In search of the disappeared city: Florence in the late nineteenth century

Anyone who comes to Florence thinks of walking in a city immersed in the splendor of the Middle Ages, with its ancient remains of towers or in that of the Renaissance city dotted with majestic palaces of the time: but this is not the case. With the Italian unification the city completely changed its face and underwent a total metamorphosis: the center of Florence today is only the pale memory of its glorious past. At the end of the nineteenth century the "heart" of Florence centered on the Old Market, full of history and magic, was subjected to many urban misdeeds prompted by the new needs and was sacrificed to the savage building speculation of the time: with it the old one also disappeared forever Jewish ghetto. With the help of your imagination and with the support of many photographs and paintings, we will retrace some of these stages together.
1- We will start from Piazza SMN for a small introduction and then continue to the Market
2- Market of San Lorenzo majestic work

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In front of the facade of Santa Maria Novella near the obelisk. The guide will be holding a sign reading "the disappeared city" flag with the Lily of Florence and a

P.za di Santa Maria Novella, 17, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy