Millikin University Walking in Florence

We're all missing Florence and wishing the city and its people a full recovery!

Millikin may not be Walking in Florence this summer, but there are exciting milestone events planned that you won't want to miss!

Celebrating 600 years of Brunelleschi’s dome: 1420-2020 | The Florentine Spectacular video mapping will be projected onto the exterior of Brunelleschi's Dome for the first time in the monument's history to celebrate 600 years since the laying of the foundation stone.

Andrea del Verrocchio enjoyed the patronage of three generations of the Medici family, beginning with Cosimo and ending with Lorenzo. Cosimo’s son, Piero, commissioned Verrocchio to create this sculpture of the biblical king David. Verrocchio’s sculpture of David may have been a complement to or rival of Donatello's earlier bronze of the same subject, which was also owned by the Medici family.

See this sculpture in “Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence” on view on the Main Floor of the West Building through January 12, 2020: go.usa.gov/xVAzr

Andrea del Verrocchio, “David with the Head of Goliath,” c. 1465, bronze with traces of gilding, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

looking to add more Florentine flavor to your summer? Check out these ideas and recipes:

Specialties of Florence: Typical Florentine Food | Cooking Florence Recipes Florence Specialties: many recipes of the traditional cookery of Tuscany. Tuscan food recipe and Florentine cooking tradition.

Remember to submit your final paper by 7/10 and return your CIE-phone by 7/19

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It's time to say goodbye to Florence! Send us your favorite memories and pictures

A trip to Florence would not be complete without a visit to Porcellino. Who will make it back to Florence?

Santa Maria Novella invited us to explore how Florentine people found a humanist balance between science and religion.

Hannah presents on choir practices at Santa Maria Novella

It will be another hot day on Florence tomorrow! Let's meet at the baptistery 8:45 for our final site visit

Lady with the Lamp, a monument to Florence Nightingale at Santa Croce

Made it to the top of the Dome-- no sweat! 😂

A heartfelt trip to Ospedale degli Innocenti

The view from the top of the Dome

The Dome of Florence is part of the Cathedral of Florence complex, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. The Dome itself is the largest masonry structure of its kind. Students climbed 463 steps to reach the top!

Marissa presents on illuminated music manuscripts at Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

Alexis presents on the construction of the Dome at Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

It's "Dome Day" for students! Here are highlights from our visit to the museum

Let's beat the heat! See you at the baptistery tomorrow at 8:15

Megan presents on the Cristofori piano . . . and percussion instruments at Galleria dell'Accademia

Val presents on the Stradivarius violin and the Medici quintet at Galleria Dell'Accademia

Michaelangelo's David at Galleria dell'Accademia

The site of Savonarola's "Burning of the Vanities."

Natalie presents at Palazzo Pitti, site of some of the first opera performances.