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La herencia de Anna Maria Luisa de Medici

El 18 de febrero Florencia celebra a una mujer muy especial, a quien debemos la salvaguardia de nuestro patrimonio artístico: Anna Maria Luisa dei Medici, conocida también como Elettrice Palatina. Anna Maria era hija de Cosimo III y Margherita Luisa d’Orleans. Su matrimonio fue muy infeliz, sin embargo no les...

Bygone Florence: Church of San Pier Maggiore

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...

The ghost of Baldaccio d'Anghiari

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:...

When the Carro Matto arrives in Florence

The fourth Saturday in September sees the Carro Matto (Crazy Cart) parade through the streets of the historic center of Florence, a tradition that has its roots in fourteenth-century Florence.At the time, the wine mostly came from the Chianti area, now known all over the world for the production of...

Curious Florence: buchette del vino

Walking down the streets of Florence you might have seen them: tiny arched shaped doors on the walls of buildings in the city center. Many wonder what they are, even some florentines don't know their history. They are called "buchette del vino" (litterally "wine holes"), closed with little wooden doors...

Shooting starts and the night of San Lorenzo

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...

As the saying goes: San Giovanni non vuole inganni!

Have you ever heard a Florentine say: “San Giovanni non vuole inganni" (Saint John doesn't allow deceit)? This saying is often used in situations where someone has tried to trick somebody else and the other person found out, or they don't believe the lie told. Where does this saying come from?...

Florentine Renaioli

The Arno river has always been a faithful friend to the Florentines, allowing the proliferation of numerous activities along its banks, exploiting every resource it made available. In particular, a city with an intense building activity like Florence, needed a great quantity of building material, and it is precisely to...

Curious Florence: the Florentine New Year

Florence is a city that has always done things a little in its own way, as demonstrated by the fact that for 168 years it celebrated the New Year on a different day than the rest of Italy. The Florentine New Year is celebrated on 25 March, the date corresponding...

La columna de San Zanobi

Si estarán en Florencia el 26 de enero, podrán ver una guirnalda de flores en la base de la columna de Piazza Duomo – bueno, si notan esta columna en primer lugar. Mucha spersonas, incluidos los florentinos, pasan por ahí cada día, sin caer en cuenta de la presencia de...

Autumn Recipes: Castagnaccio

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,...

The facade of santa maria del Fiore in Florence: a 6 century long enterprise

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...

When the Nazis bombed the bridges of Florence

August 3, 1944, Florence is still occupied by the Nazis. It’s been almost a year, the Allies are expected to send help any day now, and rumor has it that, knowing this, the Germans want to destroy the Florentine bridges to cut off access routes. On July 30, everyone who...

Saint John's day: all you need to know!

On June 24, Florence celebrates Saint John's Day, the patron saint of the city. The choice of St. John the Baptist as patron was made only after the conversion of the city to Christianity, infact initially the patron saint of the city was the god Mars, his statue had been...

The Palace of Bianca Cappello: a love story and a series of misterious deaths

In via Maggio at n. 26, there is a very particular building, recognizable by its beautiful facade entirely decorated with grotesques. First documented architectural work of Bernardo Buontalenti, the palace was commissioned by Francesco I de’ Medici and built, between 1570 and 1574, upon an old fifteenth-century building. Francesco I,...

El juego del Calcio Storico Fiorentino

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 the ball - made of rags...

Girolamo Savonarola: a herethic in Florence

Florence is a place full of history and stories, and sometimes, without even realizing it, we find ourselves walking right upon them. This might have happened in Piazza della Signoria, where a large marble plaque set in the paving of the square, right in front of the fountain of Neptune,...

April 26, 1478: the Pazzi conspiracy

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....

Chi vuol esser lieto sia! Lorenzo the Magnificent's Carnival

Quant’è bella giovinezza, che si fugge tuttavia! chi vuol esser lieto, sia: di doman non c’è certezza.   "How beautiful is youth, / though quickly it does flee! / be happy if you want to: / for tomorrow may not come" This is what Lorenzo il Magnifico wrote in the opening...

Carnevale desserts: Cenci

During Carnevale each of us should let go and have some fun, no more diets, but rather, it is time to indulge in sweets! That's why there are so many pastry preparations related to this period. In particular, a dessert ever present at carnival in Tuscany are "Cenci" (rags), sweet...

