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Num of views: 662Tuscany
So… where did we land this time? We are now in a country called Italy, in a region known as Tuscany. First of all, write down the names of a few places, at least some of which YOU URGENTLY HAVE TO DRAG YOU MOM AND DAD TO SEE, or otherwise refuse to get back on a plane home.
Num of views: 968Moses Montefiore - The picture on the bill
Let’s see if you can guess what’s the connection between this next painting and Tuscany?
Does this one Israeli Shekel bill (you can imagin it as equivalent to 1 USD) look funny to you?
The answer to the question of what’s the connection between Tuscany and this bill is even funnier-
Once upon a time, when the old Shekels (that came before today’s new Shekels or NIS, it's today's currency in Israel) were released, a one Shekel bill was in use. This bill had a picture of Moses Haim Montefiore on it.
Num of views: 692The City of Florence(Firenze), the Capital of Tuscany
Florence, a city which grownups call the “capital of the Renaissance”. No, that’s not like a cap that you wear on your head! It is a capital city, just like Washington DC, which is the capital of the U.S. Florence is the capital of the entire region of Tuscany (once it was even the capital city of all of Italy!) The Renaissance was a time when the arts flourished all across the world (you probably remember your art teacher talking and talking some more about it, and I bet you remember everything that she taught you …).
Num of views: 653Amerigo Vespucci
Say hello to Amerigo Vespucci – and no, that’s not a type of soup!! If you already learned about world explorers in school, your teachers must have told you that although everyone thinks that Christopher Columbus discovered America, that’s not exactly what happened. An Italian sailor born in Florence actually discovered that the Americas are a separate continent to Europe.
Num of views: 639Sandro Botticelli
A very famous painter who was born in Tuscany, of course. “The Adoration of the Magi” – Picture taken from Wikipedia – a Botticelli painting.
Num of views: 588Donatello
And this is Donatello The greatest and most famous sculptor in history and in the world (a sculptor is a man who makes sculptures), who was born in Florence. A sculpture made by Donatello (picture taken from Wikipedia)
