This travel guide provides information for visiting Italy during the Renaissance period. It recommends visiting Rome and Florence to see architectural developments and structures that exemplify both Gothic and Renaissance styles. For transportation, walking, riding animals, or taking carriages or boats were common options. Proper etiquette and manners were important to follow. The wealthy dressed elaborately while the poor wore plain, dull clothing. Inns and locals' homes provided basic lodging, while merchants or aristocrats' homes offered more luxury. Food options differed between the poor and wealthy. Maintaining hygiene, a balanced diet, and avoiding disease helped stay healthy while traveling.
This travel guide provides information for visiting major cities in Italy between 1400-1500, including Florence, Rome, and Venice. It recommends seeing landmarks like the Duomo in Florence, the Colosseum and Vatican in Rome, and St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. For transportation, walking, horses, and boats are suggested depending on the city. The guide outlines local customs like greeting with kisses and manners around food. It provides options for lodging from wealthy homes to inns. Entertainment includes music, dancing, and art/architecture. Health risks like the bubonic plague are also covered.
This document outlines the itinerary for a 10-day history club trip to Italy and Greece in the summer of 1993. The trip includes guided tours of major sites in Rome like the Colosseum and Vatican City, an exploration of Pompeii, and trips to Capri, Sorrento, Delphi, and Athens with tours of landmarks like the Acropolis and Parthenon. The itinerary also includes overnight ferry travel between Italy and Greece and concludes with the return flight home on Day 10.
The document outlines a planned two-week trip to Naples, Italy. It provides details on flights from Raleigh to Naples, hotels, and various attractions and activities. Plans include visiting historic sites like the Castel dell'Ovo castle, Naples Underground, museums, Pompeii and Herculaneum ruins. Day trips to Sorrento and Capri islands are also scheduled. Restaurants and food options in Naples are highlighted. The trip concludes with returning flights on October 25th and reflections on having a wonderful time in Naples.
The document provides background information on the Early Renaissance period in Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. It discusses how the Catholic Church dominated art and society during the Middle Ages until new ideas began emerging in the 14th-15th centuries, marking the beginning of the Renaissance. Specific examples are then given of religious artwork from this period, including a reliquary bust containing sacred relics, illuminated manuscripts, and portable triptych altarpieces that sometimes included portraits of wealthy donors. Symbolism in artworks is also analyzed, such as in the Merode Altarpiece.
The document provides instructions for inserting a picture into a Microsoft Word document. It outlines the following steps:
1. Find a picture file and open it in Word.
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3. Insert the cropped picture into the Word document.
4. Format the text to wrap around the inserted picture.
A trip to 10 must visit locations in Paris for family with kids. Includes suggested itineraries,and order in which to visit to best cover the sites with limited walking and keeping kids entertained! Written in a diary style, with a mix of humor, and observations not found in regular travelogues. The author is a regular travel writer,photographer and a dad of two growing kids
- Ancient Egyptians carved pictures into stone walls and painted them with natural paints to depict Egyptian life and history in tombs.
- Romans created colorful mosaic murals using small tiles of glass and stone inside buildings to show scenes of everyday life.
- Victorian murals were typically painted on ceilings using brushes to create light, heavenly scenes of women and angels through gentle lines and sometimes reds and sharp lines for decoration and storytelling.
- Ancient Egyptians carved pictures into stone walls and painted them with natural paints made from fruits and oils. Their murals told stories about Egyptian life, kings, leaders, and history.
- Romans created murals called mosaics using small pieces of colored glass, tiles, and stone. These colorful murals depicted people and everyday life and were mainly found inside buildings rather than outside.
- Victorian murals were typically painted on ceilings using brushes. They depicted light, heavenly scenes of women and angels using gentle lines and sometimes reds and sharp lines. They served to decorate and tell stories or preserve history.
This travel guide provides information for visiting major cities in Italy between 1400-1500, including Florence, Rome, and Venice. It recommends seeing landmarks like the Duomo in Florence, the Colosseum and Vatican in Rome, and St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. For transportation, walking, horses, and boats are suggested depending on the city. The guide outlines local customs like greeting with kisses and manners around food. It provides options for lodging from wealthy homes to inns. Entertainment includes music, dancing, and art/architecture. Health risks like the bubonic plague are also covered.