The troubled past of Ponte Vecchio

Not much is known about the origins of Ponte Vecchio, one of the most famous bridges in Italy, as well as the oldest bridge in Florence. We only know that at some point, the Romans decided to build a bridge over the narrowest point of the Arno River within the...

Panettone or Pandoro? The age-old dilemma

Nothing divides Italians more than the choice between Panettone and Pandoro, the Christmas cakes par excellence. Between the two, Panettone is certainly the one with the most ancient origins. In fact, we’re talking of a recipe that has its roots in a tradition dating back to the times of the...

The Italian tradition of the Nativity scene

A Christmas tradition that has Italian roots is that of the Nativity scene, "Presepe" in Italian, a display of objects and figures representing the birth of Jesus. The term “presepe” derives from the Latin “praesaepe”, meaning manger, trough, or an enclosed area for sheep and goats. The baby Jesus, Mary...

November is the cruelest month: the flood of 1966

November seems to be historically one of the rainiest and deadliest months of the year in Florence, as past events remind us. To be precise, November 4th appears to be a very unfortunate date. Every year, if it’s been raining heavily in the days before this date, we start thinking...

The story of Ginevra degli Almieri

Florence is full of mysteries and there is no shortage among them of stories about ghosts, witches and devils. Here is an unbelievable story, perhaps the most famous one, and what makes it so disturbing is that it is actually a true story, although several versions exist today. It is...

El Cinema Odeon y su historia

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,...

Florentine summer recipe: Panzanella

Eating well in the summer can be difficult when the heat makes you want to give up cooking on the stove, but there is a traditional Tuscan dish that will solve this problem and will also stimulate the most refined palates, despite its simplicity: it’s Panzanella! A fresh and substantial dish, Panzanella...

Pigments in Art

Red, black, brown, white and ochre were part of the color palette artists used in cave paintings. The first pigments, invented about 40,000 years ago, were a combination of soil, animal fat, burnt charcoal, and chalk, but since then, the number of colors available to the artists has continued to...

Más allá del Renacimiento en Florencia - La Proporción Áurea en el Palazzo Rucellai

Esta vez el título "Más allá del Renacimiento" debe interpretarse como "Renacimiento más allá de sí mismo", es decir, en el apogeo de su idea del mundo y del redescubrimiento de la cultura clásica. La fachada del Palazzo Rucellai, diseñada por Leon Battista Alberti y terminada en 1465, se celebra...

Más allá del Renacimiento en Florencia - La Manifattura Tabacchi de Florencia y la emancipación de la mujer

La Manifattura Tabacchi: un distrito de 16 edificios en un área de 100.000 metros cuadrados, junto al Parque Le Cascine. Pura arquitectura racionalista modernista, diseñada por los arquitectos Giovanni Bartoli y Pier Luigi Nervi en 1933, terminada en 1940. Según los cánones arquitectónicos modernistas, la estructura tenía que ser funcional...

Street Art en Florencia - Caras en el paso subterráneo de Le Cure

De la vasta exposición de grafitis y murales presentes, vemos hoy (2021) dos obras de calidad, dos caras probablemente de distintos autores. Una niña con hermosos ojos azules y un joven o niño enfurruñado. Nos miran, sus grandes ojos fijos en nosotros. La niña está triste, aparece una lágrima azul,...

The Explosion of the Cart in Florence

The "Scoppio del Carro" (Explosion of the Cart), is an event that takes place every year on Easter Sunday, and it dates back to the first Crusade. Legend has it that the first to climb the Jerusalem walls was a Florentine named Pazzino, member of the noble Pazzi family. He...

Recipes of the tradition: Florentine Lenten Biscuits

In the period of Lent (Quaresima in italian), that is from Ash Wednesday until Holy Thursday, in all Florentine pastry shops we find Biscotti Quaresimali, Lenten biscuits: typical cocoa biscuits connected to the period of abstinence from animal-derived foods imposed by the Christian tradition, in respect of the days of...

Los jardines de Florencia - Piazza dei Ciompi y sus historias

Una pequeña plaza en el corazón del barrio de Santa Croce. Aparentemente antigua, en realidad nació en la década de 1930, cuando se decidió demoler la zona, abarrotada de edificios antiguos considerados insalubres y degradados, para construir un barrio moderno. El fascismo utilizó la expresión "el pico regenerador" para estas...

