The shooting stars visible to the naked eye on the night of San Lorenzo are called Perseids, as they come from the constellation of Perseus. They form
a meteor shower that the Earth passes through in the summer, during its orbit
around the sun. Visible from the end of July...
The
exhibition "Florence Deco. Atmospheres of the Twenties" is open until
August 25th at Palazzo Medici Riccardi. It recounts a decade of exceptional
creative ferment in Florence.After
the World War I, emerged a renewed interest in the applied arts, which perfectly
expressed the aesthetic values of the time and were...
THE LEGENDOnce upon a time in Florence, lived a
Young man called Michele who dedicated his life to his work and to
charity works he did around the neighborhood, he had such a good heart
that people had started to call him “San Michele”.
He owned a stable and horses...
When studying art in Florence, constantly surrounded
by medieval and Renaissance masterpieces, the risk of forgetting contemporary
art is very high, so you have to work a little harder to find it. That's why we want to make your search easier by
recommending a little gem of a museum, hidden...
Until December
31st, with Ferdinando Sarmi New York - A Journey Through Fashion from Florence to
Fifth Avenue, the Museum of Fashion and Costume at Palazzo Pitti is committed
to making Italy rediscover a figure who remained in the shadows, yet enjoyed
enormous success abroad.
Born in Ravenna into a...
Before
the Palazzo dei Priori (Palace of
Priors), later known as the Palazzo
Vecchio, stood the Torre della Castagna (Tower of the
Chestnut), the first building where the Florentine Republic was administered.This is where the priors, the
administrators of Florence at the time, gathered to vote, using chestnuts, hence
its...
June
in Florence is all about Calcio Storico (or Calcio in Costume), the main event of
the summer for the florentines.Legend
has it that the game originated from the
roman Harpastum, an
ancient sport
played by two teams who's goal was to get a ball made of rags or leather...
For a few days each year, inside the Cathedral of
Santa Maria del Fiore, it is possible to observe the passage of the sun through
the gnomic hole located at the top of Brunelleschi's dome.The gnomon, also known as the "bronzina",
is a bronze panel with a small hole approximately...
The
exhibition titled The Unveiled Library: The Fantastic Bestiary, dedicated to illuminated manuscripts, will
remain open to the public at the San
Marco Museum until October 31, 2026.The exhibition unfolds inside Michelozzo's
Library in the former convent of San Marco, one of the first examples of a
public library in...
With
Brunelleschi’s Dome, Giotto's bell tower and the tower of Palazzo Vecchio to
reign supreme in the Florentine skyline, the beautiful bell tower of the Badia Fiorentina often goes unnoticed,
although clearly visible next to the tower of the Bargello museum.
It
indicates the position of one of the
oldest...
