Roma Trip Overview
This is the Only tour in all of Europe which delves deep into the History of Women. If you love great stories and if you are curious to find out what life was like for women who wanted to emerge from povery and have an education in the Renaissance Era, this is the tour for you. The content shines a light over the politics, the religion and the society in XVI and XV Century Italy
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This is the Only tour in all of Europe which delves deep into the History of Women. If you love great stories and if you are curious to find out what life was like for women who wanted to emerge from povery and have an education in the Renaissance Era, this is the tour for you. The content shines a light over the politics, the religion and the society in XVI and XV Century Italy
Itinerary
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Stop At: Basilica San Marco Evangelista, Piazza di San Marco 52, 00186 Rome Italy
The tour begins with a massive statue that in 1477 was named after a famous Courtesan. The statue nowadays is indeed known as “Lady Lucrezia”. This XV century woman who lived an incredibly colorful life, is the first story of this storytelling tour
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Via del Corso 305, 00186 Rome Italy
We make a stop in the courtyard of the Doria Pamphilj, to talk about our second woman named Anna Bianchini, who modeled many times for a famous italian painter known as Caravaggio.
Anna was indeed Caravaggio’s first model and also the one who modeled for him most of the times
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Piazza della Minerva, 00186 Rome Italy
We enter a this magnificent church which is full of important and beautiful artworks and tell we tell the story of the most successful courtesan in all of Europe, back in the early XVI Century
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Basilica S. Agostino, Piazza di S. Agostino, 00186 Rome Italy
Sant’Agostino church is another fantastic site included in this storytelling walking tour. This church is historically related to women, there’s so many stories about the women in here and plus, there is the original “Virgin Mary and the Pilgrims” canvas painted by Caravaggio
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Via dei Coronari, Rome Italy
On this storytelling walking tour, we walk amongst original XVI and XV century building that back in the day, were owned by Courtesans. This is the Best Way to bing the stories to Life, since we are really able to eye-witness what their daily life was really like
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza di Campo de’ Fiori, 00186 Rome Italy
Are you a Borgia Family fan? oh well, you will love the story of Vannozza Cattanei, mother of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia. Her story is incredible and usually is people’s favorite story in all of the tour.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Farnese, 00186 Rome Italy
Here in Piazza Farnese, right by the beautiful Palazzo designed by Michelangelo which is the French Embassy today, the tour ends with the sad story of Giulia Farnese. We don’t spoil anything but the finale of the tour is really moving…
Duration: 20 minutes
