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Luce Energia Infinito by Wang Yacheng at the Galleria dell'Accademia

This year marks the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo's birth, and on this occasion, the Galleria dell'Accademia hosts the exhibition Luce Energia Infinito (Light Energy Infinite), featuring 18 paintings by Wang Yancheng. The French-Chinese artist declares that the intent of his works is to capture Michelangelo's spiritual energy. This energy manifests...

Vasari Corridor by night

From July 4 until December 26, is possible to visit the Vasari Corridor at night every Friday (excluding August 15).Guided tours do not require an entrance ticket to the Uffizi Gallery, but have a separate ticket. They run from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM every 20 minutes and last 45...

Out of town: Fattoria di Celle, the museum park of the Gori collection

About 50 minutes by car from Florence, in Santomato in Pistoia, is the Fattoria di Celle, a villa with a museum park that houses the Gori collection.Since the second half of the twentieth century, in fact, the property has been open to the public, with guided tours by reservation that...

National Day of the Association of Italian Historic Homes in Florence

On Sunday, May 25, on the occasion of the ADSI (Association of Italian Historic Homes) National Day, an event dedicated to historic homes, it will be possible to visit over 500 historic residences throughout Italy for free. In Florence and its province, 36 historic homes will be open, including palaces,...

The church with its bum in the Arno

Little known in Florence is the Church of San Jacopo Soprarno, a structure of ancient origin built in Romanesque style. Dating back to the X-XI century, it gave its name to the borough that was built around it, Borgo San Jacopo, in the Florentine Oltrarno. Giovanni Villani, Florentine historian and...

Villa Salviati in Florence: a well kept secret

Villa Salviati is located along the homonymous street, with an access on the main road and one on via Faentina. This splendid villa is guarded like a precious jewel, and is opened to the public only once a year on the occasion of Europe Day.Alamanno Salviati came into possession of...

The Iris Garden

Florence is beautiful even in the rain, but when it shines under the spring sun it becomes something spectacular. It is then that you have to go out absolutely for a walk in the center, or along the bank of the river Arno or better still go to visit one...

April 26, 1478: the Pazzi conspiracy

The members of the Medici family were as much loved by the people as they were hated by the rival families who aimed to take their place in power. Among these we find the Pazzi, also bankers, who harbored a visceral hatred for Lorenzo the Magnificent and Giuliano, his brother....

The tour of the 7 Churches, an Easter tradition

“Fare il giro delle sette chiese” (“To tour the seven churches”) is an expression that is often heard, but today it has taken on a different meaning from the original. We use it to say “to have worked hard to do something without having succeeded”, but originally the expression literally...

Giovan Battista Foggini at Palazzo medici Riccardi

Florence celebrates the multifaceted genius of Giovan Battista Foggini (1652 – 1725) with a monographic exhibition at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, organized on the occasion of the third centenary of the artist’s death. Foggini was one of the most influential artists of late-Medici Florence, dedicating himself to various disciplines and excelling...

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