting points where artisans consolidated their reputations while enhancing their creative skills. Still today, these little shops produce the most refined objects of desire in the entire world. We will discover the amazing secrets of Italian Craftsmen, handed down from generation to generation.
The most famous of Florentine artisanal works are traditionally done in Santo Spirito; our expert local guide will show you the district and its monuments and you will track down several small ateliers. Leather, mosaics, the city’s finest jewelers and much more. Have the opportunity to see artisans at work, in their own laboratories. Be amazed by this out of time experience.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Scuola del Cuoio S.r.l., Via S. Giuseppe, 5/R, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Historic school where artisans make leather and fine objects. Here you can discover the Amazing secrets of italian master craftsman.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: I Mosaici Di Lastrucci, Via dei Macci, 9, Florence Italy
Here you can find a pride craftman who make a preciuos mosaic, a jump into Florentine Renaissance
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Il Papiro, Lungarno Degli Acciaiuoli 42r, 50123, Florence Italy
Here a master artist will introduce you the history of marble and all techniques of marble making.
Then you will test yourself on a creation of marbled paper.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Paolo Penko, Via Ferdinando Zannetti 14/16/r, 50123, Florence Italy
The goldsmith Paolo Penko, in his workshop in the heart of Florence, a few steps from the Duomo, together with his wife Beatrice – an expert in gemology – and his son Alessandro, creates unique jewels, made entirely by hand, according to the ancient techniques of the goldsmith tradition Florentine.
Unique and recognizable, the Penko style harmoniously weaves together the beauty and quality of the material with the appeal of forms and symbols of Florentine architecture and painting.
An object Paolo Penko is not a simple jewel, but a harmonious union between past and present, between tradition and innovation, between creativity and know-how and, above all, is able to tell a story, to convey a message and a content, merging it with a strongly glamorous soul.
Duration: 30 minutes
