Thanks to this itinerary, starting from Piazza Santa Croce (with its worldwide famous Basilica) we'll discover the Sant'Ambrogio district, a lively area with its own identity, which has remained more...
The Loggia del Pesce (fish loggia) which is located today in Piazza dei Ciompi, is a project by Giorgio Vasari commissioned by Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici in 1567. The loggia was intended to house...
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...
Starting in April, the Toscana Classica Season returns. This musical production association promotes and encourages the professional activity of young musicians, singers, and musical ensembles. The...
In the months of April, May, and June, every Saturday, and in July and August also on Wednesdays, you can attend symphonic concerts by the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina at the Auditorium Santo...
Inside the Boboli Gardens there is a secret space, the Garden of the Camellias. During the year it is closed to the public but from January to Mid April it is extraordinarily open. In 1688, when the...
Don't wait for Valentine's Day, but test our romantic itinerary in and around Florence, where the beauty of the city is the inspiration for love and not just the background for a banal selfie. Surely...
Not many among the Florentines know about Quercione trough, called Fountain of Boccacce, situated in the middle of one of the vast lawns of Cascine Park, The structure standing in the middle of the...
At the far end of Cascine Park, stands an oriental-style and eccentric-looking funerary monument, in memory of the sad and short story of a traveler coming from remote India. In 1870, young Indian...
The Palazzina Reale, or the Grand Ducal Villa is located in the exact center of Cascine Park, on a large square guarded by four lionesses-sphinxes, neo-egyptian decorations added at the end of the...
The pyramid-shaped ice house, built to keep the cold inside even in the warmest seasons and which nothing has to do with Egypt, is located near Pavoniere, in viale degli Olmi. It’s a ten-meters high...
Among the numerous fountains that can be found in Cascine Park, one of the most significant ones is the Fountain of Narcissus, realized in 1791 by florentine architect Giuseppe Manetti who added to it...
Piazza Vittorio Veneto was, in Giuseppe Poggi’s project, the access point to Cascine Park. In its center, the Vittorio Emanuele II’s equestrian statue stands tall. Originally, this monument, designed...
Cascine Park is the green heart of the city, and being only a few steps far from the city center, it’s the ideal place to go for a walk or for a bicycle ride. It’s Florence’s largest park, measuring...
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...
Nature nourishes us and encourages us to live. We are confronted with nature every day, and it is increasingly necessary to strike a balance between the anthropomorphic presence and the sustainability...
Fondazione per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione (FRI) includes as partners the University of Florence, the Metropolitan City of Florence and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze. FRI promotes...
Contemporary art to wear. Yoko Takirai and Pietro Pellitteri's jewellery is like small works of art: light, elegant, unique. Together they create innovative design jewellery. In 2002 they founded the...
In her Taftique atelier in the centre of Florence, Jules Vissers designs and produces tafted and hand-embroidered tapestries. She graduated with top marks in Art Textiles at the Accademia di Belle...
Camilla Catrambone is a paper designer based in Florence. In a panorama increasingly distant from the tactile and artisanal experience, the choice of paper was instinctive and sustainable for her...
