Until December
31st, with Ferdinando Sarmi New York - A Journey Through Fashion from Florence to
Fifth Avenue, the Museum of Fashion and Costume at Palazzo Pitti is committed
to making Italy rediscover a figure who remained in the shadows, yet enjoyed
enormous success abroad.
Born in Ravenna into a...
Before
the Palazzo dei Priori (Palace of
Priors), later known as the Palazzo
Vecchio, stood the Torre della Castagna (Tower of the
Chestnut), the first building where the Florentine Republic was administered.This is where the priors, the
administrators of Florence at the time, gathered to vote, using chestnuts, hence
its...
June
in Florence is all about Calcio Storico (or Calcio in Costume), the main event of
the summer for the florentines.Legend
has it that the game originated from the
roman Harpastum, an ancient sport
played by two teams who's goal was to get a ball made of rags or leather...
For a few days each year, inside the Cathedral of
Santa Maria del Fiore, it is possible to observe the passage of the sun through
the gnomic hole located at the top of Brunelleschi's dome.The gnomon, also known as the "bronzina",
is a bronze panel with a small hole approximately...
The
exhibition titled The Unveiled Library: The Fantastic Bestiary, dedicated to illuminated manuscripts, will
remain open to the public at the San
Marco Museum until October 31, 2026.The exhibition unfolds inside Michelozzo's
Library in the former convent of San Marco, one of the first examples of a
public library in...
With
Brunelleschi’s Dome, Giotto's bell tower and the tower of Palazzo Vecchio to
reign supreme in the Florentine skyline, the beautiful bell tower of the Badia Fiorentina often goes unnoticed,
although clearly visible next to the tower of the Bargello museum.
It
indicates the position of one of the
oldest...
On
Saturday, May 23, 2026, the European Night
of Museums returns, and like the
rest of Italy, in Florence it will be possible to visit many museums and other
cultural sites until late at night, either free of charge or for the symbolic
price of €1.The
cultural initiative is promoted...
You can't visit Italy
without stopping by pastry shops and bakeries to sample local specialties. In Florence, there are some
gastronomic delcacies that are only available in certain seasons, while others
can be enjoyed year-round. This is the case with Tuscan rice pudding (budino
di riso), or rather, Florentine rice...
The Fortezza
da Basso, or fortress of San Giovanni Battista, today the main Florentine
exhibition venue, has a long history, which began after the experience of the
siege of 1529.
At the time, Duke Alessandro de’ Medici
commissioned to the artists and architects Pier Francesco da Viterbo and
Antonio da...
MIDA – the Florence International Handicrafts Fair, is back in town!
The biggest handcrafts fair in Florence Since 1931, the event brings together Italian
and international craftsmanship under one roof, at the Fortezza Da Basso.
Now in its 90th edition, It’s the longest-lived fair of this kind in Italy and...
