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Florence art: the Myth, the Sacred, the Portrait: paintings from the Palatine Gallery’s repositories

Florence art: the Myth, the Sacred, the Portrait: paintings from the Palatine Gallery’s repositories

Sala delle Nicchie in the Palatine Gallery hosts the exhibition “The Myth, the Sacred, the Portrait: paintings of the Palatine Gallery’s repositories”. Until 22th December 2012 you’ll have the chance to visit this short anthology, designed to enable public to approach an inexhaustible and always surprising artistic heritage, the result of the lengthy collecting of the Medici and their connection with the city.

Museum in Florence: New Frontier, the exhibit dedicated to the native inhabitants of America

Museum in Florence: New Frontier, the exhibit dedicated to the native inhabitants of America

To celebrate the fifth centennial of the death of Amerigo Vespucci, famous discoverer of American continent, Florence hosts New Frontier, the exhibit dedicated to history and culture of native inhabitants of America. From 3rd July to 9th December 2012 Pitti Palace will host some of the most precious pieces from the Gilcrease Museum of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the most important for the richness of the North-American continent’s manufactures.

Florence museums: Accademia Gallery by night

Florence museums: Accademia Gallery by night

A great opportunity to visit one of the most important Florentine museum, known as the “home” of David by Michelangelo: Accademia Gallery of Florence will be open until 22 PM, on Tuesday and Thursday (for free), until 30th September 2012.