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
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Go and See the Explosion of the Cart Easter Morning in front of the Florence Duomo The explosion of the cart is the oldest folkloric tradition in Florence and is considered the centerpiece of Easter read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. This little know trail, at least from the touristic perspective, is a very pretty and makes for a very pleasant bike ride, completely surrounded by nature, that leads from Cascine Park to the Renai in 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. Visit Piazzale Michelangelo, Take a Walk to Porta Romana and Relax in Bobolino. Just outside of Porta Romana (Roman Gate), on both sides of Viale Machiavelli, where it climbs up the hill, lies one of 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