FlorenceSummer2026
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Read more: Frescos in ItalyAfter attending the Fresco workshop, it made it all the more impressive how these artists in history were able to create such large frescos that…
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Read more: Fresco Experience
After learning about them and observing some works, we finally got to experience the fresco workshop. For my takeaways, I feel I was given a…
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Read more: Remembering PeinzaExploring Pienza and the Organic Farm today, there were plenty of things that were incredibly beautiful and interesting. I enjoyed how sophisicated it felt to…
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Read more: The Scale of Extraction at the Carrara Quarry
Today I had the privilege of traveling up to the marble quarries of Carrara and getting a tour. Let me say — it was extraordinary.…
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Read more: The Scale of the Carraraby Caiden Martos, Mechanical Engineering, Summer 2026, Florence Visiting the Carrara mines today, I was surprised just how much “stuff” there is for us to…
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Read more: First Impressions of Carrara
After our museum tour about the history of workers in the quarry, we went up to go walk around closer to one of the many…
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Read more: Urban Planning and Sustainability Florence
As I have settled into my apartment in Florence, it has been breathtaking to experience a world so different from America. The streets of Florence…
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