Villa Bardini hosts
another major exhibition dedicated to photography, Elliott Erwitt. Photographs,
which celebrates the long career of one of the most famous photographers in the
world.
A collection of about 70 images personally selected by Ewitt, who celebrated his
94th birthday this year, which capture the perfect moment as...
If you have been to
Piazza Santissima Annunziata you might have noticed a window that remains open
all year round, whether it’s summer or winter, so much so that the Florentines
have renamed it "the window that is
always open". It is located on
the top floor of Palazzo Grifoni,...
Autumn is a
bittersweet season. Not everyone appreciates the cooler air and the fiery
colors of the changing leaves, because that means the end of hot summer days
and the arrival of gray skies and rain.
From a culinary point of view though,
autumn agrees almost with everyone: pumpkins, chestnuts,...
One
of the most important Florentine exhibitions of this season is that of the
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, which can be visited at Palazzo Strozzi until
January 22, 2023. Olafur Eliasson: Nel tuo tempo is the largest exhibition ever held
in Italy by the artist and collects historic and site-specific...
In
the Florentine Oltrarno there is one of
the largest private gardens in Europe located within the walls of a city, the Torrigiani Garden, which with its
surface of almost ten hectares extends into the area between the ancient walls
that go from Porta Romana to Piazza Tasso, Via dei...
September
8, 2022, one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, Queen Elizabeth II of England, dies.
She
is perhaps the most famous contemporary
personality in the world, certainly known by anyone globally. Everyone
recognizes the Queen's face, her brightly colored outfits and her hats.
She
was a woman...
If
you pay a visit to the Basilica of San
Lorenzo these days, you will come across a giant over 5 meters high leaning against the side of the church.
With his mighty muscles, he has already "supported" the Medici Palace
in Seravezza, the Cathedral of Pietrasanta and Carrara, the...
It
is cooked with beans, cabbage, onions and finally with tomatoes: the Tuscans'
love for stale bread is
unparalleled. Nothing has ever been wasted in Tuscan kitchens, and when there
was some left-over bread, it was reused in all possible ways.
The
most famous recipes of the Tuscan tradition that...
The
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
has become one of the most famous churches in the world, especially thanks to
the amazing dome of which Filippo Brunelleschi endowed it with.
Not
everyone knows, however, that the symbolic building of Florence has a very
troubled history, which lasted almost 600...
