It’s not unusual that buildings with a long history or who boast a long productive activity lose their purpose at some point, and end up being closed up and unused for many years, even decades. This...
The city of the Renaissance offers, for those who are passionate about contemporary art, a series of unexpected opportunities! Let's start with the Museo Novecento, in the former Leopoldine complex in...
The stolpersteine or stumbling blocks are a creation by Gunther Demnig and we can now find them in many European cities. They remind us of the huge tragedy of Shoah. This trail offers a different way...
In Florence you can admire some interesting examples of Art Nouveau architecture, concentrated near the nineteenth century area beyond the inner ring road of avenues conceived by Poggi. Here, in wave...
Although Baroque is not the most representative artistic season for Florence, compared for example to the Renaissance – and it is difficult to compare it in scope with the Roman one - there are many...
This itinerary will guide you to the discovery of the main operas of Giotto. This great artist, who changed forever the idea of perspective, lived in Florence for many years, bequeathing a priceless...
An unusual route, definitely out of the popular tourist destinations. Cemeteries invite us to silence - even if sometimes immersed in the city traffic – and worthy of being visited as authentic...
Since the 13th century, Florence represented a key point in the roadway system of central Italy, both in terms of ordinary road system and pilgrims’ itineraries, particularly those leading to or...
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...
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...