This document outlines the itinerary for a 10-day history club trip to Italy and Greece in the summer of 1993. The trip includes guided tours of major sites in Rome like the Colosseum and Vatican City, an exploration of Pompeii, and trips to Capri, Sorrento, Delphi, and Athens with tours of landmarks like the Acropolis and Parthenon. The itinerary also includes overnight ferry travel between Italy and Greece and concludes with the return flight home on Day 10.
The document outlines a planned two-week trip to Naples, Italy. It provides details on flights from Raleigh to Naples, hotels, and various attractions and activities. Plans include visiting historic sites like the Castel dell'Ovo castle, Naples Underground, museums, Pompeii and Herculaneum ruins. Day trips to Sorrento and Capri islands are also scheduled. Restaurants and food options in Naples are highlighted. The trip concludes with returning flights on October 25th and reflections on having a wonderful time in Naples.
The document provides background information on the Early Renaissance period in Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. It discusses how the Catholic Church dominated art and society during the Middle Ages until new ideas began emerging in the 14th-15th centuries, marking the beginning of the Renaissance. Specific examples are then given of religious artwork from this period, including a reliquary bust containing sacred relics, illuminated manuscripts, and portable triptych altarpieces that sometimes included portraits of wealthy donors. Symbolism in artworks is also analyzed, such as in the Merode Altarpiece.
The document provides instructions for inserting a picture into a Microsoft Word document. It outlines the following steps:
1. Find a picture file and open it in Word.
2. Resize the picture by cropping it to 3x3 inches.
3. Insert the cropped picture into the Word document.
4. Format the text to wrap around the inserted picture.
A trip to 10 must visit locations in Paris for family with kids. Includes suggested itineraries,and order in which to visit to best cover the sites with limited walking and keeping kids entertained! Written in a diary style, with a mix of humor, and observations not found in regular travelogues. The author is a regular travel writer,photographer and a dad of two growing kids
- Ancient Egyptians carved pictures into stone walls and painted them with natural paints to depict Egyptian life and history in tombs.
- Romans created colorful mosaic murals using small tiles of glass and stone inside buildings to show scenes of everyday life.
- Victorian murals were typically painted on ceilings using brushes to create light, heavenly scenes of women and angels through gentle lines and sometimes reds and sharp lines for decoration and storytelling.
- Ancient Egyptians carved pictures into stone walls and painted them with natural paints made from fruits and oils. Their murals told stories about Egyptian life, kings, leaders, and history.
- Romans created murals called mosaics using small pieces of colored glass, tiles, and stone. These colorful murals depicted people and everyday life and were mainly found inside buildings rather than outside.
- Victorian murals were typically painted on ceilings using brushes. They depicted light, heavenly scenes of women and angels using gentle lines and sometimes reds and sharp lines. They served to decorate and tell stories or preserve history.
This document outlines topics and frameworks for a group project on food security analysis in Europe. The group is composed of members from Denmark, Spain, Austria, and Italy. Each member will develop slides on one of six topics: sustainable livelihoods, food sovereignty, nutrition security, right to food, nutrition/diet transition, and poverty and entitlements. For their topic, each member will define the concept, describe its relationship to food security, use their region as a case study, and frame regional food security issues in the context of the concept.
This document does not contain any meaningful information to summarize in 3 sentences or less. It consists entirely of repeated letter "g" with no discernible words, structure, or meaning.
This document reviews experiences with participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) involving pastoralists. It finds that while there are many reports on establishing PM&E systems, few provide examples of actual joint implementation between pastoralists and intervening agents. This may be because pastoralists prefer managing their own affairs privately, or because agencies want to retain control. Projects also often lack capacity for PM&E in remote pastoral areas.
