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Following the first Florence tour itinerary, here is a second suggestion that will get you going in Florence for a day or two. If you feel a little overwhelmed by the city’s amount of things to do and see, this will be a nice suggestion to follow and focus on not-to-be-missed sights. Start in Piazza [...]
Florence in Italy is among the most visited cities in Tuscany. The blunt reason is that there is so much to see and experience at so many levels (artistic, historic, mundane, literary, cultural, religious just to name a few) that anyone has a reason to visit Florence at least once. Visiting Florence is a lifetime [...]
When we think of the middle ages the images coming to our mind are those of knights, kings and epic battles, but also of great poverty, poor social status and disastrous health conditions that would often bring to plagues and epidemics of all sorts. This was due to the complete lack of a urban sewage [...]
Millions of tourists visit Florence in Italy every year in any season. Many are attracted by masterpieces with which Renaissance masters have gifted the Tuscan city. The one that is probably the most famous of all is Michelangelo Buonarroti, the author of the David, the Pieta and other splendid sculptures in Florence. Would it not [...]
These last few days in Tuscany have been quite hot, not only for the August sun. The heat is generated by a strong argument between the Italian government and the city of Florence. One would have never imagined, but the Italian government is claiming ownership over the ultra-famous Michelangelo’s David, which as of today has [...]
England has a huge, almost incalculable monetary debt with Florence. Or so it would be if everything had not been evened out for religious magnanimity. How did it all start? It must be said that Florence used to be the most powerful city in the world. Florence managed a huge wealth and exerted a great [...]
The history of wine is on display in Florence with Vinum Nostrum from July 19th, 2010 (tomorrow) until May 15th, 2011 at the Palazzo degli Argenti. The full title of the exhibit is Vinum Nostrum: Wine Art, Science and Myths among Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations. Conviviality and drunkenness, door to spirituality and frowned-upon habit. The development [...]
Although not as startling and mesmerizing as “The Silence of The Lambs”, the movie “Hannibal” was a quite wide success, breaking movie records at the box office when it was released in 2001. So you might well be one of those who saw it, and I am pretty sure that some scenes of that movie [...]
Summer just begun, but many important art exhibitions in Tuscany already opened their doors some time ago. Large cities and small towns host unique, must-see exhibitions from ancient Egypt to contemporary art. Museums all over Tuscany land their spaces for these art events. Florence and Siena are at the top of the list with their [...]
The Florence Baptistery in front of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, the Duomo, is among the most beautiful of the world. The golden doors named Porta del Paradiso, or Paradise Door, are the masterpiece of Lorenzo Ghiberti and his son. Everything is balanced and harmonious. What are those two uneven black columns doing besides [...]
