The foundation of Florence in Roman times
Do you know the history of Flroence? The foundation of Florence dates back to Roman times, despite evidence existing to show that Florence was already occupied in prehistoric times. The oldest part of...
Do you know the history of Flroence? The foundation of Florence dates back to Roman times, despite evidence existing to show that Florence was already occupied in prehistoric times. The oldest part of...
When the temperature during Summer rise up the best thing to do is to eat a great gelato and we suggest to try “Vivoli”, the anciest ice cream shop of Florence, a place where...
Once upon a time, and it is appropriate to say …. Here everything is wood, everything speaks of the tradition and history of Florence, but not limited to …. Pinocchio is the lion’s share...
To coincide with the Strozzi exhibition “Pontormo e Rosso Fiorentino”, inside Palazzo Vecchio’s Traces of Florence offers visitors a new take on the famous panels painted by Pontormo for the processional wagon of St John the...
If you enter in the beautiful courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio built by Michelozzo and decorated in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari for the wedding of Francesco de ‘ Medici and Johanna of Austria, you...
CRAFTS AND PALACE , reality independent nonprofit founded in 1994 from an idea of Blacks Torrigiani and passion of Georgiana Corsini to promote and maintain high artistic craftsmanship and added value of the handmade and...
The Iris Garden of Piazzale Michelangelo was created in 1954 to give hospitality to a yearly International Competition for the best variety of Iris ‘The Florence Prize’ on the initiative of Mrs. Flamina Specht...
Once upon a time an ancient tradition that began in 1097, when Pazzino de’ Pazzi, a Florentine from a prominent family, was by tradition the first man to scale the walls of Jerusalem. As...
La tradizione pasquale fiorentina vuole che il dolce prediletto sia a forma di lettere; si tratta dei quaresimali, biscottini sfiziosi con i quali i bambini si divertono a scrivere brevi parole, infatti la loro...
Da secoli quello che i fiorentini chiamano “brindellone”, per la sua mole, è al centro della celebrazione pasquale, un tempo utilizzato il sabato Santo e oggi, dopo una variazione della liturgia, utilizzato per i...