Palazzo Strozzi Florence

This morning I woke up with a sore throat. It began during my visit to the Uffuzi and, considering they were regulating the air, I had just assumed it was a dry throat; this morning I realised otherwise as I was hoarse and it felt infected. Seems a mundane point to make in a travel blog but I do so intentionally because it actually leads to a …

... ' como llegar a la oficina de informaciones. Primero visitamos la Santa María Novella y bajamos por Via Delle Belle Donne hasta el Palazzo Strozzi y a la Santa Trinita. Cruzamos el Río Arno por el Puente Arno y vimos gente hacer canotaje... muy lindo. ...

... likely to be a half hour early").  I also managed to squeeze in a few cultural outings visiting the Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Strozzi, and taking in an Italian ballet.  The Uffizi was gigantic.  Seeing the works of Botticelli, ...

... spending some time in the Piazza di Santa Maria Novella we wandered down towards the banks of the Arno River and passed the Palazzo Strozzi (a palace for one of the Medici rivals that was never completed), the church of San Trinita, and finally down the ...

... structure, using glass as a facade makes this easier). We then went into another building down the street called Palazzo Strozzi, built 4 decades later than Palazzo Rucellai, this building had a more smooth and masculine look. The courtyard is ...

... ; I was getting sick of all that religious art (it's just not me somehow...) and checked out a Cezanne exhibit at the Palazzo Strozzi which opened today. Sigh. Nothing like Impressionists to pull you out of a cathedral/religous art slump.  It ...

... , despite hoards of tourists and American students, somehow still retains its soul. Bleak reminders of modern-day Florence such as recycling bins occasionally blight this  landscape--but as opposed to other European cities ...

... still live high on the hill. Stunning views looking back into Florence. Superb gelato. 3. 20 minute bus ride to Florence centre. Visit to Palazzo Strozzi to see a wonderful  C19th and C 20th exhibition of De Chirico, Max Ernst, Magritte and ...

... did clear up fairly quickly, so the walk wasn't a complete misery. One thing Cindy showed us that I hadn't seen before was the Palazzo Strozzi. We were only able to walk into the courtyard because the rest of the building is a museum, but it was a ...

... he died in 2004 of Colon Cancer, after a long illness. Everyone was very sad about that at the hotel. I then went to the Palazzo Strozzi for an exhibit on "Michelangelo and His Times". This palazzo is one of the largest in Florence, started to be built ...

... to play soccer again, but Mother Nature decided to rain that afternoon so we went to the Galileo exhibit at Palazzo Strozzi nearby our school.  The exhibit was pretty interesting and had information about the entire evolution of the universe and ...