Machiavelli

...  He was born in 1469 and died in 1527 and was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet and playwright.   Machiavelli was a figure of the Italian Renaissance, and a central figure of its political scene,  He was exiled to the house ...

Florence is not a bad place to get around but they have some old buildings here that could be knocked down to make way for wider roads and more supermarkets :O) Tomorrow I am heading of to see David, but if he is not in I will leave a message. I ...

19 Oct The nearly 5 hour train trip was transformed not by the scenery but by our travelling companion, a delightful young journalist who reads the news on Radio Med International. A totally modern young woman who talked frankly about the King, his ...

... kitaplarında anlattığı için Floransa’nın tarihi şu an oldukça iyi bilinmektedir. Nicollo Machiavelli, Medici ailesinin özel isteği üzerine "Istorie fiorentine" kitabını yazmış, ...

... : Palazzo Vecchio boasts having been the home to Galileo, Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and most impressively to me: Niccolo Machiavelli . I was pretty impressed with that. I must laugh the guide said the prince was written whilst Machiavelli was in ...

... by spates of republican rule - influenced by the likes of radical Dominican prior Savonarola and that byword for political expediency Machiavelli - the history of Florence never ran smooth, but the city state grew ever stronger and richer. Here is ...

... sipping from our cups and watching the passerby.   Then it was on to Sant' Andrea in Percussina, the home of Niccolo Machiavelli during the years he spent in exile. We had an EXTREMELY tasty dinner served to us over the course of about two ...

... to the scientific discoveries of Galileo, these are but a taste of what Florence has to offer. Not to mention Michealangelo, Machiavelli, and other famous Italian aritsts. We arrived early in the afternoon, found our Hotel across from the grand Piazza ...

... Croce. Besides its amazing façade and interior artwork, here's a summarized list of the people buried there: Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Dante, Rossini, and Galileo, who is probably the figure that best exemplifies the Renaissance to me. Here's a guy ...

... tombs on the floor to frescoes on the walls. I was not impressed by the "important" tombs for Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Dante, Marconi (Marconi! Radio!) and Gioachino Rossini, as these were big slabs of stuff assembled against the walls (have ...

... streets hundreds of years old where once walked, just like us, Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, Raphael, Galilieo, Lorenzo di Medici, Machiavelli, Petrach, Bocccacio, Giotto, Botticelli, and on and on and on. Right then and there it gripped me tight and ...

... than a church these days, that hosts the tombs of an impressive collection of famous Italians (Dante, Michaelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli), visited a museum that specifically interested Hélène and Kieran (we were just happy to be guided there), ...

... like, oh, Dante, Machiavelli, and Galileo are buried there! Say what?! It rocked my socks off. I bought a postcard of Machiavelli's tomb for Brian Kangas, a beloved high school history teacher (and the one who made me read The Prince for the first of 4 ...

... exploring the underground caves, winding our way through barrels of various vintages and eventually finding our way through one of Machiavelli's secret tunnels. On to the next winery, La Sala, where we were treated to an exceptional tour and tasting ...

... Gallileo Gallilee (the Franciscans who ran the church had to hide his body from the catholic church for several hundred years), Michaelangelo and Machiavelli. I plan to head to the Amalfi coast for easter and hope the weather stays warm! Ciao, ...