Florence

Il Bar Poggio / First Impressions

Baptistery of San Giovanni

Church of Santa Croce

Evening in Florence

Mercato Nuovo

Cathedral (Duomo) and Campanile / Orsanmichele / Santa Maria Novella / San Lorenzo / Santa Croce

Florence

Ponte Vecchio

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi / Frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli

Torrigiani Garden / National Museum in the Palazzo Bargello

Piazza della Signoria

City Scenes

Church and Cemetery of San Miniato al Monte

Il Vinaio

Ristorante Paoli / Osteria No. 1 / Trattoria Garga

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Date of Production: 2009-06-09

Playing Time: 00:53:32

Catalogue Number: 2.110513

UPC: 747313551354

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The Places

Florence grew rich and powerful on the silk trade and banking, evidenced by an incredible wealth of cultural history preserved in its buildings and other works of art. The city is dominated by its great cathedral and adjacent bell tower and the famous Baptistery. Running through it is the river Arno, crossed by the old bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, and around it rise the Tuscan hills.

The Music

Ranging from Palestrina to Puccini, the music includes an excerpt from the latter's opera Gianni Schicchi, set in Florence, arias from Verdi, and instrumental excerpts by Rossini. It also includes a poignant extract from Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp and his mock serenade from Don Giovanni, and it ends with a transcription for guitar of a caprice by the demon violinist Paganini.