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"The eleventh edition of this accessible, scholarly guide to the city of the Renaissance. An essential handbook for any traveller who wants fully to understand the aesthetic impact of Florence on world history. Completely updated, this edition contains superb plans and illustrations of painting, architecture and sculpture, and includes fully updated coverage of the most recent developments at the Uffizi and other significant sites. There is also detailed coverage of where to stay and eat. show more The depth of information and quality of research make this book the best guide for the independent traveller as well as for all students of history, art, architecture and Italian culture. Ideal as an on-site guide as well as a desk resource." -- show lessTags
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A pretty good travel guide--it really goes in depth into the history of sites and explains the art and architecture well. It also lists some sites and museums that other guides gloss over or skip altogether. The map of the city was also very good, and the 8 walks were really interesting, although they could have been longer. Some of the practical information about sites (such as admission fees and times) was a little lacking or off, so it was good to have a companion travel guide as well (which I typically do).
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Blue Guide Florence
- Important places
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Original language
- English
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- Members
- 165
- Popularity
- 198,603
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.40)
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 27
- ASINs
- 3
