The Beautiful and the Powerful of the Italian Renaissance
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- You know what moves me? Exercising my mind
- Let’s keep walking to a minimum and avoid stairs when we can
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Check-in 3:00-5:30 p.m. Pull up to the porch of Assembly Inn to unload, then park your vehicle in any marked spot along the Lake or Assembly Drive.
Assembly Inn check-in 3:00-5:30 p.m. Pull up to the Assembly Inn porch to unload, then park your vehicle in any de...
Classroom based program; walking according to personal preference. Join us in the main lobby each morning for "gentle stretches."
We’ll begin with an examination of the establishment of Rome as the center of the known world and the early Christians, and what wil...
Classroom based program. Walking according to personal preference. Join us in the lobby each morning for "gentle stretches."
Our discussions of yesterday continues with our focus on the “Feud that Sparked the Renaissance” – the Baptistery doors of Florence, Ghib...
Classroom based program. Walking according to personal preference. Join us in the lobby each morning for "gentle stretches."
We turn our attention from Florence to discuss of the anti-papacy in Avignon (1309 – 1377) and the influences of France (Avignon) in Sien...
Classroom based program. Walking according to personal preference. Join us in the lobby each morning for "gentle stretches."
This morning we conclude with last evening’s lecture and recount the establishment of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and, eventually, the dem...
Check-out by 11:00 a.m.
This morning, we continue with Venezia, known as La Serenissima (The Most Serene Republic of Venice): We’ll trace the early years of the basilica of San Marco as a place of worship and veneration, and the subsequent establishment of St. M...
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