Ancient Florentine Curiosities (Italian Edition)

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Those who approach this book intrigued by the cover image, bearing the silhouette of a pyramid located near the Ponte Vecchio, should not expect to find esoteric allusions or archaeo-mystical fantasies.Instead, that figure is meant to be a metaphor, a fantastic and eternally living image of the curiosity that any citizen, visitor and tourist can address to the past of Florence and Fiesole. And therefore it symbolizes the passion for history and archaeology that springs from participation in the city's most intimate life.We have chosen this image, one of many possible, for the new edition of Antiche Curiosità Fiorentine , successfully published over the past thirty years, updated and reintegrated with the spirit and authenticity of all time.But know that a pyramid, in the Oltrarno, really existed!- - -Etruscan & Roman age; Early Florence. Where to find Etruscan Florence; The Etruscan Tombs of Quinto Fiorentino and Comeana near Florence; The city’s oldest monument can be found in the Santa Croce the remains of the Amphitheatre; The Roman Theatre; The city walls of the roman quadratus and the round tower in via del Proconsolo; The Forum and the Column of Abundance; The Roman Aqueduct; The Wool Guild in Roman Florence; The Church of Santa Felicita and the lost pyramid; The Church of Santa Reparata; The Roman Hippodrome; The Church of St. Miniatus; Piazza del Limbo with the Church of SS. Apostoli; Templars & Pazzino, with the Explosion of the Cart; Dante’s part of the City; The Medici family; Piazza Santa Trinita and its monuments; The ancient Florentine hotels; Weekend in Fiesole; The Hill of St. Francis; The Badia Fiesolana; Mino da Fiesole; The Hill of Vincigliata and its Castle; The Indian at the Cascine Park; The American Church.- - -Enio Pecchioni has been writing about the ancient history of Fiesole and Florence since the 1960s. Among his best-known publications we mention Storia di Fiesole , Brief history of the Etruscan people , Stilicone . With Press & Archeos he has published, together with Giovanni Spini, Firenze Etrusca , Totila and Belisario , Figli di Enea and Urbicus-i gliadiatori di Firenze .