Grand tour

The Grand tour was a tradition between the 17th and 19th century in relation to the nobility or the upper class of the young men, or coming of age gentleman, from the British Empire and/or England in which to enrich their culture they went on a grand tour across Europe.

The tour meant visiting cities of France and Italy to analyse and discover the works of architecture, painting, in later times: theatre and opera as to grow their cultural knowledge.

This was done as a ritual tour to finalize stepping into adulthood, and as education was seen as a must requirement, the young noble mans needed to have a good cultural solid foundation. Also, this meant a solidification of their views, their principles and moral education.

Through this, visiting churches, altars, drawing rooms and galleries, concerts.

A lot of the great authors that we have today, went on such a tour before writing their masterpieces. Some examples are Horace Walpole and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Some of the most important cities on the Grand tour are Paris, Florence, Rome, Venice, and Naples.