This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. If you walk along the streets of Florence, you will probably see a strange and super colored taxi, driven by a woman just as strange and colored, always with a smile on her face. That read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. “Amici Miei” (“My Friends”, in English) is an Italian cult comedy-drama movie – the first of a trilogy – that was first showed in movie theatres in August 10, 1975. Shot in Florence, the movie read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Another common expression used by old and new generations in Florence and the environs is “Il Toni” to refer to sweatsuits, in sentences like “Domani vado in palestra, mi metto il toni” (tomorrow I am read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In the Florentine vernacular, it is very common to hear the expression “a ufo”. This expression is used in a negative sense when someone does something without paying. Where does this expression come from? It read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The “Rificolona” is a paper lantern festival that takes place in Florence between September 7th and 8th, when the Holy Mary was born. It is one of the most ancient festivals of the city. In read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Perhaps the most memorable part of the Siena’s incredible Duomo isn’t in the Duomo at all, but the grand façade just outside of it. During the Middle Ages, Siena in constant competition with its arch read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. This “little” Farnese palace, perhaps would better be named Villa Chigi, in honor of the powerful and wealthy Sienese banker and art lover, Agostino Chigi, who commissioned the building and decoration of the impressive palace. read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In the beautifully decorated Loggia of the Galatea in the Villa Farnesina, one particular image stands out. It is a monochromatic drawing of a man’s head, a stark contrast to the brightly colored frescoes and read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In September 2015, Professor Pietro Armienti found, embedded in the façade of Saint Nicola’s Church in Pisa, a message that had been hidden for over 800 years. It is a code embedded in the geometrically read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The black rooster on a gold background is the historic symbol of Chianti Classico. The mascot has a deep-rooted background which dates to the middle ages when Florence and Siena were chief enemies and tensions read more