Florence (Real)

Florence (Real),Scene of the principal events in Romola. Many Florentine localities and buildings are mentioned in the novel. All of these which have any part, however small, in the plot of the story, are entered separately in their alphabetical places in the Dictionary, and the fuller information, including the historical notes, is given under these separate entries. The following list will show at a glance what localities in Florence and the immediate vicinity are mentioned. For fuller information, consult the separate entires in the main alphabet. As the form of name given in the following list is in every case that used by George Eliot, some places are given under their English names, others under the Italian. Arno (River); Bardi House; Bogoli, Hill of; Bridges: Ponte alla Carraja, Ponte Rubaconte, or, Ponte alle Grazie, Ponte Santa Trinita, Ponte Vecchio; Canto di Paglia; Churches and Convents: Annunziata, Badia, Baptistery, or, San Giovanni Battista, Duomo, or, Santa Maria del Fiore, Ognissanti, San Ambrogio, San Gaggio (outside the Porta Romana), San Giovanni, San Lorenzo, San Marco, San Miniato, San Pulinari, San Spirito, San Stefano, Santa Croce, Santa Felicita, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Santa Maria Novella; Dante's House; Fiesole (three miles northeast of Florence); Fiesole, Dominican Monastery at (San Domenico de Fiesole); Gates: Por' del Prato, Porta Pinti, Porta San Frediano, Porta San Gallo, Porta San Piero, Porta Santa Croce, Giotto's Campanile; Hospitals: Hospital for Poor Travellers (outside Porta Santa Croce), Hospital of San Matteo, Spedale degl' Innocenti (Foundling Hospital); Loggia de' Cerchi; Loggia Orcagna's; Marcato Vecchio, or, Old Market; Oltrarno; Orcagna's Loggia; Palaces (including public buildings): Bargello, Medici (referred to as "Palace of the Via Larga"), Pitti, Scala (Casa Gherardesca), Spini, Vecchio; Piazza; Prato, The; Rucellai Gardens; San Giorgio, Hill of; San Martino; San Miniato, Hill of; Squares: Piazza d' Ognissanti, Piazza de' Mozzi, Piazza del Duomo, Piazza dell' Annunziata, Piazza della Signoria, Piazza di San Giovanni, Piazza di San Marco, Piazza di Santa Croce; Stinche (Prison); Streets: Borgo de' Greci, Borgo degli Albizzi, Borgo di San Lorenzo, Borgo la Croce, Borgo Pinti, Borgo Santa Croce, Calimara, Corso dogle Adimari, Ferravecchi, Lung Arno, Ognissanti, Por' Santa Maria, Porta Rossa, Via de' Bardi, Via de' Benci, Via de' Cerretani, Via de' Febbrai, Via de' Libraj, Via de' Martelli, Via del Cocomero, Via del Fosso, Via del Garbo, Via del Maglio, Via del Palagio, Via dell' Oriuolo, Via della Scala, Via Gualponda, Via Guicciardini, Via Larga, Via San Gallo, Via San Sebastiono; Tetto de' Pisani

<em>Romola</em>

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