Los jardines de Florencia - Il Parco di San Donato a Novoli

San Donato a Novoli, el sueño de cada urbanista: una superficie de 32 hectáreas a estructurar para uso público, en medio de uno de los distritos urbanos más densamente poblados de la ciudad.Cada lugar tiene su propia historia, a veces muy larga e interesante. En 1935-1939, Fiat, entonces y ahora...

El ombligo de Florencia - La Columna de la Abundancia y su larga historia

No todas las ciudades tienen un "ombligo", un centro exacto marcado por una columna, pero Florencia sí. Es la Columna de la Abundancia en la Piazza della Repubblica. Florencia fue fundada por los romanos en el 59 a. C. y toda la tierra circundante asignada a los veteranos de Julio...

Dante y Beatrice

“Tanto gentile e tanto onesta parela donna mia quand’ella altrui saluta,ch’ogne lingua deven tremando muta e gli occhi no l’ardiscon di guardare.” (Muéstrase tan hermosa y recatadala dama mía si un saludo ofreceque toda lengua, trémula, enmudecey los ojos se guardan la mirada.) Así, Dante Alighieri nos presenta su amada Beatrice en...

Las Abejas de Ferdinando

Entre las curiosidades de Florencia siempre se cuentan las abejas de Ferdinando, increíblemente difícil de contar. Quien logre contarlas sin tocarlas ni marcarlas, será bendecido con suerte. Veamos de qué se trata.En el centro de Piazza SS. Annunziata encontramos el monumento de bronce del Gran Duque Ferdinando I dei Medici...

Excursiones fuera de Florencia - El baño termal a 52 °C de Bagno Vignoni

Tienes un dia libre? Tome un paseo hasta - BAGNO VIGNONI. Toscana es tierra de baños termales, sobre todo al sur, porque era tierra de volcanes. Uno de los más espectaculares se encuentra en Bagno Vignoni, en el municipio de San Quirico d'Orcia, a una hora en coche desde Siena....

Otras arquitecturas en Florencia --- SAN GIORGIO DELLO SPIRITO SANTO ALLA COSTA.

Se ha completado la restauración de la Iglesia de San Giorgio dello Spirito Santo alla Costa, que ahora es nuevamente la sede de una parroquia de barrio, financiada por la Fundación Gianmaria Buccellati bajo la dirección de la Superintendencia de Bellas Artes de Florencia. Estamos en Costa San Giorgio, uno...

Traditional Carnival season recipes: Frittelle di San Giuseppe

After binge eating over Christmas it is already time to fill our stomachs again with new delicacies. It's the Carnival season! This means it is time for Schiacciata alla Fiorentina, Cenci and Frittelle di San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph’s fritters)!Tuscan sweet rice fritters (frittelle di riso) are one of the most...

Los leones de Florencia

You might have noticed that lions are everywhere in Florence. Have you wondered why? They are guarding Palazzo Vecchio and the Loggia de Lanzi, they are on the weathervane on top of the Arnolfo Tower, they are represented in coat of arms, in paintings, and even the bases of lamplights...

Otras arquitecturas en Florencia - El Mercado Central de San Lorenzo

El Mercado de San Lorenzo o Mercado Central es famoso en todo el mundo y frecuentado por cualquiera que visite Florencia. Puestos exteriores de souvenirs, ropa, objetos en piel y tejidos, puestos de comida interior en la planta baja, restaurantes y gastronomía en el primer piso.El edificio es también una...

El vino Chianti Classico y su Gallo Negro: un "logo" de 600 años

Cada empresa, cada organización debe tener un logo, un símbolo que permita reconocerlo de inmediato y que se coloque en carteles, productos, sitios, membretes, etiquetas, insignias, publicidad, donde sea posible. Tiene un fuerte poder evocador y comercial y las empresas suelen invertir fuertemente en esta representación gráfica a la que...

La Befana has arrived!

  “La Befana vien di notte con le scarpe tutte rotte con le toppe alla sottana: Viva, viva la Befana!”   (“The Befana comes at night/with shoes all broken/with patches on the petticoat:/Long live the Befana!")   Thus the children sing in nursery rhymes describing the Befana. An old woman...

