Description
The Florence Tourist Scavenger Hunt is a 4.1 km / 2.5 mi self-guided walking tour with challenges along the way. It should take you 3 hours to complete.
What you’ll see:
- Basilica di Santa Maria Novella
- Museo Marino Marini Firenze
- Basilica di Santa Trinità
- Arno river
- Cosimo I de Medici equestrian statue
- Ponte Vecchio
- Piazza della Signoria
- Dante’s House Museum
- Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
- Baptistery of St John
- Leonardo Da Vinci Museum
- Church of Santa Maria Maggiore
- Medici Museum
- Basilica di San Lorenzo
- And much more!
This scavenger hunt has a difficulty level of MODERATE.
Buy either a single-person ticket or a group ticket. Your group should be between 2 and 6 people. In fact, children are welcome.
After purchase, to begin your Florence walking tour, direct yourself outside the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, 18, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy – near the Stazione Ferroviaria Firenze Santa Maria Novella. This is the start location.
Once there, stand outside, log in to this website and begin your hunt.
You’ll also need a fully charged smartphone connected to the Internet (LTE or 4G with a data plan; Wi-Fi isn’t available throughout). Instructions will be supplied on-screen, along with directions and challenges, as well as some historical information.
Ancient History
The Roman Empire established Florence in 59 BCE as a colony for its veteran soldiers. It rapidly grew into a commercial center along the Via Cassia (the main route from Rome to northern Italy). Florence became the capital of the Tuscia region in 285.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, rule of the region alternated between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines until the 6th century, when it fell under Lombard rule. During this time, the population fell as people fled to calmer areas. Following Charlemagne’s conquest in 774, the population and commerce began to grow again.
Middle Ages
The Black Death reduced Florence’s regional population from 420,000 by 50% in 1325. By the 15th century, Florence was one of Europe’s largest cities.
The de’ Medici family assumed control of the city, then a democratic city-state. They became patrons of the arts and commissioned works by Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Botticelli.
Although they were ousted from power in 1494, they retook it in 1512 and controlled it for two centuries, until 1737. At this time, it fell under the rule of the Austrian crown under Maria Theresa.
Napoleon conquered it in 1814, and it became a region of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
Modern History
Germany occupied the city for a year during World War II (1943-44) and demolished every bridge across the Arno River when they left, to slow the advancing British troops. That is, every bridge except the Ponte Vecchio, because of its historical value.
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