texts: M. Benedetti. D. Buttafuoco. L. Ciuccetti. D. Corsini. G. La Spina. G. Mengozzi. M. Fintoni. S. Frasca. A. Paoletti - illustrations: S. Frasca. S. Vanni - publication year: 2002 - paperback with flaps. 150x225 mm. pp. 224 - over 350 colour photographs and maps and over 100 drawings.

A colourful and entertaining survival kit for teenagers visiting (or living in) Florence. this volume was thought up. written and designed in collaboration with Amici dei Musei Fiorentini. Here is all a young reader needs to wear out his sneakers as he follows in the footsteps of Philip and his guides: Uncle Charlie. a world-famous archaeologist. and his friend Giulia. a talented restorer. On this fascinating journey our heroes discover streets. palaces. churches. museums and gardens. ‘meeting’ a variety of different characters (saints. painters. scientists. architects. popes. politicians). some renowned. others less so – but all of them ever so slightly touched.Prologue1. ArrivalThe journey. Piazzale Michelangelo. A hop up to Fiesole.2. Piazza del DuomoThe square. The Baptistery of San Giovanni. Santa Maria del Fiore. Santa Reparata. Inside the Duomo. Brunelleschi’s Dome (the Cupola). Two sacristies. The Dome (with a vengeance). The Opera del Duomo Museum.Come again? Mosaic-workCome again? Stained Glass3. Romans & Co.Florentia. Archaeological Museum.4. Middle Ages and thereaboutsTower-houses. Palazzo Davanzati. The Church of San Miniato al Monte. Interior. The walls and fort.5. Piazza della SignoriaHistory and architecture. Loggia dei Lanzi and statues. The casting of Perseus. The Hall of the Five Hundred. Francesco’s Studiolo and Eleonora’s Apartments. The Porcellino. Orsanmichele.6. Santa CroceThe piazza and historic football. The Church of Santa Croce. Giotto and Cimabue.7. Santa Maria Novella and San LorenzoSanta Maria Novella: the square and church. Masaccio’s Trinity. Ghirlandaio’s Stories. The Church of San Lorenzo. The Old Sacristy. The Medici Chapels.Come again? Perspective8. Craftmanship and RenaissanceThe Opificio delle Pietre Dure. Piazza Santissima Annunziata. The Spedale degli Innocenti.9. Medici-Riccardi PalaceThe history of a mansion. Lorenzo and Clarice. The Chapel of the Magi.10. Bargello and Stibbert MuseumsHistory of the Bargello. Donatello’s St George. Other rooms. The Stibbert Museum (and Gardens).11. San Marco and the AccademiaThe Convent of San Marco. Fra Angelico. The story of a block of marble. Michelangelo’s David .12. The Museum of the History of ScienceAstrolabes and armillary spheres. Galileo. Planets and polemics. The Dialogue and the trial.13. The UffiziHistory of the museum. 14th-century Madonnas. Gentile da Fabriano. Masaccio and Paolo Uccello. The Birth of Venus and Primavera. Leonardo and Michelangelo.14. The Prince’s PassagewayTake-off. Vasari’s Corridor. Boboli Gardens. Ammannati’s Courtyard. Palazzo Pitti’s facade.15. Arno and OltrarnoThe Arno River. The flood. Weirs and mills. The bridges of Florence. The Oltrarno. The Specola Museum. The Church of Santo Spirito. The Brancacci Chapel.Come again? Fresco16. At Palazzo PittiThe Palatine Gallery. The Rooms of the Planets.17. At Palazzo Pitti (take two)The Silver Museum. Gallery of Modern Art and Costume Gallery.18. DepartureAt the airport. Florence (as it was). EpilogueCity MapInformationTourist information. Around and about. Never on an empty stomach! Killing time. Walks and trips in the surroundings. Florence on the World Wide Web. Museums. churches and gardens (opening hours. fees and services).Analytical IndexNames. places. works of art. notabilia and whatnot.