Monday, October 16 – Saturday, October 21 – A Tour of Florence (Reservation Deadline March 6)


This autumn, October 16 – 21, join The Royal Oak Foundation for a special tour in Florence. The cradle of the Renaissance, Florence was endowed with magnificent buildings and works of art by the illustrious Medici dynasty. Exploring the city, we will appreciate the endless fascination which it has held for British and American travelers and residents, particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Highlights will include admiring Cosimo de Medici’s library of manuscripts in the monastery of San Marco, exclusive visits to Villa La Pietra, home and art collection of the late Sir Harold Acton, and to a villa set in a vast garden – landscaped in the English style – as well as hosted dinners at two of the great Florentine Renaissance palaces.

Traveling with Royal Oak Heritage Circle members is Frank Dabell. Mr. Dabell is a specialist in the Italian Renaissance and teaches history of art at Temple University’s program in Rome, where he has lived for 20 years. Educated in England at Shrewsbury School, he is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and a former Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and lectures for the Met and other museums throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, including past journeys on Sea Cloud II where the Royal Oak Foundation was the co-sponsor with the Met. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and was recently on the advisory committee for the restoration of Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection in Sansepolcro. Deadline to reserve is March 6. View the Brochure and details at https://www.royal-oak.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ROF-FlorenceBrochure.pdf

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