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 [...]
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 [...]
Green hills covered in vineyards and olive groves, small medieval villages dotting the countryside between Florence and Siena: Chianti has always been the land of good living. Beloved for its [...]
