Ua hiki mai ka hola hoʻomaha lōʻihi! Ma hea e hele ai? Inā makemakeʻoeʻaʻole wale wale e moe i nā kahakai gula a hele aku i nā pūpū pumehana, akā, pehea pū e hoʻonui ai i kou ao honua, a laila ponoʻoe e hele i Italia! ʻO kēlā kūlanakauhale, ke noi neiʻoe? Roma, Venice, Milan? ʻAʻole,ʻo Florence, kuʻu mea aloha. I kou heleʻana i kēia kūlanakauhale hoʻokahi, e makemakeʻoe e hoʻi mai iʻaneʻi. Ma hea, me he mea lāʻaʻole i Florence, hiki iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ka nani a me ke akamai kanaka i hōʻikeʻia i loko o nā hana kupanaha, ke ao holoʻokoʻa? Mai hoʻolele, aʻaʻole makemake e hopu i ke kelepona e kāhea i ka mea holokaʻi a kākau i nā tickets iā Florence? Alaila heluhelu.
ʻO Florence ke poʻokela nani o Tuscany. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua hoʻokumuʻia ke kūlanakauhale e Julius Caesar i 59 BC, kapaʻiaʻo iaʻo Fiorentz,ʻo ia hoʻi kēiaʻano "kūlanakauhale pua nani".
ʻAʻole like me nā kūlanakauhaleʻItalia'ē aʻe, he nui nā hale pule, nā hale mōneka, nā hale kūʻai, nā pā hale a me nā hale aliʻi. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Boccaccio, Galileo, Giotto - ua hānauʻia kēia mau mea akamai a pau a ua hanaʻia maʻaneʻi, ma kaʻoihana kaulana - Florence. ʻO Tuscany kahi hānau hānau mua o ka'ōlelo Italian. ʻO Daniela ka mua o nā poeteni a me nā mea kākau e hoʻoholo ana e hana i kāna hanaʻo "Divine Comedy"ʻaʻole ma ka'ōlelo Pelekane paʻakikī, akā i loko o ka'ōlelo Pelekane. Ma ke ala, ua haʻaheo loaʻo Florentines no ka nohoʻana o Dante ma ko lākou kūlanakauhale. ʻOiai, e like me kā mākouʻike, ua kipakuʻiaʻo ia mai ke kūlanakauhale. Pono eʻikeʻia e pili ana i nā kikoo o ke kūlanakauhale ma waenakonu, no lailaʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ka nani a pau. Ponoʻoe e kākau i kahi hokele ma ke kūlanakauhale nui, a i kēlā me kēia manawa e hele aiʻoe i ka papa bale,ʻaʻole e ho'ōki i ka hauʻoli, no ka mea,ʻaʻohe mea e pili ana iāʻoe e pili ana me ka nani, e like me kaʻikeʻia, "e ho'ōla i ke ao nei."
ʻO ka manaʻo nui o Florence -ʻo ka Cathedral ma ka Hale Cathedral, i kūkuluʻia i ka 1269. Ua hoʻolaʻaʻia iā St. Mary del Fiore - ka patroness o ke kūlanakauhale. He mea kupaianaha kupanaha loa ia i ka nani a me ka hoʻolimaʻana, kahi i hōʻiliʻili ai nā hana a nā mea'anakalo Pelekane nui.
Aia ka Piazza della Signoria i kahi kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale. Eia ka Palazzo Vecchio, ua hoʻomakaʻia ke kūkuluʻiaʻana i 1294 e like me ka papahana o Arnolfo di Cambio. I kēia haleʻo Municipality o Florence.
Ua kūkuluʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ma muli o ka papahana o George Vasari (1560-1580). Ma waena o nā hana kaulana i hōʻikeʻia maʻaneʻi - "Ka Hoʻohanohanoʻana o nā Magi" Gentile a Fabiano, "Ka hānauʻana o Venus" a me "Spring" na Botticelli, nā kiʻi na Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Perugio. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e kipa i kēia hale hōʻikeʻike,ʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke'ōlelo ua hele akuʻoe i Florence. Ua like ia me nā wahi hemolele ma Mecca a me kaʻIseraʻela.