The Florentine Christmas stump

As fireplaces disappeared from the houses, the florentine, and tuscan in general, tradition of the “Ceppo” (Christmas stump) has also gradually been lost. The elders called the day of Christmas and Santo Stefano "Ceppo" and "Ceppino", referring to this very tradition. The Christmas stump had a profound meaning, of strength...

Los jardines de Florencia --- Piazza Massimo D’Azeglio

Piazza Massimo d'Azeglio es un gran espacio verde prácticamente en el centro histórico, su historia es interesante desde un punto de plan urbanístico. Antes de 1865 era una zona de huertas y campos dentro de las murallas que corrían donde ahora están las avenidas de circunvalación. En 1865 la capital...

The origins of the Italian language

Woe to speak ill of Florence to a Florentine, you could trigger a very heated discussion. Florentines have always been known for their patriotic spirit, proud of their city and their origins. We can't blame them after all, considering that in the past Florence has really played a key role...

Los jardines de Florencia - Villa Strozzi

La villa y el gran parque eran una de las residencias privadas de la familia Strozzi, construida a mediados del siglo XVI por Giovan Battista di Lorenzo Strozzi. Los Strozzi eran una familia de banqueros, quizás los más ricos de la época, antiguos enemigos de los Medici. Su palacio en...

The “Acculata Stone”, a very creative punishment!

Right in the center of the Loggia del Porcellino, in the floor,  there is a marble disk depicting a cart wheel. It indicates the point where the "carroccio" (cart) was placed with the insignia and flags of the Florentine Republic, where the army gathered in case of war. But the...

Excursiones fuera de Florencia -Le Burraie y las rosas de la Virgen Maria

A media hora en coche desde Florencia, sobre el pueblo de Santa Brígida, encontrará el "anillo de Le Burraie", un sendero natural equipado de 16 kilómetros a través de bosques, prados, rocas y hermosas vistas. A lo largo del camino hay muchas “burraie” en excelentes condiciones. Pero, ¿qué son las...

Florentine Gothic masterpieces: Giotto's Bell tower

We very often talk about Brunelleschi's spectacular Dome - an unrivaled architectural enterprise- the largest masonry dome ever built to date. Sometimes, however, we forget the other architectural masterpiece that sits right next to it: Giotto's Bell Tower!   It was July 18, 1334 when Giotto began to lay the...

The Lebanon Cedar and the peace in the world

Until recently, the park of Villa Fabbricotti was dominated by a wonderful example of a Lebanon Cedar, right at the top of the hill. The trunk 8 meters wide, almost 25 meters high and 200 years old. For its beauty and monumentality it was chosen by the District Council of...

Stenterello: a Florentine Carnival mask

In Naples there is the famous Pulcinella, in Venice there is Colombina and in Bergamo there are Arlecchino and Brighella; but even Florence has its traditional carnival mask! It is called Stenterello, and owes its name to its puny and haggard appearance, that of a man who seems to have,...

Romantic Florence: Ippolito and Dianora

Florence also has its own Romeo and Juliet, but they are called Ippolito and Dianora (or Lionora). The story is told in a novella of the fifteenth century, Istorietta amorosa fra Leonora de ’Bardi e Ippolito Buondelmonti, that most attribute to the pen of Leon Battista Alberti. It is about...

A vandal called Michelangelo Buonarroti

On the wall of Palazzo Vecchio, behind the statue of Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli, you will notice, if you look closely, the face of a man engraved in stone. According to the legend, Michelangelo Buonarroti himself is the author of this artwork. Michelangelo was an excellent artist, but...

The mistery of the Medici coat of arms

A golden shield with five red balls, and a blue one decorated with three golden lilies. You must have seen it everywhere in Florence, since it is the Medici coat of arms. The Medici blazon underwent inexplicable changes during most of the fifteenth century, in particular in regards to the...

Florentine curiosities: traces of ancient units of measurement

The meter is an object that we all have at home, to which we do not give much importance; often forgotten at the bottom of a drawer under the batteries and the rolls of adhesive tape. We certainly cannot consider it a luxury item. But what if we told you...

Florence Fortezza da Basso

The Fortezza da Basso, or fortress of San Giovanni Battista, today the main Florentine exhibition venue, has a long history, which began after the experience of the siege of 1529. At the time, Duke Alessandro de’ Medici commissioned to the artists and architects Pier Francesco da Viterbo and Antonio da...

