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born in Florence in March of 1451,
and grew up in a considerable mansion near the river Arno. Amerigo
Vespucci was the one person for whom North
and South America was named after. He excelled in mathematics and
his hobby was copying maps. His dream as a young
boy was to travel and get a better picture about what the Earth looked
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FLORENCE Districts
SAN LORENZO
by Marco De La Pierre
 San
Lorenzo, for the Florentines is synonymous with 'market'.
The biggest open market of the city is, in fact, located
here. In the colourful and noisy San Lorenzo market
it's possible to find a wide choice of leather jacket and bags, jeans,
t-shirts, shoes…everything of reasonably good quality and at
reasonable prices.
Even if you don't plan to spend hours shopping we suggest that to visit
the market all the same, just to enjoy browsing. Naturally, watch out
for pickpockets here!
Just
behind the open market, in the large grey and red building that resembles
a train station, is the main daily indoor market of the city,
the Mercato Centrale, where every morning (except on
Sundays) you can find excellent food products (fruits,
vegetables, typical local cheeses and meats) at good prices, as well
as several places to stop for a quick, high-quality and low-cost lunch,
immersed in the beautiful atmosphere of an ancient city market.
The main attractions of San Lorenzo (apart from shopping, of course)
are the San Lorenzo Basilique (made up of several buildings
including the San Lorenzo church, the Brunelleschi Sagrestia
Vecchia, the annex cloisters, the Canonici area
and the Laurenziana Library with the famous staircase
by Leonardo da Vinci) consecrated by St. Ambrose in
393, it is the oldest church in the city. It was then
rebuilt along Romanesque lines in 1060. The present
building dates to 1423 and was designed and built by Brunelleschi)
and the Cappelle Medicee (the Medicean Chapels - are
a precious tomb which preserve the Medici family remains,
representing the mausoleum of the big family).
If you love shopping, chaos, art and crowds this is certainly the right
district for you!
BARS: CAFE' CARACOL, APOLLO, BZF.
RESTAURANTS: ZAZA', ANGIOLINO, DA GIANNINO, LOBS.
PUB: FISH.
CLUBS: MARACANA'.
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Italy is in the Central European Time Zone: GMT
+1.
When it is noon in Florence it is: 12:00 in Paris, Madrid and Berlin,
11:00 in London and Dublin,
06:00 in New York and Washington,
03:00 in San Francisco and Los
Angeles, 14:00 in Moscow and
20:00 in Sydney and Brisbane. |
| Opening days, addresses, opening hours of the most typical Florence
markets? Find out more in the STV
market pages! |
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