Age
0+
Group size
1-10
Transport
On foot
Language
English
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
About this experience
Florence at that time was not only a center of trade, where merchants and adventurers from all over the world gathered, not only a favorite place for artists and sculptors. It is a city where the most famous conspiracies in the history of Italy were made, where science and medicine were actively developing already in the Middle Ages. I will tell you about the history of the powerful order of St. Dominic, how people were treated in those times, how poisons were made, and what role the Medici family played in it.
What to expect
- At the forefront of all experiments of the 13th-16th centuries were the monks of the Order of St. Dominic, one of the most influential orders, consisting of great preachers and enlighteners, translators and doctors, architects and scientists. You will visit the church of Santa Maria Novella, where the interior and magnificent frescoes of different eras will tell you a lot not only about the history of the order, but also about the wealthy families of Florence, their desire to immortalize themselves for ages and to pay for sins in life.
- Next, you will visit the ancient pharmacy, now a museum, where Dominican monks made medicinal aromatic oils, herbal extracts, liqueurs, hygiene products, and perfumes. It was here that they helped sick people survive, made simple compounds, which often turned out to be poisons.
- Strolling through the streets of the medieval city, you will learn that the Medicis, like the Borgias, were known as enthusiasts in getting rid of rivals, their favorite tools were deadly venoms Kantarella and Tofanina. I will tell you why Francesco entered the history of the dynasty as the main alchemist.
- Additionally, you can visit the jewelry workshop of Alessandro Dani, where recreated models of rings are presented, which were used for poisonings.
Church, square, like a carpet at her feet, hospital, papal courtyard, pharmacy - you will not walk a kilometer, but a whole layer of history, religion, and medicine will stand before us.
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