Flavium Amphiteatre/ Coliseum with the new escavations

It was begun by Emperor Vespasian and finished by his son Titus in 79.  It is formed by three lines of arches and has a circumference of about 625 yards.  It seems it contained more than 50,000 spectators.

When the play was over, the succumbing gladiators were condemned here.  One can yet see, on the first row of seats, the box of Emperor; on both side of him, the Vestals were arbiters of the life and death of the gladiators.

  Arch of Costantine

It was erected in 315 in honour of Constantine, after his victories on Maxentius and Licinius.  It is adorned with statues and bas-reliefs, said to have been taken off from the Arch of Trajan.  Remarkable for beauty and preservation.

  The Roman Forum

It was the centre of the Roman life, where meetings, festivals and ceremonies took place.  Among the remains of monuments of all ages, there are temples as that of Castor and Pollux and the Julian Basilica, the largest building in the Forum.

St. Peter church

The world's smallest independent state.   See St. Peter's Basilica, visit the Vatican Museum which hosts the Sistine Chapel and the most remarkable works of art found anywhere in the world.

     After the 11th century it became a powerful Maritime Republic, and fought against the Saracens for domination over the lands of Corsica, Sardinia and the Baleari Islands.  Later, in a battle against the Republic of Genoa, it was clamorously defeated in the famous Battle of Meloria in 1283.  Evidence of its glorious past can also be found in the marvellous monuments in Piazza dei Miracoli, true master pieces of architecture and sculpture.

  Pisa boasts great architectural and cultural traditions.

Begun in 1174 by Bonanno Pisano and finished 99 years later by Giovanni di simone.   This imposing monument is 55.863 mt. high; it has 8 floors and a slope of 4.5 mt.

Here you view the famous Leaning Tower and the superb marbled Baptistery, a beautiful example of Pisan Romanesque style.

Florence, Etruscan by the origin (200 B.C. circa) became later a Roman colony called <Florentia>(50 B.C.).  During the XII entury it became a free common.   From the XIIth to the XVIth century many of the greatest Italian artists built churches, monuments, marvelous mansions thus making it the <cradle of the Renaissance> the <Athens of Italy>.

Home of artists and poets as Dante, Petrarque, Boccace, Michaelangelo, Leonardo, etc.   It still keeps the ancient masters' spirit, the Medici lordship's mark, the splendour of the Granduchy.

Today's Florence very proud of her past, surrounded by green hills, crossed by the river Arno, displays her monuments: the stern Palazzo Vecchio, the Cathedral with its majestic dome by Brunelleschi and the elegant and tall Giotto's belltower, the Santa Croce Basilica, the bridges on the Arno--all of them treasures of art make Florence one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

  Santa Maria Del Fiore Bell tower by Giotto

The Cathedral was initially built in 1296 by Arnolfo di Cambio and rended famous by Brunelleschi dome and the bell tower.  Initiate by Giotto 1334, continuated by A. Pisano, has been finished by Talenti in 1359.  Marble and Polychrome covers these masterpieces.

Florence is the undisputed queen of the art world.  Visit the Academy of Fine Arts, home of Michelangelo's "David."  See many more works by him and the "Madonna of the Sea" by Botticelli.  The city also features great architecture including the spectacular dome of the Cathedral, the green and white-marbled Baptistery with its famous door which Michelangelo declared worthy to be the gate to paradise.

Important Florentine construction of the year 1298, built by Arnolfo di Cambio, ordered by Cosimo I and later on was amplified by Buontalenti 1588, and Vasari.

Gallery of the Academy: David

The famous Michelangelo masterpiece.  Chiselled in 1401-1404.

  Old Bridge/ Ponte Vecchio

Of Etruscan origin; it is the most ancient Florentine bridge.  It was destroyed and rebuilt several times and is famous for its goldsmiths' shops, a symbol of the Florentine handicraft.

One of the most beautiful and suggestive Florence Church.  Built at the end of 1200, finished at the end of the next century, the facade is of modern style, in the interior are very important frescoes and tomb-slabs of renowned people.

  Signoria Lodges: Of Gothic Florentine style, built in 1376-1381 by Benci di Cione and S. Talenti; its wide arcades contain beautiful sculpture, the famous ones are by Giambologna and Cellini.

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