This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Domenico Bigordi, born in Florence in 1449, was the first of five children. The nickname “Ghirlandaio” came from his father’s art as a goldsmith. In fact, his father was a famous jeweler excelled for his read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. When in 1559 Cosimo I de’ Medici organized a contest to design the first public fountain in Florence, he hoped to give the city splendor with a new David, hopefully this time without republican messages. read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Florence, as we know is one of the most famous cities, renowned for its great beauty, culture and art. Pass through the city and you discover a unique environment, the tourists eyes wide open and read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The representation of the Last Supper is a primary theme in art history, often encountered in convents along with other scenes critical in the life of Jesus. During the 1400s the Last Supper became one read more
“Ir a ver la explosión del carro en la mañana de Pascua”. La explosión del carro es la tradición popular más antigua de la ciudad y se considera como el corazón de la Pascua en Florencia. A partir de la Edad Media, la ceremonia simboliza la costumbre de distribuir el read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Rub the Nose of the “Porcellino” in the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo The “Porcellino” is one of Florence’s icons; it’s both amulet and tradition. You can find copies of “Il Porcellino” in Aix-en-Provence, France, in read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. One of Michelangelo’s least known inventions is the polyhedron, which shows the link Michelangelo had with Leonardo da Vinci. It is an object made of two hemispheres faceted in 60 small triangles, and it was read more
Weather prediction has always been a problem. But many believe that popular wisdom or lore is every bit as accurate as other sources, for example: “Rosso di sera bel tempo si spera….” Or “Red sky at night, good weather hopefully…” The Florentines, whose tradition of popular sayings is renowned for read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Should you be in Florence between April and May you shouldn’t miss out on the spectacular display of hundreds of Irises in a riot of colors inside the Iris Garden at Piazzale Michelangelo. Founded in read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The XV century’s mathematician and cartographer Paolo Toscanelli made a 4-centimeter-wide hole on the cupola of the Cathedral, through which he could observe the sun. The small hole channeled the beams of the sun that read more