This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. 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 read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. 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 read more
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. 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
“Aller voir le Scoppio del Carro le matin de Pâques” Le Scoppio del Carro (explosion du char) est la tradition folklorique la plus ancienne de la ville et elle est considérée le coeur de la Pâques à Florence. Depuis le Moyen-Âge, la cérémonie a symbolisé la distribution du feu béni read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The building of Parco delle Cascine began thanks to the ‘de Medici family, who wanted to build a farming and hunting estate. The very name of the park derives from “cascio”, which refers to bovine read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Embedded in the wall of Santa Maria Maggiore Church, overlooking Via Dei Cerretani, there is a petrified head that is thought to belong to Berta, a Florentine woman who lived in the city in 1300s. read more
Juste à côté de Porta Romana, des deux côtés de la montée de Viale Machiavelli, on trouve l’un des parcs publics les plus fascinants de Florence: Bobolino. Le nom s’inspire de voisin jardin de Boboli, duquel il est une version réduite mais pas mineure. Bobolino est un jardin en pente read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Piazza della Repubblica has (almost) always been the center of life for Florence and its citizens. To one side, is the “Colonna dell’Abbondanza” or “Column of Abundance” that once marked where the cardo and decumanus read more