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(All the buildings will be visited from the outside)
Florence, celebrated in the world for its Renaissance splendour, hides a widely unknown dark past, a forbidden side that made it famous among the unrepentant sinners of the 15th century. In addition to forbidden and lustful love affairs, the city was also the location of terrible murders, harrowing torture, and horrifying death sentences.
A two-hour private walking guided tour in Florence with our local expert will take you back to the darkest moments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, allowing you to enjoy the main sights of Florence, from Piazza Pitti to Piazza Signoria, and discover less known treasures. And you will hear that even the present has many sad stories to be told.
Our walking tour in the dark heart of the city will cover these uncertain paths, starting from Piazza Pitti, in front of what was once the city palace of the Medici family. This is where Gian Gastone, the last heir to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, spent his days in complete libertarianism, indulging in vices that led to his death.
We will then proceed with our walking Tour in Florence towards the Palazzo of Bianca Cappello. A few steps away from Palazzo Pitti, the Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici built an easily distinguishable mansion for his beautiful and tormented mistress, the Venetian lady Bianca Cappello. Did the love story have a happy ending? Certainly not. Your private guide will tell you all the details of their mysterious demise.
Once we come to Santa Trinita, the location of stories relating to the most influential families of the city, we shall enter the dark alleys of medieval Florence to reach an absolute highlight: the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.
Could you believe that even the main church of Florence, its Duomo, was once the stage to the most brutal conspiracy of the Renaissance? We have already mentioned that the Medici were the rulers of Florence in the 15th century. Do you really believe that everyone in town agreed with that? Your expert guide knows how to answer all these questions, narrating the inconceivable story of the Pazzi family and the plot they organised inside the Cathedral of Florence.
The 20th century has its dreadful events too. During the 1980s, the city was the place where the first Italian serial killer, known as “The Monster of Florence,” operated.
And in 1993, a terrible attack by the Mafia at the Uffizi shocked the population.
Sad stories, closer to us in time and space, will show you a less known side of the cradle of the Renaissance.
Our guided tour of the dark heart of Florence will end in Piazza della Signoria, the political centre of the city and a beautiful backdrop for blood-drenched episodes.
Floe – Florence Local Experts
Via Laura, 38 – 50121 Florence (IT)