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
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...
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?...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
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
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...
