Hotel Brunelleschi Florence

... is on your own. You can sleep in a bit - or get an early start to scramble to the top of Brunelleschi's dome, or browse through Florence's colorful food and craft markets. After lunch, we'll tour the wealth of Botticellis, Leonardos and Raphaels in the ...

OK...I'm sitting in what has to be the best hotel room in Florence, and the thought of writing today's blog is mind- boggling because it as been a mind boggling day! Luckily I started writing the morning events on the train while everything was fresh ...

One can't help feeling humbled and quite frankly, dwarfed as you stand beside Florence's Duomo with Brunelleschi's dome rising boldly to the heavens or next to Giotto's campanile standing alongside since 1333. Imagine for a moment, what life was like ...

... , Duomo Museum, Accademia and Bargello.  As statues and paintings changed, so did architecture.  During the same period Brunelleschi created the magnificent dome on the city's cathedral (Duomo) -- the first dome built since the Pantheon and ...

Ruth's Italy Travelogue 1998 Florence The Hotel Morandi alla Crochetta March 26. The Gems of the Duomo The next train to Florence, or Firenze, is by reserved seats only, and there are no more seats available. Eventually, a non-reserved train ...

... through the Piazza del Duomo, just as we did yesterday.  The incredible cathedral here has a massive cupola (dome) designed by Brunelleschi in 1420.  The campanile (bell tower) to the right was designed by Giotto in 1334.  These structures ...

... works.  Lacking in the art of this time period was perspective, an idea born of a Renaissance man some 300 years later - Brunelleschi in the 15th century and demonstrated later by Masaccio in his Holy Trinity, a fresco on the inside wall of the Santa ...

... multiple courses and followed with Italian Vodka to "help digestion". The next day we visited the Pitti gardens, the top of Brunelleschi's dome, and the shopping district (Daniel and Tim not included in shopping). The following day we caught a train to ...

... the dome during construction and lace the dirt with coins so peasants would take away the dirt for free.  Eventually, Brunelleschi pulled it off, not only engineering the dome within a dome construction (providing a hollow space making it light ...

... some of the most inspiring architecture in the world.  Monuments and buildings designed by Michelangelo - the Florentine and Brunelleschi, a "Diving Comedy" by Dante, the master strokes of Botticelli and let's not forget the Medici, the leading ...

... turn it into the new home of the Medici family. The most brilliant architect of the times, Filippo Brunelleschi, was commissioned to carry out the design of the building around 1440. I'll just have to ...

... is topped by a gigantic red-brick dome completed during the High Renaissance in 1434 by the architect/artist Filippo Brunelleschi. This dome is the most recognizable feature of Florence, and it took quite a bit of heartache (15 years of it, to be exact) ...

... and built the bell tower (campanile). He was said to be the ugliest man to ever have walked the streets of Florence. The tomb of Brunelleschi, who was the architect of the Duomo, was also near the front entrance doors.  There was an opening in the ...

... ride was long and uncomfortable and we were all so incredibly anxious to get there. After we settled into our hotel (right in the center of Florence by Piazza della Repubblica!) we made a beeline to the Duomo and the baptistery. I love Rome because it's ...

... top.  A competition was held to determine which architect would be able to device a way to build the dome Filippo Brunelleschi is given credit for designing the most impressive dome in the world.  When looking at the cathedral from the outside ...

... ; Our teacher told us it was a love story but it sounds kind of creepy to me…The Foundling Hospital was designed by Brunelleschi and was a working orphanage until 2000.  There used to be an area with Mary and Joseph and an empty crib where the ...

... , the Renaissance and opera.  A guided walking tour introduces you the city's Renaissance splendor.  Marvel at Brunelleschi's masterpiece - Florence's massive pink, white and green Duomo.  Then discover the Bapistery of St. John. Today we ...

... could board with the receiptI printed at home.  We enjoyed the wonderful 90 minute commute to the heart of Florence and an easy taxi ride to our hotel.  Thank goodness the train had losts of spare seats.  We needed to move to the other ...

... , we walked along the cobblestone streets between rows of medieval buildings. The highlight of our stay was our climb to the top of Brunelleschi's dome.  There are no lifts. There are 463 steps from the floor of the Basilica to the top of the Cupola. ...

... day.  While our stomachs settled, we started Rick's Florence walk.  Conveniently, the first stop was right outside our hotel at the Florence Duomo and Baptistery.  The Duomo is quite impressive, though I think I like the one from Orvieto ...