Places to visit near Florence: here is the best day trips from Florence Are you planning your holidays in Florence and want to explore interesting places outside the city? There is no shortage of charming places to visit near Florence…
To this day, the way we learn European history is still male-centred. It is not surprising then, that the history of the Medici family focuses mostly on the male members of the family: Cosimo the Elder, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo…
New contemporary art gallery in Florence In early October this year Florentine cultural panorama gained a new important spot: a new contemporary art gallery has been inaugurated in Piazza del Carmine. In Florence opened the Oblong Gallery, already active in…
Any archaeology lovers out there? Yes, I know, you mostly come to Florence to see Michelangelo’s David and Leonardo’s paintings, but the Florentine art collections offer much more than that! Did you know that the little-known Archaeological Museum of Florence…
How to organize your visit in Florence if you are a contemporary art lover? Florence is a cradle of the Renaissance, but don’t think that if you are a contemporary art lover, you will be bored here! If during your…
Five things to see and do you cannot miss! Are you planning your first visit to Florence and you don’t know what to do? These are the five things you cannot miss! A city walk A city walk is the…
temporary exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi On 19 March Palazzo Strozzi has inaugurated a temporary exhibition curated by Francesco Caglioti and fully dedicated to the figure of one of the greatest masters of the Florentine Renaissance, Donatello, or better Donato di…
a deep dive into the Middle Ages. A day trip from Florence You are planning your Tuscan holidays and you don’t know where to go and what to see? Don’t worry, it is impossible to be bored in this wonderful…
an afterlife of San Pancrazio church Is Florence a city for contemporary art lovers? It may seem that after the achievements of Brunelleschi, Donatello and Michelangelo artists will never produce similar masterpieces again. And yet, during your stay in the…
The freedom of an elderly master Renaissance art rarely talks about the artistic freedom. Medieval and Renaissance artists were everything but free. While working on commission from ecclesiastic institutions, confraternities and wealthy patrons, the artists had very little influence on…
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