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Private Guided Visit Florence's Santa Croce Basilica & Ancient Leather School

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From € 23.00
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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Admire the Santa Croce Basilica  with your private guide 
  • Discover the  ornate tombs of some of Italy's most famous artists and intellectuals inside Santa Croce Church 
  • Visit the ancient Leather School which dates back to the Late Middle Ages
  • Private tour is a personalized experience: choose it! 
From: € 23.00
Duration: 1 hour 30 Minutes Approx.
Start Time: 2:30 pm
Season: All year round
Meeting Point / Terminal: At the Santa Croce Basilica Entrance

Santa Croce Basilica is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture with a façade clad in polychrome marble. This is the ancient church in which the Franciscan friars chose to set up and begin treating pelts and leather and meditate in peace in a place that was, at that time, located outside the city walls. We will admire, from close up, the beautiful frescoes by Giotto and Agnolo Gaddi, the “Crucifix” and “Annunciation” by Donatello and the world-famous funerary monuments and tombs of illustrious figures from the past such as Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli. Next, we will enter the elegant “Brunelleschi Cloister” bordered by columns carved from pure stone, and then pass into the fourteenth-century “Ancient Cloister” at the end of which lies the beautiful “Pazzi Chapel”, a sublime example of Renaissance harmony, also the work of Brunelleschi. After visiting the Basilica and cloisters, there will be a chance to visit a workshop that goes back to the 13th century, when the Franciscan monks first settled in this area on the banks of the river Arno. The earliest hide and leather working activity was established here, where the large quantities of water required for leather processing are freely available. The Franciscan monks of the Santa Croce monastery dedicated their efforts to this activity, and their leather-working techniques have been preserved over the centuries by the master craftsmen who still work in the delightful old workshops at the School of Leather (except on Saturday and Sunday), which we will be visiting; an extraordinary Renaissance workshop adjacent to the Basilica, where history, tradition and exceptional quality are combined to produce authentic Florentine craftwork. A real "top must see” amazing place.

  • Private Local professional Guide at your side for 1 hour and 30 minutes
  • Earphones for groups of more than 7 participants
  •  Basilicas Admission Ticket (to be paid on the spot)
  •  Full price ticket: € 8,00
  •  Reduced price ticket: € 6,00 for children 11 to 17 years
  •  Free admission for: children younger than 11 years old
  •  Family ticket: full price ticket: € 8,00 for adults and free admission for children younger than age 18
  •  It is recommended that participants wear comfortable shoes
  •  Basilicas Admission Ticket (to be paid on the spot)
  •  Full price ticket: € 8,00
  •  Reduced price ticket: € 6,00 for children 11 to 17 years
  •  Free admission for: children younger than 11 years old
  •  Family ticket: full price ticket: € 8,00 for adults and free admission for children younger than age 18
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