In Italy a large or important house is called a "palazzo" or palace and today we visited two from different centuries. Patrizia turned the tour leader duties over to Laura who made sure we got to the right houses - she did great! The first visit was to the Medici-Riccardi Palace that was built in the mid 1400's by the city's most wealthy and powerful family - the Medici. Two hundred years later the Riccardi family bought it and made extensive renovations. The jewel of the palace is the small chapel with its bright and colorful 15th century fresco or mural painting of the procession of the Magi to the Bethlehem nativity. We couldn't take photos in the chapel so perhaps you can check it out on Google images. Our second palace visit was the Palazzo Davanzati built a century earlier in the 1300's. This house museum shows how a wealthy merchant family lived during that time. It is quite interesting and again no photos allowed but go to Google again if you'd like to see the interior.
We said goodbye to Andrew tonight who is flying back to his Air Force duty in Ramstein, Germany. Ron and Diane enjoyed spending some time their son and so did the rest of us! Stay safe, Andrew, and thank you for your service to our country! Stay tuned - Italian cooking class on Wednesday. . .
We said goodbye to Andrew tonight who is flying back to his Air Force duty in Ramstein, Germany. Ron and Diane enjoyed spending some time their son and so did the rest of us! Stay safe, Andrew, and thank you for your service to our country! Stay tuned - Italian cooking class on Wednesday. . .
