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Anna Maria Luisa de Medici's legacy

On the 18th of February Florence celebrates a very special woman, the one to whom we owe the salvaging of our art heritage: Anna Maria Luisa dei Medici, also known as the Electress Palatine. Anna Maria was the daughter of Cosimo III and Margherita Luisa d'Orleans. Theirs was a very...

Recipes of the tradition: At Berlingaccio we make Berlingozzo!

Fat Thursday is the last Thursday of Carnival, before Lent, when people once allowed themselves to eat more "fattily" than usual to prepare for the Lenten fasts.On this date, the Berlingaccio, so called in Tuscany, was celebrated in Florence. The name refers in a way to the act of filling...

Bygone Florence: Church of San Pier Maggiore

Florence has changed its appearance many times over the centuries, and a great number of buildings was lost due to demolitions and renovations. This is the case of the Church of San Pier Maggiore, of which only traces of the arches of the external portico of the church remain in...

The secrets of Piazza Duomo

Many are the anecdotes and legends regarding the city of Florence, Piazza Duomo alone is the protagonist of several of these interesting stories. Today we'll tell about you some of them. The fall of the Duomo’s golden sphere was indeed a shocking event. We must start by saying that designing...

The Museum of Costume of Palazzo Pitti reopens

The Museum of Costume of Palazzo Pitti has finally reopened to the public after a three-year closure due to Covid and a subsequent reorganization. The museum, founded in 1983 by Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti, currently displays in its twelve rooms and in the ballroom, accessories, shoes and 50 dresses of Italian...

Alphonse Mucha, the Seduction of Art Nouveau in Florence

Between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Paris was the center of the art world, it was the Belle Époque and almost all the new artistic trends started from the French capital.Photography and cinema gave a new cut to images and allowed us...

Recipes of the tradition: Christmas Stump Cake

It's not easy to end the Christmas lunch on a high note after tasting the most delicious family recipes. However, if you are looking for a dessert that is both tasty and beautiful to look at, you can’t go wrong with a great classic: Tronchetto di Natale (Christmas Stump).This dessert...

Green Line lights up Florence

The Green Line light festival, which since last year has taken the place of F – Light and illuminates the buildings symbol of Florence is back.This year's theme is The Winter Garden and invites us to focus on caring for the planet, which is our home and garden, too often...

The new Giunti Odeon

Ph: Giunti Odeon The historic Cinema Odeon in Florence is transformed and becomes Giunti Odeon, a multi-function space that will act as both a cinema and a bookshop.After several controversies and doubts that arose among the Florentine population during the renovation works, the 1,500 square meter space was inaugurated on...

The ghost of Baldaccio d'Anghiari

Every city has its own ghosts, and Florence certainly could not be the exception. There are stories about sightings of spirits in the Tuscan capital, like the one of Palazzo Budini-Gattai or Ginevra degli Almieri. The story we're going to tell you today is about one of the most famous:...

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