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...
At
Villa Bardini is ongoing an
exhibition dedicated to a master of Italian photography: Mimmo Jodice. Senza
tempo (Timeless).
The exhibition of the Neapolitan artist will be open until July 14th and
includes eighty shots of great beauty taken between 1964 and 2011, that
summarize his career in 6 sections:...
There is still time to go and see
the exhibition Anselm Kiefer: Fallen
Angels at Palazzo Strozzi and we warmly invite you to do so.As soon as you’ll enter the
courtyard you’ll find yourself admiring Englessturz (The Fall of the Angel),
an enormous seven-metre-high multi-material installation that covers an entire...
The Medici are known as great collectors and patrons of art and
literature. Many also know about their great passion for botany and gardens. Almost every estate owned by the
Medici family was equipped with magnificent parks that we can still admire and
visit today, like the Boboli Gardens.What not...
Say you've come to Florence attracted by its immense artistic, historical and cultural heritage. Say you've already visited all the museums and churches and photographed all the beautiful panoramic views the city has to offer.Now add to all this that at this time of the year, days are sunny and...
Florence is also called the
"lily city", the red lily is in fact the symbol of the Tuscan
capital, it can be found on coats of arms, on the shields supported by the
Marzocco, on the historic Florentine buildings and as a symbol of sporting
associations.This love between the lily...
On Ponte
alle Grazie, a man leans out and bravely steps into the void.
The man is that of the installation by Clet, a French artist who has lived for
many ears in Florence, where he opened his studio in Oltrarno, becoming famous
for his interventions on road signs.
L’Uomo...
Cecìna, or
also chickpea farinata, is a
delicious chickpea flour pancake, a dish suitable for all seasons that goes
well with many foods. It can be found throughout Tuscany and Liguria. In fact,
there is a dispute about the origin of this recipe between the two regions that
has been...
Villa Bardini is
undoubtedly one of the most spectacular exhibition spaces in Florence, as well
as a beautiful green lung of the city.It
was originally Villa Manadora, built for Francesco Manadori in 1641 on a
pre-existing medieval building.
The property is located on the slope of the hill that descends...
Looking
up while busy admiring the spectacular statues of the Loggia dei Lanzi including the statue of Perseus holding the head of
Medusa (1555) by Benvenuto
Cellini, you might have missed to notice the beautiful bas-relief placed
right at the base of this statue.This
square bronze bas-relief depicting
an episode...
