If you feel like disconnecting with the background noises that don't leave us, sometimes, even at night, then it means you are looking for a quiet area! A quiet area is not necessarily silent, but [...]
The District of Gavinana and Galluzzo This district extends to the South-East of the city, particularly rich in green areas around villages and agglomerations, such as Galluzzo and Gavinana and also [...]
Within the large Oltrarno area - approximately in the zone between Ponte Vecchio, the Lungarni up to Piazza Ferrucci, the slopes of Piazzale Michelangelo and Forte Belvedere – you can discover one of [...]
The name San Salvi evokes more than just the district named after the ancient religious complex, in most Florentines’ minds. Indeed, the large green area in Quartiere 2 is where Florence’s Asylum [...]
Giorgio Vasari was born in Arezzo in 1511 and died in Florence in 1574, exactly 450 years ago. Between these two dates, the activity of such an important personality for the history of art, the city [...]
A typical street food in Florence? lampredotto rolls. I t can be bought from the trippai (literally tripe sellers), stalls permanently spread in various parts of the city that serve and prepare bovine [...]
Michelangelo's David, the best known and most admired man in Florence The colossal statue, sculpted by a young Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1504, depicts David preparing to strike Goliath with a [...]
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of the Perugino (1523), one of the most important Italian painters between the 15th and 16th centuries. He was particularly active in Florence [...]
“From the Alps to the Pyramids… ”, thus Alessandro Manzoni describes the lightning-quick conquests of Napoleon I in continental Europe in his poem “The Fifth of May” . The kingdoms he conquered were [...]
The Italian term "enogastronomia" describes the link that develops in an area between the community and its local food and wine products. More and more people want to experience and taste this [...]
