• Secret Drawings of Michelangelo

    Ten years after the flood, in 1975, the Medici Chapels were restored. After the restoration works, a concealed corridor of 7 meters by 2 was found below the New Sacristy (Sagrestia Nuova). In this corridor, the humidity caused by the flood made some charcoal drawings re-emerge. Those drawing depict various read more

  • Gian Gastone’s Tomb

    The tomb of Gian Gastone is right behind the altar in the Medici Chapels. Gian Gastone was the last Gran Duke of the ‘de Medici family. What is interesting about the tomb is that the burial niche with the corpse of the Gran Duke was not inside of it. It read more

  • Ponte Vecchio

    The beauty of Ponte Vecchio is undeniable. It is so beautiful that even Hitler himself was enchanted by it when he visited Florence with Mussolini in 1938. For their visit, the windows of the Vasari Corridor were widened in order to have a better panoramic view of the city. It read more

  • Il Calcio Storico Fiorentino

    Go and See a Calcio Storico Fiorentino Match Soccer (for the Americans), or football (for the rest of the world) has ancient origins, spreading over many times and places. As early as the eleventh century BC, Japan and China developed many games similar to football. The Greeks started playing a read more

  • The Stone of the Bum Punishment

    The Loggia del Mercato Nuovo hosts a bicolored marble piece of work that reproduces one of the wheels of Carroccio, which was the symbol of the Florentine Republic. In the past, this spot was called “pietra dell’acculata”, meaning “the stone of the bum punishment”. It was the place where defrauders read more

  • The Hidden Face of Perseus

    The Loggia dei Lanzi houses a famous bronze statue depicting Perseus while holding Medusa’s head in one hand, and a sword in the other. What is interesting about the statue is that on the back of it, we can see that there is a face carved where the helmet should read more

  • Inferno di Dan Brown

    “If you know where to look, Florence is paradise” cit. Itinerary: PORTA ROMANA (Roman Gate) GIARDINO DI BOBOLI (Boboli Gardens) CORRIDOIO VASARIANO (Vasari Corridor) PALAZZO VECCHIO PIAZZA SIGNORIA CASA DI DANTE (Dante’s House) BATTISTERO (Batptistry)

  • The Bull on the Cathedral

    The head of a bull is embedded in the side of the Cathedral overlooking Via Ricasoli. Behind the mystery, hide two stories, one more likely to be true, the other more legendary and “spicy”. Let us begin with the most plausible one. According to this story, the workers who built read more

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