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| Location | Piazza San Felice 8, Florence, Italy |
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| Website | The Landmark Trust – Holiday at Casa Guidi |
Casa Guidi is a writer's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. The piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861. Their only child, Robert Barrett Browning (known as Pen) was born there in 1849.
Casa Guidi was the subject of her 1851 poem "Casa Guidi Windows".
The Browning household was a centre of British society in Florence although it was said that Theodosia Trollope's house was more care free. There was no animosity however and the Trollope's daughter played with the Browning's son Robert, known as Pen.[1] After Pen's death in 1912 the apartment was bought by several Browning enthusiasts. By that time, Casa Guidi was in poor shape, and the apartment retained hardly any furniture or paintings. The Browning Society in New York restored it, before giving it to Eton College which undertook further work so that the building could be used as a study centre. Today, it is part of The Eton College Collections, but is administered by the Landmark Trust, who also look after the apartment above the one where John Keats died in Rome. When not being used by Eton boys, the property is available for holiday lets booked through the Landmark Trust.[2]
Casa Guidi is open to the public for 3:00–6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from April to November. There is no admission fee, but donations are welcome.
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Visiting Casa Guidi where Elizabeth and Robert Browning had lived in Florence, Italy
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Questo video è dedicato ad Ika e ai suoi alunni in Indonesia. Ciao, mi chiamo Doug. Come ti chiami? Ciao Doug, mi chiamo Carlo. Piacere di conoscerti. Piacere. Dove abiti Doug? Io abito in Italia. L’Italia è bellissima! Mi piace molto l’Italia. Quali lingue parli? Io parlo inglese e italiano. Bello. Qual è il tuo cibo preferito? Il mio cibo preferito è la pizza! Quanti anni hai? Io ho quarantatré anni. Quando è il tuo compleanno? Il nove Maggio. Hai dei fratelli o sorelle? Sì. Ho tre sorelle, ma non ho fratelli. Come si dice “house” in Italiano? Casa. Guidi una macchina? No, di solito prendo l’autobus o guido la mia bicicletta. Di che colore è la tua bicicletta? E’ verde. Hai degli animali domestici? Sì, ho due gatti. Come si chiamano? I loro nomi sono Sale e Pepe. Come sono? Sale è bianco e Pepe è nero. Ti piacciono i cani? Sì, mi piacciono molto. Hai degli hobby? Sì, faccio collezione di conchiglie. Oh, è molto interessante. Sei una persona molto curiosa Doug. Sì, me lo dicono tutti. Ecco il mio autobus. E’ stato un piacere conoscerti. Anche per me. Arrivederci! Ciao!
References
- ^ Downing, Ben (2013). Queen Bee of Tuscany: The Redoubtable Janet Ross. p. 90. ISBN 1429942959. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ The Landmark Trust – Holiday at Casa Guidi
External links
- Casa Guidi information from Eton College
- Museums in Florence – Casa Guidi
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This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 04:51