Florence curiosities: the upside down balcony

Florence is well-stocked with oddities, just look around while walking down the street to catch some of them. One of these, which strikes the eye of the most attentive ones, is the balcony located in Borgo Ognissanti, at number 12. It certainly stands out: all the architectural elements that compose...

Excursiones fuera de Florencia --- El molino de viento de Monterifrassine

Tienes un dia libre? Haz un recorrido a --- EL MOLINO DE VENTO DE MONTERIFRASSINE. La Toscana no es un territorio ventoso, si no en la costa y en algunas zonas montañosas. Por eso, a lo largo de los siglos los molinos para moler trigo han sido empujados por el...

Recipes of the tradition: Panforte

One of the most typical desserts made in Tuscany - in Siena to be exact - is panforte. A spicy and sweet cake that is consumed during the Christmas period along with the well-known panettone. This dessert has very ancient origins, it is the direct descendant of the pan melato,...

Ribollita: a symbol of Tuscan cusine

Ribollita, along with with the steak, is a symbol of Tuscan cuisine. A thick and nutritious soup characterized by simple flavors and healthy ingredients, perfect for cold winter days. Already in the Middle Ages, it was the custom for the poorest families to prepare a vegetable-based soup on Fridays, since...

Florentine tortures

    An inhuman method that most of the time stole false confessions from the dying convicts. Ironically, confessions or admissions of guilt under torture were not accepted. In fact, when the persons subjected to torture declared that they wanted to speak, the torture was suspended and they were left...

Caterina de Medici, a Florentine woman at the court of France

Daughter of Lorenzo di Piero de Medici, Duke of Urbino, and nephew of Pope Leone X, Caterina de Medici could have only be destined for great things. Although she remained an orphan after her birth in 1519 and was placed in a convent at the age of eight; thanks to...

Day Trip from Florence: Fiesole

Fiesole is the perfect destination for a day trip from Florence, easily reached from the city center by bus or car. The city was formed in the Hellenistic age (late 4th - early 3rd century BC), and became a typical Roman city towards the second half of the 1st century....

Florence celebrates Cosimo I

This year we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Cosimo I de Medici (1519-1574), the first Grand Duke of Tuscany. Son of the condottiere Giovanni de 'Medici, known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere, and Maria Salviati, he became lord of Florence when he was only 17, but was...

Florentine stories: Dante's rock

At the time of Dante, Piazza del Duomo was very different from how we know it today. There was the Baptistery but there was no Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, which was built starting in 1296 on the foundations of the ancient church of Santa Reparata. Furthermore, on the...

The Biancone is shining bright again

The Fontana del Nettuno was finally inaugurated after a two-year restoration, generously funded by the Ferragamo fashion house. In 1559 Cosimo I de Medici announced a competition to design the first public fountain in Florence, which thanks to the construction of a new aqueduct would bring water to the city...

GIORNI DELLA MERLA

Once upon a time, female blackbirds were white as snow, but during one particularly harsh winter their appearance changed forever. January, was a cruel month, cold and unforgiving, especially towards the little animals that struggled to survive to see another spring. Food was scarce, and snowstorms were frequent and the...

Recipes of the tradition: Gnudi

Traditional Tuscan dishes never disappoint, always substantial, simple but tasty. They do not allow themselves to be corrupted by peculiar and refined ingredients, by embellishments and superfluous additions, they go straight to the point and above all to the taste! Gnudi are one of the many dishes of our territory...

The Tower of Palazzo Vecchio

Palazzo Vecchio, with its high tower is one of the symbols of Florence, and the tower, which stands 95 meters high above the roofs of the city, is what marks the location of the ancient Palazzo della Signoria even from afar. The tower of Arnolfo was built at the beginning...

Simonetta Vespucci: Botticelli's muse

Those who watched the tv show Medici, were left wondering about the real story of Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci, the noblewoman considered to have been the muse of Sandro Botticelli. In the episodes of the tv series we see how Simonetta and Giuliano de Medici fall in love while posing as...

Ospedale degli Innocenti

In Piazza Santissima Annunziata, the atmosphere is almost always very quiet, tourists tend to stay away from this part of the historic center, preferring the area of the nearby Academy of Fine Arts or the Duomo. It is precisely the scarce presence of people that gives this wide Florentine square...

