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If you would like to book a private tour, please send an email with the details of your request to the following address:francesca@conoscifirenze.it - Duration: 90 minutes about - The tickets for Museum are not included in the guided tour price Meeting Point: At your hotel if located in central Florence or a different meeting point previously established - SPECIAL CANCELLATION POLICY FOR PRIVATE GUIDED TOURS In case of cancellation, please contact us If a reservation is canceled at least 4 days before the day of the tour, the penalty is equal to 30% of the gross total. For bookings canceled 3 days or less before the day of the tour, the penalty charge will be equal to 100% of the gross total (price paid is NOT REFUNDABLE).
Palazzo Vecchio and Arnolfo's Tower
The tower of Palazzo Vecchio raises to a height of 95 metres together with the crenellated parapet walk: it represents the completion of the first part of Palazzo Vecchio built by Arnolfo di Cambio from 1299, the place where priors gathered was called "Dado Arnolfiano" for its particular shape. A real castle protected the representatives of Florentine Republic! The holes from which guards threw boiling oil to the enemies are still visible along the parapet walk.
We will enter inside the cell that in 1433 housed at first Cosimo the Elder before his exile to Padova and Venezia and after a few years (1498) the dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola who was burnt at the stake in Piazza Signoria. The stone staircase leads to the top floor of the crenellated watchtower which offers a spectacular view of the city: the religious centre with the Cathedral of S Maria del Fiore, the Baptistery and Giotto belltower, Orsanmichele, The Uffizi, S. Miniato, Santa Croce are all visible from the top! The tower is topped by a copy of the old weather vane with the Marzocco, the lion symbol of Florence. An unforgettable landscape!
The "Istituto degli Innocenti" (Institute of the Innocents) in Florence has been working for nearly six centuries on behalf of the family and the child.