The review indicates that for PM&E with livestock keepers to work, issues monitored must genuinely interest partners, indicators must be simple, and recording must consider pastoralist traditions of oral communication. Appropriate PM&E can empower local people and support activities after a project, but projects must avoid traps
The document discusses strategies for developing effective programs. It emphasizes the importance of formulating strategies that match actions to circumstances by considering users, services, technologies, and socioeconomic contexts. It also stresses implementing strategies correctly and monitoring/evaluating them. Developing a shared vision and understanding why current realities differ from that vision are presented as alternatives to solely relying on situational analysis when formulating strategies. Different strategic planning tools like SWOT analysis and results chains are also introduced.
This travel guide provides information for visiting Italy during the Renaissance period. It recommends visiting Rome and Florence to see architectural developments and structures that exemplify both Gothic and Renaissance styles. For transportation, walking, riding animals, or taking carriages or boats were common options. Proper etiquette and manners were important to follow. The wealthy dressed elaborately while the poor wore plain, dull clothing. Inns and locals' homes provided basic lodging, while merchants or aristocrats' homes offered more luxury. Food options differed between the poor and wealthy. Maintaining hygiene, a balanced diet, and avoiding disease helped stay healthy while traveling.
El documento describe las actividades que tuvieron lugar en Cádiz, España el 25 de noviembre de 2012 para conmemorar el Día Internacional contra la Violencia de Género. Varias asociaciones y grupos se reunieron en la plaza y marcharon por las calles gritando consignas contra la violencia hacia las mujeres y exigiendo el fin de los asesinatos y maltratos. La marcha terminó con un manifiesto y una dramatización sobre el sufrimiento de las mujeres maltratadas.
This document provides an overview of travel in Renaissance Europe. It discusses famous cities to visit like Florence, Rome, and Venice. It describes ways to travel around Europe by land or water. Local customs and manners are also outlined, such as etiquette at meals. The document provides details on fashion trends and appropriate dress for men and women. Suggested sights to see include Leonardo Da Vinci's workshop and famous churches in Florence and Rome. Inns are recommended for lodging.
Yash Tiwari wrote a travel guide to Italy during the Renaissance period between 1400-1600 AD. The guide provides information on Italian history during this time of change, how to get around cities by land or sea, descriptions of famous cities like Florence, Rome and Venice, housing, food, entertainment, clothing and famous people including Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo and Michelangelo. The guide is intended to help people traveling to Italy during this period in history understand what life was like.
The document provides a travel guide for Renaissance Italy, covering various topics such as cities, accommodations, transportation, customs, fashion, art, food and drink, diseases, and people. Key cities discussed include Florence, Rome, and Venice. Transportation was primarily by foot, horse or ship. Customs involved strict social classes and table manners. Fashion featured distinctive clothing styles for men and women. Art and architecture flourished during this period under patronage of wealthy merchants, with an emphasis on realism and classical ideas.
The document summarizes the experiences of Italian students visiting the Netherlands as part of a school exchange program. It describes their activities, including visiting Kinderdijk and its famous windmills, Anne Frank's House in Amsterdam, and the Binnenhof (Castle of Knights) in The Hague. The students found the Dutch people to be very welcoming and kind. They enjoyed learning about Dutch culture and experiencing life with their host families.
This travel guide provides information for visitors traveling to Renaissance Italy. It includes a directory listing the various sections of the guide. Sections include a map of Italy, recommendations on cities to visit like Florence, Venice and Rome, how to get around via land and water transportation, local customs and manners, fashion trends of the time, popular attractions and activities, accommodations, cuisine, health and safety, biographies of famous Renaissance figures, and a bibliography. The guide aims to give travelers new ideas and expose them to the art and culture of Renaissance Italy.
This document provides a comparison of fashion and lifestyles between historical periods and the modern era. It includes 10 chapters that discuss items such as women's cooking, drinking, household duties, public bathing, and headwear from periods like pre-historic times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantine Empire, Gothic era, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classic, Romantic era and how they compare to modern practices. For each topic, it analyzes the similarities and differences in activities, costumes, and customs between historical and contemporary times. The document aims to showcase how people's lives and fashion have both evolved and remained linked to historical roots over thousands of years.
