Both Uses of
Florence
in
Angels & Demons
- She was eight years old, living where she always had, Orfanotrofio di Siena, a Catholic orphanage near Florence, deserted by parents she never knew.†
Chpt 17-18 *
- Not only had Milton made a well-documented 1638 pilgrimage to Rome to "commune with enlightened men," but he had held meetings with Galileo during the scientist's house arrest, meetings portrayed in many Renaissance paintings, including Annibale Gatti's famous Galileo and Milton, which hung even now in the IMSS Museum in Florence.†
Chpt 53-54
Definition:
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(Florence) city in central Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries; provincial capital of Tuscany