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...
On
Saturday, May 23, 2026, the European Night
of Museums returns, and like the
rest of Italy, in Florence it will be possible to visit many museums and other
cultural sites until late at night, either free of charge or for the symbolic
price of €1.The
cultural initiative is promoted...
You can't visit Italy
without stopping by pastry shops and bakeries to sample local specialties. In Florence, there are some
gastronomic delcacies that are only available in certain seasons, while others
can be enjoyed year-round. This is the case with Tuscan rice pudding (budino
di riso), or rather, Florentine rice...
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...
MIDA – the Florence International Handicrafts Fair, is back in town!
The biggest handcrafts fair in Florence Since 1931, the event brings together Italian
and international craftsmanship under one roof, at the Fortezza Da Basso.
Now in its 90th edition, It’s the longest-lived fair of this kind in Italy and...
Since
the Middle Ages, "semplici", a word derived from
the Latin “medicina simplex”, meaning
medicinal herbs and tranlated as “simples”, have been grown in Florentine city
gardens.In 1454, Cosimo I de' Medici
founded a true academic garden for the students of the Faculty of Medicine."A public place
where...plants native to...
A good observer will discover that in Florence there are several astronomical instruments scattered around the city, not only great breeding ground for artists but also for scientists and scholars.
In ancient times, to know the time people used the sundial, a measurement tool based on the detection of the...
Until
August 23, Palazzo Strozzi hosts Rothko in Florence, an exhibition
dedicated to one of the masters of modern art.
The project is designed to establish a dialogue between Rothko's work and the
artistic and architectural heritage of Florence, particularly the Renaissance
spaces of Palazzo Strozzi, as well as involving...
It may happen that
looking for the address of a shop becomes confusing for those coming from
outside Florence, because in the Tuscan capital a differentiation is made
between the house numbers, written in black, and those of commercial
activities, marked with red numbers.
The origins
The civic numbering in...