This Italian travel guide from 1599 provides information about cities, transportation, customs, and costumes in Italy. Some key points:
- The major cities are Rome, Florence, and Venice, each with their own governments and industries. Florence was wealthy from the textile industry and banking.
- Transportation was primarily by land using wagons, horses, or walking, as roads were poor. Water travel was also used but dangerous due to pirates.
- Customs changed as the Renaissance humanist movement grew and the Catholic Church's influence declined. However, strict social classes and sumptuary laws regarding dress remained.
- The guide offers travelers advice on cities to visit, safe forms of transportation, Italian customs
Here are some common foods and drinks that were popular in Renaissance Italy:
- Breads: Various types of breads were widely consumed, from dense loaves to thin flatbreads. Bread was a staple food.
- Pasta: While pasta existed earlier, Renaissance Italy saw the development of many famous pasta varieties like tagliatelle and tortellini.
- Soups: Rich meat and vegetable soups were popular, often containing herbs like basil, sage, and rosemary.
- Meats: Common meats included beef, pork, chicken, and game. Preparations included roasts, stews, and minced meats.
- Cheeses: Regions were known for cheeses
There is nothing certain about the history of tipping but one thing – it must be somehow connected to the history of money. Although the origins are not clear and geographical and cultural phenomena still puzzle many, tipping is part of most of the cultures of the world. We’ve collected some random and interesting facts about the history and origins of tipping. They will certainly not explain everything and clear all the mysteries but they surely make a great conversation gems once you get to know them and just sprinkle them when tipping the waiter next time you’re having a dinner with friends. It simply feels good to know more than others do…
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The document provides an overview of housing options in Italy during the Renaissance period, noting that the wealthy would live in large wood and mud homes with animals while the poor often lacked beds, and describes how the homes of rich peasants were slightly better with multiple rooms and a dining area by the fire.
October is an excellent time to visit Tuscany for several reasons:
The landscapes are especially beautiful in October as the fields change color and morning mists roll through the hills. The cuisine also benefits from the harvest of olives, mushrooms, and truffles. Accommodation prices are significantly lower than in the high summer season. The weather remains mild with warm days and cool nights. Travelers can enjoy Tuscany's beautiful scenery and cuisine at lower prices during this shoulder season in October.
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This document promotes visiting 4th century Greece during the reign of Alexander the Great. Life was comfortable for males, with access to wine, bread, and pleasant weather. Alexander spread Greek culture and increased economic growth and trade. A typical day involved simple homes, wholesome meals often including wine and bread, and a strong economy supported by slave labor. Education was available from great philosophers like Aristotle. Hard work and family were valued. The landscapes and seaside provided beautiful scenery to enjoy meals and artwork. Visitors are encouraged to experience life as Greeks did under Alexander's rule.
This document outlines topics and frameworks for a group project on food security analysis in Europe. The group is composed of members from Denmark, Spain, Austria, and Italy. Each member will develop slides on one of six topics: sustainable livelihoods, food sovereignty, nutrition security, right to food, nutrition/diet transition, and poverty and entitlements. For their topic, each member will define the concept, describe its relationship to food security, use their region as a case study, and frame regional food security issues in the context of the concept.
This document does not contain any meaningful information to summarize in 3 sentences or less. It consists entirely of repeated letter "g" with no discernible words, structure, or meaning.
This document reviews experiences with participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) involving pastoralists. It finds that while there are many reports on establishing PM&E systems, few provide examples of actual joint implementation between pastoralists and intervening agents. This may be because pastoralists prefer managing their own affairs privately, or because agencies want to retain control. Projects also often lack capacity for PM&E in remote pastoral areas.
The review indicates that for PM&E with livestock keepers to work, issues monitored must genuinely interest partners, indicators must be simple, and recording must consider pastoralist traditions of oral communication. Appropriate PM&E can empower local people and support activities after a project, but projects must avoid traps
The document discusses strategies for developing effective programs. It emphasizes the importance of formulating strategies that match actions to circumstances by considering users, services, technologies, and socioeconomic contexts. It also stresses implementing strategies correctly and monitoring/evaluating them. Developing a shared vision and understanding why current realities differ from that vision are presented as alternatives to solely relying on situational analysis when formulating strategies. Different strategic planning tools like SWOT analysis and results chains are also introduced.
