The grottesca (or grotesque, from the italian grotta, cave) is a wall
decoration characterized by a multitude of hybrid creatures, and zoomorphic
figures depicted within a symmetrical decoration with naturalistic elements.
The decoration appears airy and light thanks to the slender style of the
figures. In Florence we have very...
Festival dei Diritti is
an annual event, born in Florence in 2017 and managed by the Municipality of
Florence together with social and cultural organizations and associations. It
offers a rich program of workshops, films, musical events, sporting moments and
debates, all initiatives that must serve to give information and...
The Renaissance palace where the Odeon is located, now called Palazzo dello Strozzino, was a property
of the wealthy Strozzi family, this
was true for the majority of the buildings that surrounded Piazza Strozzi and
for those in the street that is now via Monalda. It does not come as...
Autumn is the time for chestnuts, and Tuscan cuisine is full
of dishes based on this highly nutritious ingredient, once an important source
of sustenance for the poorest populations and especially for those who lived in
the countryside.
Among the traditional
Tuscan recipes that use chestnuts, the one best known...
The series of exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art at Palazzo Strozzi continues,
this time it is the turn of the very famous Jeff Koons, who had already been in Florence in 2015 with the much
discussed golden sculpture Pluto and
Proserpina, displayed in front of Palazzo Vecchio.
Jeff Koons. Shine...
For those interested in
architecture, Sorgane is a district
of Florence definitely worth visiting. In 1957
it was decided to build here a satellite city of public housing, a very
ambitious project. Initially designed for 12,000 inhabitants, the project is
entrusted to a group of young architects coordinated by Giovanni...
Tuscany is particularly beautiful at this
time of the year. The days are getting cooler, the leaves slowly begin to
change color and the warm and genuine dishes of Tuscan cuisine return to delight
us. Furthermore, the harvest took place and produced, in addition to the grapes
for the famous...
The history of this
district north of the center has always been linked in some way to art. Legend
has it that in 1520, when here there was only countryside crossed by the
Mugnone stream, the Madonna appeared to two seriously ill patients who were
praying in front of one...
The fish market was once located
in today's Lungarno degli Archibugieri, then Piazza del Pesce, right next to Ponte Vecchio. In 1565, on the occasion of the marriage between the son of Grand Duke
Cosimo I, Francesco, and the Archduchess of Austria Giovanna of Austria, the
famous Vasari Corridor was...
One of the most
well-hidden churches in all of Florence is probably Santo Stefano al Ponte.
However, the name suggests where we can find it: in the small Piazza Santo Stefano,
near Ponte Vecchio.
Founded before 1116, the
year in which the first documentations mention it, the church of Santo...
