Study History of Art at the British Institute of Florence TF x share Those who return to Florence this year will find a city transformed. The extended lockdown offered the opportunity to carry out important works of maintenance and restoration across the centre, from expanded bike paths and newly paved riverways, to redesigned admissions offices and distancing protocols implemented in our top galleries and museums.
One example of what can be accomplished with enough time behind closed doors can be found in the Baptistery, where the fabulous late medieval mosaics have been under meticulous restoration since 2017. The project has picked up speed whilst the building has been closed to the public, and the works are now past the midway point. The Baptistery’s octagonal interior presents a glorious 14th-century cycle of prophets, bishops and cherubs, running along the elevated women’s gallery (or