On January 26th, in Florence we celebrate San Zanobi (Saint Zenobius) so you might see a garland of flowers at the base of the column in Piazza Duomo, aptly named the column of San Zanobi.
This column is located next to the Baptistery, but many people, including Florentines, walk past...
Dating back to primitive paintings and already
widely used in the Middle Ages, the sgraffito
technique was all the rage during the Renaissance, particularly in
Florence and Rome, going in parallele with the spread of grottesca decoration.The name derives from the pointed instrument used
for this technique, which was called...
The
annual date with men’s fashion returns from January 14 to 17 at the Fortezza Da
Basso with Pitti Uomo, the 107th edition, where the Fall/Winter 2025
collections of about 790 Italian and foreign brands will be presented.
The theme of this winter edition is FIRE, which represents the passion...
One
of the most typical desserts made in Tuscany - in Siena to be exact - is panforte.
A spicy and sweet cake that is consumed during the Christmas period along with
the well-known panettone. This dessert has very ancient origins, it is the
direct descendant of the pan melato,...
The
Horticultural Garden is one of the
most beautiful green areas in Florence. The park is very big and extends to
communicate with the Parnaso Gardens above, from which you can admire
magnificent views.The
park is located near Piazza della Libertà, beyond the Mugnone stream, in a
residential area surrounded...
It has been 150
years since 31 artists rejected by the academic art world, including Monet, Degas, Renoire, Cezanne, Pisarro,
Delacroix, Courbet and many others, gathered in Paris in 1874 in an
exhibition that marked the birth of the Impressionist movement.
The Museo degli Innocenti celebrates
this anniversary with a...
Agnolo di Cosimo, called Bronzino, one of the most refined painters of Florentine Mannerism, was born on November 17, 1503.He did an initial apprenticeship with Raffaellino Garbo and continued his training in Pontormo's workshop. Bronzino immediately showed great talent and took part in important commissions together with the master, including...
Via dello Studio is called this because here is where people actually used to study,
a name attested since the sixteenth century, which took into account how in
this street, at the civic number 1, where located the headquarters of the Studio Fiorentino. It is in fact the
street where...
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 already took place and produced, in addition to the grapes
for the...
Parmigiano Reggiano is one of the oldest and richest cheeses
known in the world, the King of Cheeses. Its nutritional and organoleptic
features render this cheese a unique and superior product, appreciated
worldwide and absolutely indispensable to whoever wants to make authentic
Italian dishes.Not to be confused with Grana
Padano,...
