Posts Tagged ‘medici family’

Florence in love: discover the city following the traces of its most exciting Medieval and Renaissance romances!

May
2016
03

Are you coming to Florence with your partner or are you simply keen on fascinating passed love stories and secret passions? Here you find a tour that you can’t absolutely miss!

The Adoration of the Magi by Botticelli: an unexpected masterpiece!

Oct
2015
22

Most of us are going to the Uffizi museum to see masterpieces such as The Birth of Venus and the Allegory of Spring by Botticelli. Yesterday I discovered an interesting story behind a painting I hadn’t noticed.

Piazza della Signoria and Girolamo Savonarola: a sad chapter in the history of Florence

Jul
2015
14

Wandering in Piazza della Signoria is a full immersion in the past of Florence. The political message of Cosimo I the Medici shaped the square in which the imposing Palazzo Vecchio (the Old Palace) stands since 1299. But this lively square hides a sad chapter in the history of Florence..

Bargello Museum: sculptures, history and…jazz music!

Oct
2014
20

Did you know that the most remarkable collection of Renaissance sculptures and works of art, some of which by Michelangelo and Donatello, is hosted in a wonderful building which once was a prison?? That building is the Bargello and you really have to visit it!

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