About 50 minutes by car
from Florence, in Santomato in Pistoia, is the Fattoria di Celle, a villa with a museum park that houses the Gori
collection.Since the second half of
the twentieth century, in fact, the property has been open to the public, with
guided tours by reservation that...
On
Sunday, May 25, on the occasion of the ADSI
(Association of Italian Historic Homes) National Day, an event dedicated to historic homes, it will be possible to
visit over 500 historic residences throughout Italy for free. In Florence and
its province, 36 historic homes will be open, including palaces,...
Little known in Florence is the Church of San Jacopo Soprarno, a structure of ancient origin built in Romanesque style. Dating back to the X-XI century, it gave its name to the borough that was built around it, Borgo San Jacopo, in the Florentine Oltrarno.
Giovanni Villani, Florentine historian and...
Villa
Salviati is located along the homonymous street, with an access on the main
road and one on via Faentina. This splendid villa is guarded like a precious
jewel, and is opened to the public only once a year on the occasion of Europe
Day.Alamanno
Salviati came into possession of...
Florence is beautiful even in the rain, but when it shines under the spring sun it becomes something spectacular. It is then that you have to go out absolutely for a walk in the center, or along the bank of the river Arno or better still go to visit one...
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....
“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...