This travel guide provides information for visiting Italy during the Renaissance period. It recommends visiting Rome and Florence to see architectural developments and structures that exemplify both Gothic and Renaissance styles. For transportation, walking, riding animals, or taking carriages or boats were common options. Proper etiquette and manners were important to follow. The wealthy dressed elaborately while the poor wore plain, dull clothing. Inns and locals' homes provided basic lodging, while merchants or aristocrats' homes offered more luxury. Food options differed between the poor and wealthy. Maintaining hygiene, a balanced diet, and avoiding disease helped stay healthy while traveling.
El documento describe las actividades que tuvieron lugar en Cádiz, España el 25 de noviembre de 2012 para conmemorar el Día Internacional contra la Violencia de Género. Varias asociaciones y grupos se reunieron en la plaza y marcharon por las calles gritando consignas contra la violencia hacia las mujeres y exigiendo el fin de los asesinatos y maltratos. La marcha terminó con un manifiesto y una dramatización sobre el sufrimiento de las mujeres maltratadas.
This document provides an overview of travel in Renaissance Europe. It discusses famous cities to visit like Florence, Rome, and Venice. It describes ways to travel around Europe by land or water. Local customs and manners are also outlined, such as etiquette at meals. The document provides details on fashion trends and appropriate dress for men and women. Suggested sights to see include Leonardo Da Vinci's workshop and famous churches in Florence and Rome. Inns are recommended for lodging.
Yash Tiwari wrote a travel guide to Italy during the Renaissance period between 1400-1600 AD. The guide provides information on Italian history during this time of change, how to get around cities by land or sea, descriptions of famous cities like Florence, Rome and Venice, housing, food, entertainment, clothing and famous people including Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo and Michelangelo. The guide is intended to help people traveling to Italy during this period in history understand what life was like.
The document provides a travel guide for Renaissance Italy, covering various topics such as cities, accommodations, transportation, customs, fashion, art, food and drink, diseases, and people. Key cities discussed include Florence, Rome, and Venice. Transportation was primarily by foot, horse or ship. Customs involved strict social classes and table manners. Fashion featured distinctive clothing styles for men and women. Art and architecture flourished during this period under patronage of wealthy merchants, with an emphasis on realism and classical ideas.
The document summarizes the experiences of Italian students visiting the Netherlands as part of a school exchange program. It describes their activities, including visiting Kinderdijk and its famous windmills, Anne Frank's House in Amsterdam, and the Binnenhof (Castle of Knights) in The Hague. The students found the Dutch people to be very welcoming and kind. They enjoyed learning about Dutch culture and experiencing life with their host families.
This travel guide provides information for visitors traveling to Renaissance Italy. It includes a directory listing the various sections of the guide. Sections include a map of Italy, recommendations on cities to visit like Florence, Venice and Rome, how to get around via land and water transportation, local customs and manners, fashion trends of the time, popular attractions and activities, accommodations, cuisine, health and safety, biographies of famous Renaissance figures, and a bibliography. The guide aims to give travelers new ideas and expose them to the art and culture of Renaissance Italy.
This document provides a comparison of fashion and lifestyles between historical periods and the modern era. It includes 10 chapters that discuss items such as women's cooking, drinking, household duties, public bathing, and headwear from periods like pre-historic times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantine Empire, Gothic era, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classic, Romantic era and how they compare to modern practices. For each topic, it analyzes the similarities and differences in activities, costumes, and customs between historical and contemporary times. The document aims to showcase how people's lives and fashion have both evolved and remained linked to historical roots over thousands of years.
This Italian travel guide from 1599 provides information about cities, transportation, customs, and costumes in Italy. Some key points:
- The major cities are Rome, Florence, and Venice, each with their own governments and industries. Florence was wealthy from the textile industry and banking.
