{"id":9758,"date":"2018-09-14T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T12:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=9758"},"modified":"2025-12-07T05:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T04:06:59","slug":"a-few-days-in-italy-in-fall-2017-part-9-florence-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/a-few-days-in-italy-in-fall-2017-part-9-florence-5\/","title":{"rendered":"A few Days in Italy in Fall 2017 \u2013 Part 9 \u2013 Florence 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let’s continue the walk where we stopped in Part 8 of the Fall 2017 trip to Florence<\/a>. We continue to walk the small streets and take a look over the river as well. Follow me, please :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata (or Basilica of the Most Holy Annunciation) at the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The door of the Basilica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detail above the door<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking down Via dei Servi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ferdinando I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ospedale degli Innocenti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Hospital of the Innocents was originally a children’s orphanage. It was built and managed by the “Arte della Seta” or the Silk Guild of Florence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The vault of the poccetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detail from the Istituto degli Innocenti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to the street again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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At the wall of the Dratorio di San Pierino<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A bar at #8 Via Gino Capponi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Palazzo Capponi at 26 Via Gino Capponi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another one of those gates: 32 Via Gino Capponi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More Street Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tower of the Tempio Chiesa Valdese or the Holy Trinity Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There you go! Breastfeeding in public! And nipples! Why are Americans so prude :-(<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Basilica of Santa Maria Novella<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detail above the door<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most famous bridge in town: Ponte Vecchio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the not-famous-at-all Ponte Alla Carraia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An artists sitting on St Trinity Bridge and her piece of the Ponte Vecchio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Street Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the Ponte Vecchio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detail from a house at 18 Via Calimala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Street Art?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Casa dei Cavallereschi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Casa dei Cavallereschi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church and Museum of Orsanmichele<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you wonder about the name, you are right. It is rather long for a church, but it is three words in one. The building is first documented in 895 as an oratory in the San Michele monastery. It was surrounded by a vegetable garden, a place that the Italians call Orto.
So over the years, the place was named Or-San-Michele. The original building was demolished in 1290, and a loggia was built there. It was used to sell grain, but soon it became a place of devotion. Even miracles happened here at an image of the Virgin that was painted on a pillar – at last, that is what was said. A fire and a new building later, the image of the Virgin was replaced by another image. This time Bernardo Daddi painted the Madonna and Child in 1346. More miracles later, the place could no longer be a market and trade building. All the guilds had some tabernacles commissioned that were placed around the building on the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arte dei Maniscalchi (Guild of Blacksmiths) Saint Eligius by Nanni di Banco from 1420<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Confirmed by what is under his feet – working hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tabernacle by Andrea Orcagna from 1359. Now you know why he was one of the best! Some say this is THE jewel of Gothic art in Florence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Madonna by Bernardo Daddi from 1346<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The glass in the back shows the Miracle of the sinful abbess, the drowned sacristan, and the Last communion with a dying woman. I know it is a bit far…. SORRY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arte dei Cambiatori e Banchieri (Guild of the Money Changers and Lenders) Saint Matthew by Lorenzo Ghiberti from 1423<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arte dei Beccai (Guild of Butchers) Saint Peter from 1413 by Donatello<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arte dei Calzaiuoli (Guild of Shoemakers) Saint Philip by Nanni di Banco 1410-1412<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arte dei Maestri di Pietra e di Legname (Guild of Stone and Wood Masters) The Four Crowned Saints group by Nanni di Banco 1414-1417<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And this is the wood and stone workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arte dei Corazzai e Spadai (Guild of Armorers and Sword makers) Saint George by Donatello 1417<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still busy killing the last dragons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arte di Mercanzia (Guild of Merchants Court) Christ and Doubting Thomas by Verrocchio from 1465\/66<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea Organa, a painter, sculptor, and architect – the guy who made the tabernacle inside – remember?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s continue the walk where we stopped in Part 8 of the Fall 2017 trip to Florence. We continue to walk the small streets and take a look over the river as well. Follow me, please :-) The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata (or Basilica of the Most Holy Annunciation) at the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":9781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[740,224,37],"tags":[463,741,369],"class_list":["post-9758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florence","category-europe","category-italy","tag-europe","tag-florence","tag-italy"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/e.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Marc Hastenteufel","author_link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/author\/marc\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/e.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14280,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions\/14280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}