Streets squares and districts to visit Florence - Firenze

In Roman times, the Piazza della Repubblica, where the cardo and the decumanus meet, was home to a forum, the political and economic heart of ancient Florentia. Under the Medici there was a market, the Mercato Vecchio. It is a pleasant square nowadays lined with terraces, an obligatory passage to reach the Mercato Nuovo. This elliptical square is one of the lungs of the city because depending on the streets taken, very different aspects of Florence present themselves to the visitor. A remnant of the past, the Colonna dell'Abbondanza represents the exact centre of Florence.

The Via Francigena was the route of a pilgrimage that led from Canterbury to Rome, passing through the Grand-Saint-Bernard Pass and the Tuscan countryside. It was one of the largest European communication routes in the Middle Ages. On this path of faith to the numerous alternatives, attended by pilgrims and the various passers-by (merchants and arms of arms), towns and cities have developed, giving rise to a frenetic economic life for hostels, monasteries and churches inside the Florentine countryside. The Via Francigena did not pass through Florence, but in the th century, becoming the capital of the Renaissance and one of Europe's most important cities for its trade and finance, it became obligatory. Men, goods, ideas and cultural and religious movements and movements had the opportunity to meet Florence with important channels of communication around the city: . life. These allowed to link it to the Via Francigena. They are 6 but the most important and fastest was certainly Via Sanese who led to Siena where it joined Via Francigena. Exploring these courses allows you to rediscover churches, abbeys and inns like the "Spedale di Bigallo" along Via Ny, which still has today its function of hospitality. A unique experience to explore a Tuscan countryside still to discover through Le Vie Romee.