- Transportation was primarily by land using wagons, horses, or walking, as roads were poor. Water travel was also used but dangerous due to pirates.
- Customs changed as the Renaissance humanist movement grew and the Catholic Church's influence declined. However, strict social classes and sumptuary laws regarding dress remained.
- The guide offers travelers advice on cities to visit, safe forms of transportation, Italian customs
Here are some common foods and drinks that were popular in Renaissance Italy:
- Breads: Various types of breads were widely consumed, from dense loaves to thin flatbreads. Bread was a staple food.
- Pasta: While pasta existed earlier, Renaissance Italy saw the development of many famous pasta varieties like tagliatelle and tortellini.
- Soups: Rich meat and vegetable soups were popular, often containing herbs like basil, sage, and rosemary.
- Meats: Common meats included beef, pork, chicken, and game. Preparations included roasts, stews, and minced meats.
- Cheeses: Regions were known for cheeses
There is nothing certain about the history of tipping but one thing – it must be somehow connected to the history of money. Although the origins are not clear and geographical and cultural phenomena still puzzle many, tipping is part of most of the cultures of the world. We’ve collected some random and interesting facts about the history and origins of tipping. They will certainly not explain everything and clear all the mysteries but they surely make a great conversation gems once you get to know them and just sprinkle them when tipping the waiter next time you’re having a dinner with friends. It simply feels good to know more than others do…
Discover the jewel that is Italy's last, best secret. The final property bargains in western Europe, with history, countryside, food and a lifestyle you'll relish.
The document provides an overview of housing options in Italy during the Renaissance period, noting that the wealthy would live in large wood and mud homes with animals while the poor often lacked beds, and describes how the homes of rich peasants were slightly better with multiple rooms and a dining area by the fire.
October is an excellent time to visit Tuscany for several reasons:
The landscapes are especially beautiful in October as the fields change color and morning mists roll through the hills. The cuisine also benefits from the harvest of olives, mushrooms, and truffles. Accommodation prices are significantly lower than in the high summer season. The weather remains mild with warm days and cool nights. Travelers can enjoy Tuscany's beautiful scenery and cuisine at lower prices during this shoulder season in October.
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This travel guide provides information for visiting Italy during the Renaissance period. It outlines major cities to visit like Florence, Venice, and Rome. It describes various modes of transportation available by water, land, and animal. It also covers local customs, what different social classes wore, common forms of street entertainment, and festivals. The guide is intended to help travelers learn about and navigate life in Renaissance-era Italy.
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1. TRAVEL GUIDE
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2. CONTENTS
1. Detailed map of Renaissance Italy
2. Introduction
3. Which cities to visit
4. How to get around
5. Local customs and manners
6. What to wear
8. Where to stay (provided as sample)
9. Where to eat
10. How to stay safe and healthy
5. INTRODUCTION
Hello! Have you ever wondered what it’s like to
visit and travel italy? Well, if you’re reading this,
you’re probably planning to do so! Italy is a beauti-
ful place to see! Here, you can find the most beau-
tiful sights, friendliest people and luxurious stays!
At around the 14th or 15th century, Christianity
was what ruled almost every aspect in life, and ba-
sically, people followed the bible for almost every-
thing. Their life revolved around christianity and
new generations were taught nothing new. People
who needed medical help weren’t treated right,
they believed just reading the bible will cure them!
People who disagreed with this system would have
to face serious charges and “consequences”
It was then when people started to open up, and
realize that the bible can’t do everything for them
and maybe they needed to explore what they as
humans can do to help themselves.
In this Travel Guide, you can learn all about this
Renaissance period, the rebirth.
6. WHICH CITIES
TO VISIT: ROME
Rome was not the beautiful, glorious city that we visit
today. Around 1350 Rome was abandoned because of
the transfer of the Papal court to France. That caused
sever economic crisis and it forced the residents of
rome to abandon their city. It was basically in poverty
with it’s crumbling buildings, nobody would think of go-
ing there seeing the beggars and muggers roamed the
streets.
Everything changed after the pope in 1377 came
back from French captivity. Rome was renovated, and
brought back to life! It became the center of develop-
ments in Architecture! It regained it’s power and people
in just around 100 years.