Pono e'ōleloʻiaʻaʻole hiki ke maʻalahi ke hele i ke kiʻi. Kāleka puke no hoʻokahi mahina, nā lālā ma mua. Ua maopopo iaʻoe he malihiniʻoe, a ua kaupalenaʻia kou huakaʻi i Italia ma nā'ōlelo, akā, e like me ka'ōleloʻana o nā Italia, "Niente fare!" ("ʻAʻohe mea e hanaʻia!") He papa kauoha, hōʻailona lākou i kaʻaelike mua,ʻo ia, ināʻoe he mea mākaʻikaʻi, ināʻaʻoleʻoe e makewai e nānā i nā mea a pau a me nā mea a pau, akā, me ka loaʻaʻole o kaʻaelikeʻai paʻa - i ka puka!
No nā mea'ē aʻe'ē aʻe o Florence, hiki iāʻoe ke kipa aku iā lākou me kaʻaʻaʻole.
Ua kaulana ke kūlanakauhale no kāna mau mea kūʻai waiwai kaulana ma ka honua ma Ponte Vecchio. 'Ā, he aha keʻano o ke kaikamahine e makemakeʻole e waiho i laila i ke kālā no kahi mea nani loa?
Manaʻoʻoe he hiki i kahi kūʻai maikaʻi ma Milan wale nō, ke kapikala o ka hana? I Florence, e hoʻopiha pololei anaʻoe i kou pale lole. Boutiques, nā kumukūʻai kūʻai, nā makamae kūʻai, nāʻoihana kiʻekiʻe aʻaʻoleʻikeʻia - e kali nei kēia mau mea iāʻoe ma ke kūlanakauhale o ka nani nani.
ʻO Gucci. No ke aha kou manaʻo i kapaʻia ai ka inoa o ka mea hoʻolaha kaulana kaulana honua? Ma Florence, i ka makahiki 1904, me kāna mau keiki, ua weheʻo ia i kāna hale kūʻai mua maʻaneʻi. I Florence, he nui nā hale kūʻai o nā mea pena a me nā meaʻala, kahi e loaʻa ai iāʻoe nā huahana no nā mea hanahana Italia o ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, akāʻikeʻoleʻia eʻoe. Makemake e kūʻai. ʻO wai ka mea e like me kaʻItalia, no laila e nānā pono i ko lākou helehelena aʻike i nā meaʻoi aʻe ma mua o hoʻokahi mea no ka nani?
ʻO ka hope,ʻo Florence, e like me kekahi kūlanakauhale'ē aʻe maʻItalia, kaulanaʻo ia no nā haleʻaina me nā meaʻano Italian kuʻuna. Hiki iāʻoe ke aloha iā ia i kaʻike mua, aiʻole, mai ka papa mua. Eʻikeʻoe i ka piha o kaʻoliʻoli, i kaʻaiʻana i ka'Ilia Italia maoli, e hoʻomanaʻo ponoʻoeʻo ka uku o nā haleʻai (aʻaʻole wale iā lākou) hiki wawe ke hoʻolei iāʻoe i ka lepo. ʻO Florence kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale maikaʻi loa ma Italia, a no ka mea aia maʻaneʻi ka helu nui loa o nā mākaʻikaʻi. ʻAe,ʻo ka heleʻana i Florence e uku iāʻoe ma mua o ka huakaʻi i Rimini, Turin, a me Roma paha. Akā, e manaʻoʻiʻo mai iaʻu, ua kūpono ia.
I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kapaʻiaʻo Florenceʻo ke kūlanakauhale kaulana loa ma Italia. Mai manaʻoʻiʻo mai iaʻu? I ka hōʻeaʻana, eʻike maoliʻoe i ka huhū a me keʻano lōʻihi o ke ola ma Florence.