A walk around Florence 

1 ECTS – course offered in the Spring semester (in Fall, upon request)

Instructor: Prof. Francesca Tacchi; Dr. Francesco Maccelli – Franca Orlandi Historical Archives of Florence City Hall

The workshop follows two paths:

1) Joint effort with the staff of Historical Archive of Florence City Hall, the “memory of the city” hosted in the historic Bastogi Palace. Students will “experience” Florence by consulting documents, the two database (Archifirenze and Archidis), and Archiview, an “old” experience of public history (some on-line thematic paths relating to the Florentine “way of life”, ideated for a wide audience, such as students and tourists).

2) Activities linked to the Sagas department research project Study, management and valorisation of cultural heritage of Florence from the mid19th century to the 1960s.  The project consists in listing the places linked to events of particular historical relevance for the history of Florence (also the ones whose memory has been preserved after their destruction or modification), and the deploy a geo-referenced database (web portal, with GIS).