Florenz, Firenze, Florence - die wunderschöne Stadt am Fluss Arno in Mitten der Toskana. Wundervolle Architektur und gutes Essen. Was will man mehr? (Juni 2017)
This Florentine piazza was designed by architect Giuseppe Poggi and built in 1869 on a hill just south of the historic center, during the redevelopment of Oltrarno, the left (South) bank of the Arno river. In 1869, Florence was the capital of Italy and the whole city was involved in an urban renewal, the so-called "Risanamento" or the "Renovation" of the city's neighborhoods. Lungarni (riverside walkways; "lungarno", singular) were built on the riversides. On the right bank, the fourteenth-century city walls were removed and turned into the Viali di Circonvallazione, mimicking the French "boulevard" design, six lanes wide and lined with trees. On the left bank winding up the hill of San Miniato the Viale dei Colli was built, a tree-lined street over 8 kilometers long ending at the Piazzale Michelangelo which was built as a terrace with a panoramic view of the city.
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The history of the Loggia begins more than 150 years ago, when in 1865 the engineer Giuseppe Poggi was put in charge of embellishing Florence for the arrival of the government and the Piedmontese “Royal family and bureaucrats that lower the reluctance of the banks of the Arno to manage from here Italy reunited under a unique reign.”
The Loggia reached its peak of splendor between 1855 and 1866, welcoming intense and animated discussions of the Macchiaioli painters becoming one of the most vivid centers of the cultural and artistic Florentine debate.
The game of volumes and geometries of the Loggia with its columns, its arches, the galleries and the halls was thought to create a metaphysical location of encounters. Of Meditation. A shelter for art works and intellectuals.
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Built very close to the Roman crossing, the Ponte Vecchio, or Old Bridge, was the only bridge across the Arno in Florence until 1218. The current bridge was rebuilt after a flood in 1345. During World War II it was the only bridge across the Arno that the fleeing Germans did not destroy. Instead they blocked access by demolishing the medieval buildings on each side. On November 4, 1966, the bridge miraculously withstood the tremendous weight of water and silt when the Arno once again burst its banks.
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Florenz bei Nacht - die einzigartige Ponte Vecchio ist voll von Strassenmusikanten und Menschen die sich gemütlich mit einer Flasche Perroni hinsetzen und die Atmosphäre aufsaugen. Magisch.
Die Basilica di San Lorenzo ist eine der größten Kirchen in Florenz und steht im Zentrum des Marktviertels. Sie wurde 393 geweiht und ist eine der vielen Kirchen der Stadt, die für sich beanspruchen, die älteste zu sein. Dreihundert Jahre lang war sie die Kathedrale der Stadt, bevor sie diesen Status an Santa Reparata verlor, die heute durch den Dom Santa Maria del Fiore überbaut ist. Darüber hinaus war sie die Pfarrkirche der Medici, bei denen der Vorname Lorenzo deswegen häufig auftritt.
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