Aproximadamente 60.000
personas pasan por la estación de Santa
Maria Novella en Florencia cada año, pero no todos notan el enorme fresco de 25 metros colocado en la
pared sur de la gran sala de llegadas y salidas.
Una obra creada con una
técnica milenaria, por la que el arte...
The grottesca (or grotesque, from the italian grotta, cave) is a wall
decoration characterized by a multitude of hybrid creatures, and zoomorphic
figures depicted within a symmetrical decoration with naturalistic elements.
The decoration appears airy and light thanks to the slender style of the
figures. In Florence we have very...
Il Festival dei Diritti
es un evento anual, nacido en Florencia en 2017 y gestionado por el
Ayuntamiento de Florencia junto con organizaciones y asociaciones sociales y
culturales. Ofrece un rico programa de talleres, películas, eventos musicales,
momentos deportivos y debates, todas iniciativas que deben servir para dar
información y...
Si se han transferido desde un país extranjero, o son cinéfilos que prefieren ver las películas en lengua original, hay un lugar en Florencia a donde pueden ir para pasar una tarde en el cine, el cinema Odeon en Piazza Strozzi.
Este cine histórico, situado en el corazón de Florencia,...
Autumn is the time for chestnuts, and Tuscan cuisine is full
of dishes based on this highly nutritious ingredient, once an important source
of sustenance for the poorest populations and especially for those who lived in
the countryside.
Among the traditional
Tuscan recipes that use chestnuts, the one best known...
The series of exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art at Palazzo Strozzi continues,
this time it is the turn of the very famous Jeff Koons, who had already been in Florence in 2015 with the much
discussed golden sculpture Pluto and
Proserpina, displayed in front of Palazzo Vecchio.
Jeff Koons. Shine...
For those interested in
architecture, Sorgane is a district
of Florence definitely worth visiting. In 1957
it was decided to build here a satellite city of public housing, a very
ambitious project. Initially designed for 12,000 inhabitants, the project is
entrusted to a group of young architects coordinated by Giovanni...
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 took place and produced, in addition to the grapes
for the famous...
Cada ciudad tiene
lugares dedicados al Street Art y tolerados por las autoridades. En Florencia,
uno de los más importantes es el paso subterráneo bajo el ferrocarril Florencia
- Roma, que conecta el centro con el distrito de Le Cure. Una especie de museo,
siempre en transformación, digno de ver...
The fish market was once located
in today's Lungarno degli Archibugieri, then Piazza del Pesce, right next to Ponte Vecchio. In 1565, on the occasion of the marriage between the son of Grand Duke
Cosimo I, Francesco, and the Archduchess of Austria Giovanna of Austria, the
famous Vasari Corridor was...
