Florence

Florence
Florence
Florence

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Rugby Tours To Florence

Rugby Tours to Florence and also capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art, architecture.

One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto.

The Galleria dell’Accademia displays Michelangelo’s sculpture of David so that is a must see. The Uffizi Gallery exhibits Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and da Vinci’s Annunciation in addition to other masterpieces.

Afterwards when the sightseeing is done for the day you have your training sessions with coaching staff from Firenze Rugby Club. The staff here have coached many a player who have gone through the club then to the higher Italian division.

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Our Popular Inclusions for a Rugby Tour to Florence

Attend a intensive rugby training session at the Firenze Rugby Club.
Watch a local Italian rugby fixture.
Wander around Florence Cathedral see its red tile dome ,coloured marble facade and elegant Giotto Tower.
Visit the Palazzo Vecchio fortified, 13th-century palace housing lavishly decorated chambers & ornate courtyards.
Pop in to the Palazzo Pitti Gallery complex in the Renaissance Royal Palace housing vast Italian & European art collections.
Peek at the Galleria Dell’Accademia art museum with Michelangelo sculptures, including David, plus Renaissance painting & Russian icons.
Slip along to the Bargello Art museum with Renaissance sculptures including works by Michelangelo, set in 13th-century palace.
Stroll around the Santa Maria Novella 15th-century Dominican church including famous frescoes by Gothic & early Renaissance masters

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Rugby Training with Firenze Rugby Club

Attend a intensive rugby training session with Firenze Rugby Club coaches and learn new skills for your team.

Many present and former Italian International Rugby players have started their careers playing for junior clubs and Firenze Rugby are no different.

At the session you will be taught new ideas and also work on what your coaches feel that needs to be done.

Young teams do feel the benefit from these sessions as they are hearing and seeing something different which they take home.

Florence Cathedral

The cathedral of Florence is built as a basilica, having a wide central nave of four square bays, with an aisle on either side.

The chancel and transepts are of identical polygonal plan, separated by two smaller polygonal chapels.

The whole plan forms a Latin cross. The nave and aisles are separated by wide pointed Gothic arches resting on composite piers.

Originally the building was started in the 5^th century as another church and grew and grew over the centuries to a cathedral. By the 13^th century work had started on it to become an even greater building.

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Galleria dell’Accademia

The Galleria Dell’Accademia Di Firenze, or “Gallery of the Academy of Florence”, is an art museum in Florence. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo’s sculpture David.

Without a doubt, this masterpiece of white marble sculpture is what first attracts all visitors to visit the Accademia Gallery.

Just simply take your time and wander around the gallery and browse at the masterpieces painted by world famous artists of years ago.

Imagine the length of time it took to paint these works of art, appreciate the colour, style and finished product.

Palazzo Vecchio

The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria with its copy of Michelangelo’s David statue as well as the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi.

As it happens Michelangelo’s real statue stood at the entrance from its completion in 1504 to 1873, before it was moved to the Accademia Gallery.

In 1299, the commune and people of Florence decided to build a palace that would be worthy of the city’s importance. In addition that would be more secure and defensible in times of turbulence for the magistrates of the commune.