The Medici are known as great collectors and patrons of art and
literature. Many also know about their great passion for botany and gardens. Almost every estate owned by the
Medici family was equipped with magnificent parks that we can still admire and
visit today, like the Boboli Gardens.What not...
Pongamos que vinieron a Florencia atraidos por el su inmenso patrimonio artístico, histórico y cultural. Pongamos que ya hayan visitado todos los museos e iglesias y hecho fotografías de las espléndidas panorámicas que la ciudad ofrece.
Ahora a todo esto súmale que los días en este periodo son soleados y...
Florence is also called the
"lily city", the red lily is in fact the symbol of the Tuscan
capital, it can be found on coats of arms, on the shields supported by the
Marzocco, on the historic Florentine buildings and as a symbol of sporting
associations.This love between the lily...
On Ponte
alle Grazie, a man leans out and bravely steps into the void.
The man is that of the installation by Clet, a French artist who has lived for
many ears in Florence, where he opened his studio in Oltrarno, becoming famous
for his interventions on road signs.
L’Uomo...
The members of the Medici family were as much loved by the
people as they were hated by the rival families who aimed to take their
place in power. Among these we find the Pazzi, also bankers, who harbored a visceral hatred for Lorenzo the Magnificent and Giuliano, his brother....
Cecìna, or
also chickpea farinata, is a
delicious chickpea flour pancake, a dish suitable for all seasons that goes
well with many foods. It can be found throughout Tuscany and Liguria. In fact,
there is a dispute about the origin of this recipe between the two regions that
has been...
Villa Bardini is
undoubtedly one of the most spectacular exhibition spaces in Florence, as well
as a beautiful green lung of the city.It
was originally Villa Manadora, built for Francesco Manadori in 1641 on a
pre-existing medieval building.
The property is located on the slope of the hill that descends...
Looking
up while busy admiring the spectacular statues of the Loggia dei Lanzi including the statue of Perseus holding the head of
Medusa (1555) by Benvenuto
Cellini, you might have missed to notice the beautiful bas-relief placed
right at the base of this statue.This
square bronze bas-relief depicting
an episode...
The world of art is historically a world dominated by men, very
little has been said about women artists compared to men artists, but
this does not mean that there have not been women who have left their
permanent mark in the history of art. Today we want to remember...
One of the most ancient buildings in
Florence is certainly the Church of
Santi Apostoli. It faces Piazza del
Limbo, so called because here once stood a cemetery for all those children
that had died before they were baptized, who - as Dante described in the Divine
Comedy - remained...
