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 [...]
After a long period, the Fashion and Costume Museum at Pitti Palace, Florence, is finally back on view in its entirety, and completely renovated. It is the oldest museum of its kind in all of Italy [...]
Musart festival is one of the most important summer events in terms of music. It takes place in the Parco Mediceo di Pratolino, in the municipality of Vaglia, 15 minutes from the city centre [...]
What better time to visit one of the city's great museums? It's low season and the first Sunday of the month, 1 March, marks the return of the Domenica al Museo (Sunday at the Museum) initiative [...]
With its diverse collections of unbelievable variety and richness, the Specola Museum, which reopens on 22 February after refurbishment, offers a different kind of visit from what the common [...]
Along the crowded Via Calzaiuoli, halfway between Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Signoria, stands a unique building: Orsanmichele church and museum, which has just reopened after an accurate [...]
In this period, two important banks, the Banca d’Italia and the Cassa di Risparmio of Florence, have opened their Florentine doors, making it possible to admire some of the masterpieces featured in [...]
For all those who have chosen Florence and its surroundings as their holiday destination at the end of 2023/early 2024, here is an overview of the Holiday museum schedule (the next one will be the [...]
Until April 7, Museo degli Innocenti is featuring a new important exhibition dedicated to Alphonse Mucha, czech artist protagonist of Art Nouveau and Belle Epoque. He was born in the Czech Republic in [...]
Beneath the Sagrestia Nuova designed by Michelangelo, in the Museum of Medici Chapels, sits a tiny mysterious room, known as “ the secret room of Michelangelo”, where he is said to have hidden for a [...]
