“Fare
il giro delle sette chiese” (“To tour the seven churches”) is an expression
that is often heard, but today it has taken on a different meaning from the
original. We use it to say “to have worked hard to do something without having
succeeded”, but originally the expression literally...
Florence celebrates the multifaceted genius
of Giovan Battista Foggini (1652 –
1725) with a monographic exhibition at Palazzo
Medici Riccardi, organized on the occasion of the third centenary of the
artist’s death.
Foggini was one of the most influential artists of late-Medici Florence,
dedicating himself to various disciplines and excelling...
From
March 27 to July 20, Villa Bardini hosts
the exhibition Caravaggio e il Novecento.
Roberto Longhi, Anna Banti, which explores the relationships that the
couple had with important artists and figures of the twentieth century.
Roberto Longhi was one of the most
important art historians in Italy and the...
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 to...
It is known that Tuscan cuisine is a “poor” cuisine made of
simple ingredients, but very tasty nonetheless and much appreciated worldwide.
The typical Tuscan dishes are linked to the rural tradition and the products
that come from the countryside, most of them have a story to tell.
The desserts...
Next
to the entrance to the Basilica of Santa Croce, stands the monument to Dante Alighieri, made
in 1865 on the occasion of the celebrations for the six hundredth
anniversary of Dante, in the first year of Florence as Capital.
Enrico
Pazzi, a sculptor from Emilia, was called to make...
In Naples there is the famous
Pulcinella, in Venice there is Colombina and in Bergamo there are Arlecchino
and Brighella, but what about in Florence? We also have our traditional
carnival mask, he's called Stenterello, because of his puny and haggard appearance, of a man who seems to have, in fact, grown...
Many have been contending for the paternity of the invention of glasses since Roman times, and among these are Pisa and Florence, the eternal rivals. Even China has tried to claim the paternity of the invention of glasses, but Chinese chronicles report that it was the Jesuit missionaries who imported...
“Tanto gentile e tanto onesta parela donna mia quand’ella altrui saluta,ch’ogne lingua deven tremando mutae gli occhi no l’ardiscon di guardare.”(“So kind and so honest she looksmy woman, when she greets others,that every tongue becomes, shaking, mute,and eyes dare not look at her.”)Thus Dante Alighieri introduces us to his beloved...
On February 9, 1858, Michelangelo Buonarroti’s house,
located at number 70 of Via Ghibellina, became a museum.Since he was young, Michelangelo had dreamed of
creating a patrician house to leave as inheritance to his descendants, a dream
that he never managed to realize during his lifetime.It was his grandson, Michelangelo...
