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This little know trail, at least from the touristic perspective, is a very pretty and makes for a very pleasant bike […]

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The building of Parco delle Cascine began thanks to the ‘de Medici family, who wanted to build a farming and hunting e […]

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Visit Piazzale Michelangelo, Take a Walk to Porta Romana and Relax in Bobolino.

Just outside of Porta Romana (Roman […]

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Embedded in the wall of Santa Maria Maggiore Church, overlooking Via Dei Cerretani, there is a petrified head that is […]

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“If you know where to look, Florence is paradise” cit.

Itinerary:
PORTA ROMANA (Roman Gate)
GIARDINO DI BOBOLI (Boboli […]

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The Medici Villa La Petraia is located in the quiet area of ​​Castello, Via Petraia 40 in Florence. It is con […]

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Make an Appointment with the Owners for a Guided Tour.

Deep in the heart of Florence, hidden behind walls, the […]

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The Loggia del Mercato Nuovo hosts a bicolored marble piece of work that reproduces one of the wheels of Carroccio, which […]

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«Nor ample less nor larger they appear’d
Than, in Saint John’s fair dome of me beloved,
Those framed to hold the pure […]

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One of Michelangelo’s least known inventions is the polyhedron, which shows the link Michelangelo had with Leonardo d […]

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The XV century’s mathematician and cartographer Paolo Toscanelli made a 4-centimeter-wide hole on the cupola of the C […]

Sous la Loggia des Lanzi on trouve la célèbre statue en bronze du Persée tenant dans une main la tête de Méduse et dans l’autre l’épée avec laquelle il l’a coupée; mais la partie intéressante, et moins connue a […]

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Recently, underground rooms and corridors were discovered below the Basilica of San Lorenzo. They probably belonged to […]

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On the façade of Palazzo Vecchio, left of the entrance, behind the statues of Hercules and Cacus, there is a face […]

Il semble bien que sur la façade du Dôme, de la part qui regarde la rue Ricasoli, il y ait la tête d’un bovin. Derrière ce “mystère” aussi se cachent deux histoires, une certainement plus véridique et l’autre p […]

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Rub the Nose of the “Porcellino” in the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo
The “Porcellino” is one of Florence’s icons; it […]

Dix ans après l’inondation, en 1975, suite aux travaux de restauration de la Basilique, on a découvert un couloir de sept mètres sur deux au-dessous de la Nouvelle Sacristie où, grâce à l’humidité restée de l’in […]

La basilique San Miniato al Monte se trouve sur une colline au sud-est du centre historique de Florence, près de Piazzale Michelangelo. L’ Église porte le nom du saint qui fut le premier martyr de Florence il y a […]

La beauté de Ponte Vecchio est incontestable, si bien que Hitler aussi en resta fasciné pendant une visite à Florence en 1938 guidé par Mussolini, qui pour l’occasion fit élargir les fenêtres du Corridor de Vasa […]

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For us Florentine citizens, “Palazzo Vecchio” is that magnificent palace that we admire, photograph but we maybe don […]