Looking for the unnoticed: Palazzo Pitti

Palazzo Pitti is certainly the largest palace in Florence, now home to priceless treasures, once home to the lords of the city, the Medici. We all know it as the residence of the Medici family, in fact, but its name reveals its true origins. Luca Pitti, the archenemy of Cosimo...

Santa Maria Novella unveiled

The Santa Maria Novella Church is one of the most beautiful churches in Florence as well as one of the most important examples of Gothic architecture in Tuscany, and yet, it is too often neglected by tourists, drawn to more famous places of interest. Do not make this mistake. You...

A thousand years of San Miniato al Monte

The Abbey of San Miniato al Monte has just celebrated a thousand years since its foundation! The church was built in honor of St. Miniato, the first martyr of Florence. He was allegedly an Armenian prince who was passing through Florence around the year 250. After refusing to venerate the...

El interior de la Cúpula de Brunelleschi

La cúpula de Brunelleschi, con su cubierta de tejas rojas y la nervadura blanca de mármol como contraste, es una de las obras arquitectónicas más características de Florencia. Admirada y conocida por su aspecto exterior, es en realidad una obra maestra de la arquitectura que resulta igualmente maravillosa vista desde...

La iglesia con el culo en el Arno

Una iglesia poco conocida en Florencia es la Iglesia de San Jacopo Sopr’Arno, un edificio de orígenes antiguos construido en estilo románico. Data del siglo X y XI, y le dio nombre a la aldea que fue construida a su alrededor, Borgo San Jacopo, en el Oltrarno florentino. Giovanni Villani,...

Platillos de la tradición Toscana: Schiacciata alla Fiorentina

Es bien sabido que la cocina toscana es una cocina “pobre”, hecha de ingredientes simples, pero igualmente muy gustosa y apreciada en todo el mundo. Los platillos típicos toscanos están ligados a la tradición campesina y a los productos que provienen del campo, muchos de ellos tienen una historia que...

Michelangelo's David

What do we know about the story of the creation of Michelangelo’s David, one of the world’s greatest masterpieces? As one could expect it all started with a piece of stone. A huge 5-meter-high block of marble stone that other artists had already attempted to sculpt before, giving up almost...

The Rificolona

Again this year, the Rificolona festival will brighten the day of September 7th for many children, who will have fun building a colorful lantern and parading it through the city streets, while the more mischievous ones will arm themselves with blowguns to try and hit the delicate paper creations. This...

ORSANMICHELE: between history and legend

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...

La Iglesia Ortodoxa Rusa en Florencia

A pocos pasos de la Plaza de la Libertà, en una calle que toma nombre del primer Papa de la familia Medici, Leone X (famoso por haber excomulgado a Martín Lutero en 1521), surge una bellísima e inesperada joya arquitectónica. Estamos hablando de la Iglesia Ortodoxa rusa de la Natividad...

Las torres de Florencia

Desde este verano, fue posible acceder a la Torre de San Niccolò, a la Torre de la Zecca Vecchia y a Porta Romana, que normalmente no están abiertas al público, y ahora abren algunos días. La Torre de San Niccolò se abrió el día de la fiesta de San Giovanni,...

El Mercato perdido

Todos conocel en Mercato Nuovo de Florencia, y la famosa loggia del Porcellino, construida en el 1547 en un proyecto de Giovanni Battista Tasso. Aquí, a pocos pasos del Ponte Vecchio, originalmente tenía lugar comercio de seda y objetos preciosos, pero con los años esto ha cambiado. Desde el S.XIX...

Paseo fuera de la ciudad: El Parque Mediceo de Pratolino

Pongamos que vinieron a Florencia atraidos por el inmenso patrimonio artístico, histórico y cultural de la ciudad. Pongamos que ya hayan visitado todos los museos e iglesias y hecho fotografías de las espléndidas panorámicas que la ciudad ofrece. Ahora consideremos que el verano se acerca y que se siente la...

Una visita al Museo Stibbert!

El Museo Stibbert es probablemente uno de los museos más excéntricos de Florencia, y esto podría tener que ver con su fundador, ya que era un hombre bastante excéntrico. Tuvo muchos intereses, y pasó varios años viajando en Europa y creando contactos con comerciantes de antigüedades. Comenzó a coleccionar trajes,...

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