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March 25, 2014
In 2014 the Polo Museale Fiorentino offers another “A Year of Art”, the series of exhibitions organized at the main city museums, from the Uffizi to the Accademia. This year 9 exhibitions are scheduled and will be hosted in 6 of Florence’s museums. This is the program of exhibitions throughout the year to help you…
March 11, 2014
The Boboli Gardens, the beautiful park and open air museum that embraces the Pitti Palace, offers the chance to admire the fascinating Limonaia, the building where the citrus plants grown in the garden are stored during the colder season. The citrus plants in the Boboli Gardens have a great botanical and historical value, since they…
March 10, 2014
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. – Henry David Thoreau Our daily lives are surrounded by beauty, but we often forget to stop and appreciate all that surrounds us. In Florence, Tuscany and all across the world, a global all-volunteer event started in 2010 called “Slow Art Day” with…
March 5, 2014
Spring is in the air and we hope it remains so for the next few weeks until the official arrival of spring. To celebrate International Women’s Day this Saturday, March 8, Florence will open its city-run museums (click to see full list) to women offering FREE ENTRY (only the Brancacci chapel and the tower in…
February 17, 2014
Tomorrow, February 18, marks the day of Michelangelo’s death 450 years ago. The city of Florence is celebrating the great genius of our past in several ways, particularly with extra information on Michelangelo at each of the sites in Florence where you will find his work. You can follow an itinerary completely dedicated to Michelangelo…
January 30, 2014
As we loved our visit to the Great Cloister of Santa Maria Novella a few months ago (you can read more about it here), I write today to let you know that the special openings for the cloister continue in 2014! Not normally open to the public (as it is a school for the Carabinieri),…
January 23, 2014
The Italian Ministry of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MIBACT) this Saturday night January 25th repeats the initiative “A night at the Museum” and some state museums in the major cities in Italy will be open after the usual opening hours. In Florence this Saturday, you can then choose to spend the evening…
December 27, 2013
For several years now, New Year’s Eve celebration in Florence can be spent outside in one of the many beautiful piazzas of the center enjoying the many great free concerts in the historical center of the city. The events start on December 31, in late evening, in 6 different squares, five in the city of…
December 5, 2013
Florence’s Baptistery’s Northern Doors are currently under restoration. Last March, as we reported here, the doors were taken off and transported to the laboratories of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure to initiate the restoration process. While many stand and admire the Baptistery’s golden Eastern Door, known as the Door to Paradise, by Lorenzo Ghiberti, not…
October 22, 2013
From November 30th to December 8th, Florence won’t be just the “cradle of the Renaissance” but also capital of contemporary art thanks to the Florence Biennale, an international arts event dedicated to contemporary art which brings artists from all over the world to Florence’s splendid Fortezza da Basso. The 9th edition of Florence Biennale, entitled “Ethics:…