7. WHICH CITIES TO
VISIT: FLORENCE
Florence, like many other cities during/of the Ren-
aissance was built over many years and it was also
home to numerous churches, beautiful buildings and
houses with amazing architecture. Therefore, when a
revival of classical styles became popular, new large
buildings in the classical styles were built next to build-
ings with other styles
Many Florentine Structures that exemplify architec-
ture fore earlier times also house interiors, paintings
and sculptures typical of the Renaissance. An exam-
ple is the church of Santa Croce. On the outside,
Santa Croce is an example of Gothic Architecture, but
on the inside is Renaissance in design because of
Brunelleschi’s careful use of proportions.
8. HOW TO GET
AROUND: LAND
BY FOOT:
Walking was of course the cheapest way of traveling since you don’t
have to pay for anything. It’s also very versatile if you’re going to a
nearby place of city, you can take shortcuts. Journeys had to planned
carefully since if you are traveling on long roads there could be
theives or killers on the way, travel in large groups. It’s probably better
to travel in a carriage, easier.
BY CARRIAGE
Although it is way easier using a carriage than to walk, carriages are
very expensive during the renaissance period because of the usage
of horses and needing a driver for rich people and royal blood. For
the wealthiest, you can be carried in a small cabin mby people. They
are very comfortable on the inside but you could get sick if not used
to small places.
BY ANIMAL
I think that the best way of transportation on land is riding or being
pulled by an animal.The price depends on what you and your animal
use. Horses are very expensive and mostly for rich people. Oxen and
donkeys are cheaper and maybe even free if you live on a farm or
own one, but they’re not as fast as horses and more dangerous if
they turn on you. They can pull more things per animal than horses.
9. HOW TO GET
AROUND: WATER
By Boats/Ships/Gondolas
Water transportation is a must if you life in other continents or
there are large objects on the way (water, mountains, etc) in be-
tween where you live and Italy. The speed of transportation varies
throughout places. The main transportation varies throughout
places. The main transportation in Venice is also by gondolas (a
type of flat bottom boat). Depending on what quality and type of
boat, the cost varies but it is usually cheap since wind is free.
10. LOCAL CUSTOMS
AND MANNERS
The first impression in Italy is very important, you have to
make a good first impression and it is very important that you
be humble and respectful. Greetings in Italy are very unique,
quick yet formal.
There are some things not to give while giving a gift. Do not
give Chrysanthemums or wrap gifts in black as they are given
in funerals and symbolize mourning. Purple represents bad
luck so don’t wrap things in purple either. Do not give red or
yellow flowers because they mean secrecy and jealousy. It’s
quality, not quantity when giving any kind of presents, espe-
cially when you give wine. The gifts are usually opened straight
away so do not give something private. If you are invited to
dinner or a meal, make sure to bring gifts such as flowers, wine
or chocolate.
When invited to eat, remain standing until the host invites
you to sit down, maybe to a certain seat.Allow the host to start
eating first and then follow. ˇhe host may give the first toast
and then offer women can then offer toasts. While eating, it is
important to hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the
right hand and do not put your elbows on the table since it is
considered rude.
11. WHAT TO WEAR
THE RICH
Rich people are care a lot about their
clothes and fashions, they loved their
embroided clothes, made out of beauti-
ful fabrics such as velvet, satin or bro-
cade. Yes, it could be hot, but with
choosing the right fabrics, they are very
comfortable. The rich people’s clothes
are very different and more compli-
cated than the poor. Men and women
had different fashions and styles. They
cared a lot about how they looked and
they would literally “wear their wealth”.
THE POOR
Of course, the poor could not afford to look fancy all the time and you
could very easily tell the difference between the poor and the rich. The
poor wore very simple and plain, they also looked very dull with colors
such as brown and grey. Since the materials were very cheap and un-
comfortable, their clothing was very loose and very simple.
12. WHERE TO STAY
When you’re traveling, it is most likely to take a very long
time to get to your destination, your are mostly likely to spend
at least a night somewhere.
