This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Vasco Pratolini is thought to be one of the most important Italian writers of the second half of the 20th century. Some of his writings and novels are the best representation of the realist and, read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The event that more than anything else fueled rumors and aroused the curiosity of historians, scriptwriters and even video game makers (e.g. Assassin’s Creed) is the Pazzi conspiracy. The Pazzi family aimed at overthrowing the read more
Al devenir Reina de Francia, Catalina ‘de Médici llevó consigo cocineros y pasteleros florentinos, justo para “sentirse a casa”. Se dice que la reina era tan supersticiosa que durante un banquete en 1549 ordenó a los cocineros que preparasen una comida de manera que todo podría ser dividido por tres, read more
En el centro histórico de Florencia, muy cerca de Piazza della Signoria (Plaza de la Señoría) y del Palacio Bargello, hay uno de los edificios más antiguos de la ciudad: Torre della Castagna (Torre de la Castaña). La torre fue construida en 1038 como regalo del Emperador Corrado II a read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. CO.RA. is the acronym for Commissione Radio. Radio CO.RA. was an illegal radio created by the English forces and used by the Florentine Resistenza between January and June 1944. The main purpose of Radio CO.RA. read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The so-called buchette del vino were little windows built outside the main entrance of the old Renaissance palaces in the historic city center, just outside from where the indoor cellars were. These windows are made read more
Gino Bartali (18 de julio de 1914 – 5 de mayo de 2000) apodado “Ginettaccio” (Gino malo) por su carácter algo seco y reservado, era un inolvidable campeón de ciclismo: ganó tres veces el Giro de Italia y dos veces el Tour de Francia. Su nombre es indisolublemente enlazado a read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Already during the XIV century, Florence was famous for the production of leather, from tanning to selling. Therefore, leather craftsmanship has very ancient origins. Around 1282, the Arte dei Cuoiai o Galigai (curriers and tanners read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. What do Florence, Palermo and the English throne have in common? Let’s go back in time to the Medici era to discover this little known curiosity, for which we have the written chronicles of Giorgio read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In order to get to know deep inside the grumpy and polemic Florentines, we must know something about Fiorentina, the city soccer club. Florentines have always argued about everything, but there is only one thing read more