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Il Civaiolo was established in 1948, when Alfredo Poggesi together with his wife Dina decided to open a shop for the sale of warmers, oil lamps, earthenware pots and pans, chickpeas, beans...

In 1929, Serafino Vivoli founded a dairy in Via Isola delle Stinche, where they could get coffee and buy whipped cream. His brother Raffaello joined them, giving the business a further boost, so much...

The Foto Locchi photographic art and technique workshop has been in business since 1924 and is one of the oldest photo shops in Florence. It has had a photographic archive since 1934, placed under the...

Campolmi Filati has its origins in the haberdashery shop opened in the 1930s by Emilio and Ida Campolmi, while their son Giampaolo decided to specialise in yarns in 1954. The shop is located in the...

Ottica Tulini was founded in 1961, when Renzo Tulini opened his optician's business in the premises that once housed the Sbolci flower shop. After the damage caused by the 1966 flood, the business...

Profumeria Invicta was founded in 1946 by Mario Nassi. The business, housed in a historic building, initially specialised in the production of hairdressing helmets, and later in the sale of...

The tradition of Florentine craftsmanship expressed through historic shops greets the rock world in Florence this June. A circuit of long-lived workshops, with a tradition proudly asserted, where you...

Public toilet - Viale Galilei, close to piazzale Michelangelo

The Florence Korea Film Fest will celebrate its 24th edition in Florence from 19 to 28 March 2026, at the Cinema La Compagnia. This festival, dedicated to the best of South Korean cinematography, will...

The Roberto Longhi Foundation was born from the testamentary will of the great art historian Roberto Longhi. Located in the hills above Florence, it is housed in the villa where the art historian...

In the immediate vicinity of Florence, on the summit of a small hill on the slopes of Fiesole and Settignano, is this small, large church, an authentic jewel set in the typical Tuscan landscape...

Public Toilet - Piazza San Giovanni, at the Centro Arte e Cultura, Opera del Duomo

From February to April 2026, ten concerts at the Sala del Buonumore Pietro Grossi of the Cherubini Conservatory.

The new tourist information office for the city of Florence, the Area and the entire region is located in Piazza Stazione 5, in the historic but renovated premises of the Santa Maria Novella Complex...

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...

This itinerary will take us to discover some of the lesser-known places in the center of Florence, along an unprecedented route outside the circuits of mass tourism. Starting right from Santa Maria...

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...

In the eastern area of Cascine Park, near piazza Vittorio Veneto, there is the Pavoniere swimming pool. It takes its name from the aviaries (“pavoniere”) shaped like neoclassical temples that can...

You don’t need to be an architecture enthusiast to understand the value and skill embodied in Giovanni Michelucci’s projects. In Florence and the surrounding cities there are numerous examples of his...

According to Clet, Florence isn't a locked chest preserving treasures of the past, but rather a cradle, always ready to welcome new contemporary gems, in order to renew and further embellish itself...