LOCALS
If there aren’t a lot of inns around, you might have to sleep
in a Local’s house. These locals will charge little to no money
for a stay or maybe just exchange for a few stories or news
from other places
Their houses aren’t clean nor tidy, in fact, just to keep
warm, there might be a giant dung heap used to burn. The in-
side is not very big because cram everything in there, a barn,
kitchen, storage and a bedroom. The earth floor is filled with
decomposing garbage, vomit and the air is damp, smelly and
dirty. You probably won’t even get your own bed. Everyone
sleeps on the bug-infested matress when its time to go to bed.
I think you’re better off in an old shack or even under a tree or
something than staying in that dirty place.
INNS
The inns aren’t much better than the locals unluckily. You
rarely find clean inns, most were very dirty. If you come into
the inn at night, it’s a bad idea since there’s usually bad peo-
ple who roam the streets at night and innkeepers will be likely
to get a bad impression on you. A lot of inns aren’t any better
than the streets. You’re at a risk of murders or robbery. Some
innkeepers actually set you up for a robbery, your valuables
13. WHERE TO STAY
MERCHANTS
If you are very lucky, you can get to stay at a mer-
chants house. Sometimes the merchants have the
bottom floor for their shops, kitchen and dining
room and the top floor for bedrooms. the house is
tiled or carpeted and the house is decorated with
fine and beautiful things. There are precious paint-
ings and carvings for decorations in the luxurious,
comfortable rooms and places for your valuables
and things.
14. WHERE TO STAY
MONASTERY
In the event that if you no money of very little you can stay in
a monastery for free. A monastery is much better than staying
at a local or an inn! You get meals housing and you can meet
lots of new people and great travelers there! It is considered
very mannered to make a donation before you leave as a do-
nation for the nice stay you got.
ARISTOCRATS
You will be the luckiest of all if you get to stay in a big luxuri-
ous town-house called a Palazzi which is a rich person’s
house. The palazzi has column, arches and a big courtyard in
the middle. They have everything in there! They have instru-
ments, suit of armor and crossbows and other weapons, just
for your entertainment and your use. The decorations in the
merchants houses are nothing compared to the aristocrats!
Their carpets are even weaved with real gold thread and their
walls are covered with precious gemstones and spices of a
divine smell!
15. WHAT TO EAT
One of the most famous things in Renaissance Italy was
their food.
The poor people or less fortunate people had a very regu-
lar and very constant diet. It was very simple and plain, just
like their clothes. They usually had food like baked bread, po-
ridges, stews and vegetables. They couldn’t afford to have
meat for their meals regularly. They only had meat occasion-
aly, like during a festival or a feast. If the peasants live near
water, they can fish and they grew most of their food like fuits
and vegetables.
The rich people of course had a very different diet and
meals compared to the poor. They had a lot of meats and pro-
teins like pork, mutton and chicken, they even ate peacock
and other game birds! They did not have a lot of fruits and
vegetables nor dairy products as they believed it was eaten
only by the poor (poor people’s food). As for drinks, they had
a variety of grape wine, apple cider and beer as much as they
liked!
16. HOW TO STAY
HEALTHY AND SAFE
WHILE TRAVELING
While traveling you should always be prepared and ready for
what’s coming. If you cut yourself or get hurt, you could be at a
risk of an infection, have some water to clean your injuries and
bandages to keep them clean from infections.
HYGENE
Hygene is a very important. You need to bathe regularly (al-
most everyday) and wash your hands at least 3 or 4 times dur-
ing the day to keep yourself clean
FOOD
It is essential to keep a well balanced and healthy diet. You
should wash your vegetables before cutting/cooking them and
if your cutting them, make sure to clean your cutting board and
cutlery. Also, you should keep your meats clean from bad bac-
teria and wash it before cooking it.
THE PLAGUE
The plague or also called the black death is a deadly disease
carried by black rats who have traveled from asia to Europe on
merchant’s boats. It killed 30-60% of Europe. It has died down,
but just incase in comes back, and even if it doesn’t, you
should follow the health instructions above.