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Tuscany vacations: Impruneta’s Festival

Tuscany vacations: Impruneta’s Festival

Impruneta is a city near Florence, known for the traditional Saint Luke festival, which celebrates the picture with miraculous powers preserved in the Basilica. To emphasize Impruneta’s uses, the municipality in collaboration with Florence organize “La fiera del Granduca, Impruneta, 18 ottobre 1618”, exhibition centred on Filippo Napoletano’s painting (conserved in Private Residence of Cosimo II in Pitti Palace), which will end on 6th January 2013.

Florence walking tours: special winter project

Florence walking tours: special winter project

Florence is universally known as one of the most beautiful cities of the world: art and nature meet and mix like in no other place, giving a unique charm to the cradle of renaissance. The Municipality wants to promote this side of the town with a special project, “Florence the walking city”, which draw up citizens, kids and adults, and visitors to nature and to the hidden beauty of Florence.

Place to visit in Tuscany: Moebius’ exhibition in Poggibonsi

Place to visit in Tuscany: Moebius’ exhibition in Poggibonsi

Fenice Nine Arts International Festival of Poggibonsi, festival dedicated to theme of transformation in art, celebrates, until 4th November 2012, Jean Giraud (known also as Moebius) one of the most famous comic strip artists of twentieth century, with an exclusive exhibition of his last work, composed by 50 illustrated pages.

Florence art – I Magnifici Tre: jewel-books of Lorenzo De’ Medici

Florence art – I Magnifici Tre: jewel-books of Lorenzo De’ Medici

Florence is reconfirmed as source of beauties and cradle of art, as it will host a unique exhibition until 20th October 2012: “Magnifici tre, jewel-books of Lorenzo de’ Medici”. These illuminated codes, ordered by Lorenzo the Magnificent for his daughters, are masterpieces of Renaissance, and they’ll be showed for the first time after five centuries.