• “My Friends”

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. “Amici Miei” (“My Friends”, in English) is an Italian cult comedy-drama movie – the first of a trilogy – that was first showed in movie theatres in August 10, 1975. Shot in Florence, the movie read more

  • “Il Toni”

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Another common expression used by old and new generations in Florence and the environs is “Il Toni” to refer to sweatsuits, in sentences like “Domani vado in palestra, mi metto il toni” (tomorrow I am read more

  • “A Ufo”

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In the Florentine vernacular, it is very common to hear the expression “a ufo”. This expression is used in a negative sense when someone does something without paying. Where does this expression come from? It read more

  • «La Rificolona»

    This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The “Rificolona” is a paper lantern festival that takes place in Florence between September 7th and 8th, when the Holy Mary was born. It is one of the most ancient festivals of the city. In read more

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