On the 18th of February Florence celebrates a very special woman, the one to whom we owe the salvaging of our art heritage: Anna Maria Luisa dei Medici, also known as the Electress Palatine.
Anna Maria was the daughter of Cosimo III and Margherita Luisa d'Orleans. Theirs was a very...
Fat Thursday is the last Thursday of Carnival, before
Lent, when people once allowed themselves to eat more "fattily" than
usual to prepare for the Lenten fasts.On this date, the Berlingaccio,
so called in Tuscany, was celebrated in Florence. The name refers in a way to
the act of filling...
Florence has changed its appearance
many times over the centuries, and a great number of buildings was lost due to
demolitions and renovations. This is the case of the Church of San Pier Maggiore, of which only traces of the arches of
the external portico of the church remain in...
Many
are the anecdotes and legends regarding the city of Florence, Piazza Duomo
alone is the protagonist of several of these interesting stories. Today we'll
tell about you some of them.
The
fall of the Duomo’s golden sphere was
indeed a shocking event.
We must start by saying that designing...
The Museum of Costume of Palazzo Pitti has
finally reopened to the public after a three-year closure due to Covid and a
subsequent reorganization. The museum, founded in 1983 by Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti,
currently displays in its twelve rooms and in the ballroom, accessories, shoes
and 50 dresses of Italian...
Between
the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Paris was
the center of the art world, it was the Belle
Époque and almost all the new artistic trends started from the French
capital.Photography
and cinema gave a new cut to images and allowed us...
It's
not easy to end the Christmas lunch on a high note after tasting the most
delicious family recipes. However, if you are looking for a dessert that is
both tasty and beautiful to look at, you can’t
go wrong with a great classic: Tronchetto di Natale (Christmas Stump).This
dessert...
The
Green Line light festival, which
since last year has taken the place of F – Light and illuminates the buildings symbol
of Florence is back.This
year's theme is The Winter Garden and invites us to focus on caring for the
planet, which is our home and garden, too often...
Ph: Giunti
Odeon
The historic Cinema Odeon in Florence is transformed
and becomes Giunti Odeon, a
multi-function space that will act as both a cinema and a bookshop.After several
controversies and doubts that arose among the Florentine population during the
renovation works, the 1,500 square meter space was inaugurated on...
Every city has its own ghosts, and Florence certainly could not be the exception. There are stories about sightings of spirits in the Tuscan capital, like the one of Palazzo Budini-Gattai or Ginevra degli Almieri. The story we're going to tell you today is about one of the most famous:...
