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 plus légendaire et piquante. On parte de celle plus vraisemblable, probablement la 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
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’inondation, des esquisses sont revenus à la surface, des brouillons au fusain de figures et read more
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 des siècles, et il est décrit comme un prince arménien ou read more
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 Vasari pour avoir une meilleure vue de la Ville depuis le pont. On dit que read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. For us Florentine citizens, “Palazzo Vecchio” is that magnificent palace that we admire, photograph but we maybe don’t know in detail. Probably, going inside and understanding it requires many days of accurate study, but sometimes read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. A cemetery dating to the late Roman Age (V-VI century AD) resurfaced below the Uffizi Gallery, during the excavation work (2014) under the Magliabechiana Library. Workers found nearly sixty skeletons of people who died during read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The city of Florence satisfies many curiosities, but it also holds many mysteries that we have not been able to unravel yet. The Basilica of San Lorenzo is a church that was very dear to read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Carrara marble is world famous, mention the name and immediately one thinks of Michelangelo’s Il David or Pietà; but not everyone realizes that just outside of Florence is a small cave, which might not be read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The painting “Madonna of the Roses”, by Titian, is so delicate that it had to be put in horizontal position to prevent it from being damaged. This is the reason why this painting is less read more