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 [...]
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 [...]
Florence offers many opportunities to hearing-impaired people concerning museum visits. Videoguides, interactive games and tours in sign languages: a lot of ways to approach art from a different point [...]
Florence, the city of art and the Renaissance. But how is this creativity expressed today? With this itinerary, we would like to take you on a discovery of some of the contemporary and avant-garde [...]
The beginning of the modern age sees the human being as the protagonist of his own time and the architect of his own destiny. Humanistic philological studies restore to classical culture the value and [...]
In Florence, the go-to district for sports lovers is Campo di Marte, the area spreading from the railway to the foot of Fiesole’s hill. The area was firstly used in the 19th century by the Tuscan army [...]
