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Recipes of the tradition: Florentine Zuccotto

Florentine zuccotto is a semifreddo liqueur dessert invented in the mid-sixteenth century by Bernardo Buontalenti, the same Buontalenti to whom we also owe the invention gelato. It is also called Caterina de' Medici’s Helmet, since it seems that originally, to make this dessert, the helmets worn by the infantry at...

“The return of Joseph, the prince of dreams” at the Salone dei Duecento

The Medici tapestries from the cycle “The return of Joseph, the prince of dreams” are back in the Salone dei Duecento, exhibited in rotation in five exhibition cycles. The twenty tapestries in the series are displayed, four at a time, according to their original location in the hall of Palazzo...

As the saying goes: San Giovanni non vuole inganni!

Have you ever heard a Florentine say: “San Giovanni non vuole inganni" (Saint John doesn't allow deceit)? This saying is often used in situations where someone has tried to trick somebody else and the other person found out, or they don't believe the lie told. Where does this saying come from?...

The pyramid of the Cascine Park

While taking a stroll at the Cascine Park, a very peculiar structure might have caught your eye. We are talking about the pyramid that can be found along the tree-lined avenu, looking rather out of place in the Tuscan capital.What on earth is a pyramid doing in Florence? Well, it...

Florence Fashion city: Pitti Immagine

In addition to being a city of art, Florence is also a city of fashion, as evidenced by the presence of numerous museums dedicated to fashion and costume, such as the Costume Gallery at Palazzo Pitti, the Roberto Capucci Foundation Museum at Villa Bardini, the Ferragamo and the Gucci Museum,...

A trip out of town: Tarot Garden

Florence is beautiful and you should dedicate to its museums and attractions as much of your time as possible when you come in visit, but the rest of Tuscany has also a lot to offer. You can find so many wonderful little cities scattered among our hills, so if you’ve...

Steve McCurry's "Children" at the Istituto degli Innocenti

Steve McCurry returns in town with another exceptional exhibition, entitled Children, set up in the very place in Florence that has been dealing with childhood for over 600 years: the Istituto degli Innocenti in Piazza Santissima Annunziata, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi in 1419, a masterful example of harmonic and rational...

Florentine Renaioli

The Arno river has always been a faithful friend to the Florentines, allowing the proliferation of numerous activities along its banks, exploiting every resource it made available. In particular, a city with an intense building activity like Florence, needed a great quantity of building material, and it is precisely to...

A loving mother: Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola

Raffaello Sanzio died very young, he was only 37, but in his short life he managed to establish himself as one of the most outstanding artists of the Renaissance, capable of masterfully interpreting a timeless ideal of beauty and harmony.One of his greatest masterpieces is the Madonna della Seggiola, painted...

The Museum of Illusions in Florence

The concept of the Museum of Illusions was born in 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia, and was then exported to various cities around the world, also arriving in Italy, first in Milan then in Florence and Rome.The museum has opened inside Palazzo Tornaquinci Della Stufa, a historic building, in via Borgo...

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