ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAM

All registered accompanying persons are invited to join the following TWO half-day tours.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2003
Half day walking tour of Florence

This tour begins with Santa Maria del fiore (Duomo), the Cathedral of Florence, which was founded in 1296 by Arnolfo di Cambio. Beside the cathedral stands Giotto's famous "Bell Tower", in front of the baptistery of San Giovanni. Moving on to Orsanmichele, once the Granary of Florence, until its transformation into a church, one enters Piazza della Signoria, the political center of the city.
Finally, visit Palazzo Vecchio, originally built in 1299 by Arnolfo di Cambio, which was subsequently enlarged and decorated to become the house of the Medici family and seat of the City government. These magnificent rooms were frescoed by Ghirlandaio, Bronzino and Vasari

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2003
Half day Michelangelo walking tour

Visit to some of the most outstanding pieces of art of Michelangelo in Florence. Visit to the Museum of the Opera del Duomo, which hosts works of arts from the Florence Cathedral S. Maria del Fiore such as the Pieta by Michelangelo. View the Prince's Chapel and Sagrestia Nuova fo the San Lorenzo Basilica. Inside the architectonical structure, one can admire one of the main Michelangelesque sculptural cycles: from the mighty statues of the Dukes to the lying enigmatic figures of Day and the Night, and Dawn and the Twilight which join the sense of time and space and the mystery of man ages, which was Michelangelo's torment.

Both tours will depart from the Congress Center at 09:00. Approximate return time is 13:00 hrs