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Florence - Pitti Palace
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Great Discoveries self-guided audio tour of the Pitti Palace provides today’s tourist with the most enjoyable and informative way to visit the most majestic of the Renaissance palaces. Lavishly decorated and fully furnished, it remains one of the most extraordinary residences in the world. From the 16th century on, the Pitti Palace has been home to all of the ruling families of Florence, Tuscany, and Italy; including the Medici’s, Lorraine’s, Bourbon's, Bonaparte’s, and the Savoy’s. Today its countless rambling rooms house several museums, the most important of which is the Palatine Gallery, whose beautiful salons are filled from floor to ceiling with paintings from the private collections of the Medici and Savoy’s. It is one of the largest and most important museums in the world containing works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Lippi, Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubins, and others. Our carefully researched tour guides you through the Palatine Galleries and the Royal Apartments pointing out and describing the most significant artworks by some of the most hallowed names in Italian and European art. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the complete tour, visit www.tourcaster.com.
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Tourcaster - Italy - Florence - Pitti Palace Audio Tour Episodes - | PittiPalaceMap.pdf | Lavishly decorated and fully furnished, Pitti Palace remains one of the most extraordinary residences in the world, undoubtedly the grandest of all Renaissance palaces. Today its countless rambling rooms house several museums, the most important of which is the Palatine Gallery, whose beautiful salons are filled from floor to ceiling with paintings from the Medici private collection. It is one of the largest and most important museums in the world containing works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Lippi, Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubins, and others. The palace and its courtyard were the focus for dazzling public royal events and celebrations, including the weddings, baptisms and funerals of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and the Kings of Italy. Despite the fact that the Pitti Palace has hosted all of the ruling families of Florence, Tuscany, and Italy from the 16th century on, the Medici?s, Lorraine?s, Bourbon's, Bonaparte?s, and Savoy?s, the Florentines who are conservative by nature have always refused to call it a royal palace. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the complete tour, visit www.tourcaster.com. |
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| PittiPalacesample.mp3 | Lavishly decorated and fully furnished, Pitti Palace remains one of the most extraordinary residences in the world, undoubtedly the grandest of all Renaissance palaces. Today its countless rambling rooms house several museums, the most important of which is the Palatine Gallery, whose beautiful salons are filled from floor to ceiling with paintings from the Medici private collection. It is one of the largest and most important museums in the world containing works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Lippi, Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubins, and others. The palace and its courtyard were the focus for dazzling public royal events and celebrations, including the weddings, baptisms and funerals of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and the Kings of Italy. Despite the fact that the Pitti Palace has hosted all of the ruling families of Florence, Tuscany, and Italy from the 16th century on, the Medici?s, Lorraine?s, Bourbon's, Bonaparte?s, and Savoy?s, the Florentines who are conservative by nature have always refused to call it a royal palace. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the complete tour, visit www.tourcaster.com. | Get at Short URL | Download PittiPalacesample.mp3 | Play in Popup.
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