This tour is a must for all art’s lovers and will help you to understand the beginning of that wonderful period that started in FLORENCE called Renaissance under an unusual point of view: we will discover how the desire to be remembered for posterity has been interpreted by the best artists of the Renaissance. Inside the Cathedral we will see two famous paintings by Andrea del Castagno and Paolo Uccello of two condottieri that seem to be more like sculture than paintings. Inside the Baptistry we will admire the 13th century mosaics of the vault and the tomb of the schismatic Pope John XXIII by Donatello. The Medici desire to be remembered for posterity commissioned artists such as Verrocchio, Leonardo’s teacher, to built the beautiful funereal tombs for Cosimo 'Pater Patriae' and Piero and Giovanni, which are inside St. Lorenzo Church. In the Medici Chapel we can admire the masterpieces that Michelangelo created for the tombs of Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici; also the breath-taking Cappella dei Principi decorated in precious stones is part of the Medici quest for eternity. This original tour also includes the visit of Santa Croce Church, much appreciated by Lord Byron, where some of the most famous italians such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Macchiavelli, Rossini are burried. In a way this route is almost obligatory for someone still looking for a way to express rather vague sentiments which hover midway between veneration, humility and the hope of enriching one’s soul !