The
word aperitivo
derives from the Latin "aperitivus",
meaning "opener" (to open the stomach for the meal), thus a drink that stimulates gastric juices, helping
digestion.In
this sense, the aperitivo dates back
to the times of the Ancient Greeks, when the
physician Hippocrates administered to his patients a bitter drink...
Just
a few minutes by bus from Florence, there's a small gem of a museum, entirely
dedicated to medieval and Renaissance sacred art. This is the Bandini Museum in Fiesole, founded in
1795 by Angelo Maria Bandini, a canon and librarian of the Laurentian Library
in Florence, as well as...
Photography
enthusiasts will particularly appreciate the ironic composition of the images
by Hugo Suissas, the Portuguese
photographer to whom the current exhibition at the Museo degli Innocenti is dedicated, open until September 13th.The
project extends beyond the museum, with selected works on display at the
Mercato Centrale in Florence.The
exhibition...
The
Palio di Siena race lasts just a few
minutes, but requires a full year of preparation. Twice a year, ten districts (contrade)
race on a tuff ring laid out in Piazza del Campo.
It is the most anticipated event of the year, celebrated with great fervor by
locals.
You...
The shooting stars visible to the naked eye on the night of San Lorenzo are called Perseids, as they come from the constellation of Perseus. They form
a meteor shower that the Earth passes through in the summer, during its orbit
around the sun. Visible from the end of July...
The
exhibition "Florence Deco. Atmospheres of the Twenties" is open until
August 25th at Palazzo Medici Riccardi. It recounts a decade of exceptional
creative ferment in Florence.After
the World War I, emerged a renewed interest in the applied arts, which perfectly
expressed the aesthetic values of the time and were...
THE LEGENDOnce upon a time in Florence, lived a Young man called Michele who dedicated his life to his work and to charity works he did around the neighborhood, he had such a good heart that people had started to call him “San Michele”.
He owned a stable and horses...
When studying art in Florence, constantly surrounded
by medieval and Renaissance masterpieces, the risk of forgetting contemporary
art is very high, so you have to work a little harder to find it. That's why we want to make your search easier by
recommending a little gem of a museum, hidden...
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...
