Passione
Novecento. From
Paul Klee to Damien Hirst inaugurates at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, an
exhibition that brings together 38 works
of Twentieth-century art belonging to private collections that the public
will be able to admire together for the first time.
Among
the big artists on display we find Paul
Klee,...
In
the Florentine Oltrarno there is one of
the largest private gardens in Europe located within the walls of a city, the Torrigiani Garden, which with its
surface of almost ten hectares extends into the area between the ancient walls
that go from Porta Romana to Piazza Tasso, Via dei...
September
8, 2022, one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, Queen Elizabeth II of England, dies.
She
is perhaps the most famous contemporary
personality in the world, certainly known by anyone globally. Everyone
recognizes the Queen's face, her brightly colored outfits and her hats.
She
was a woman...
If
you pay a visit to the Basilica of San
Lorenzo these days, you will come across a giant over 5 meters high leaning against the side of the church.
With his mighty muscles, he has already "supported" the Medici Palace
in Seravezza, the Cathedral of Pietrasanta and Carrara, the...
It
is cooked with beans, cabbage, onions and finally with tomatoes: the Tuscans'
love for stale bread is
unparalleled. Nothing has ever been wasted in Tuscan kitchens, and when there
was some left-over bread, it was reused in all possible ways.
The
most famous recipes of the Tuscan tradition that...
The
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
has become one of the most famous churches in the world, especially thanks to
the amazing dome of which Filippo Brunelleschi endowed it with.
Not
everyone knows, however, that the symbolic building of Florence has a very
troubled history, which lasted almost 600...
August 3, 1944, Florence is
still occupied by the Nazis. It’s been almost a year, the Allies are
expected to send help any day now, and rumor has it that, knowing this, the Germans
want to destroy the Florentine bridges to cut off access routes.
On
July 30, everyone who...
A 30 minutes drive from Florence,
there is a truly spectacular place, that looks like it came out of a fairy
tale: the Sammezzano Castle.
Sammezzano Castle is the most important example of Orientalist
architecture in Italy and is located in the municipality of Reggello in the
province of Florence....
Forte Belvedere opens its spaces to Rä
di Martino, a young contemporary artist, and to her solo exhibition
entitled Play It Again, a
project of Museo Novecento curated
by Sergio Risaliti.
Through a selection of
works from 2014 to today, that includes installations, video art and
photographs, Play it again...
Casa Martelli is one
of those places that you'll visit and then ask yourself: "Why have I not
been here sooner"?
This unique museum was created by one of the most influential families of
Florence - the Martelli, bankers
that rapidly rose to power, also thanks to their connection with...
