Perhaps not everyone knows that in the Uffizi there is a special door next to which there is a slot in the marble that the Grand Duke had put to receive letters from citizens with requests for help or complaints. An innovative system to be informed personally and demonstrate its closeness to the citizens. The […]

Impossible to visit Florence without enjoying a good ice cream! Strolling through the streets of the old town there is no shortage of ice cream shops where you can stop and find yourself in the difficult choice in front of so many flavors! But my favorite is still him! The Buontalenti, made with cream and […]

Ponte Vecchio, one of the most famous bridges, crossed by millions of tourists to get to the other side of the city, in the picturesque Oltrarno district. Whoever crosses it is fascinated by the splendor of the shop windows with precious jewelry and the romantic view of the Arno River. Damaged several times by floods, […]

Perhaps not everyone knows that...the first opera in the world was performed in Florence, in the splendid and prestigious Renaissance palace in Via Tornabuoni, once the headquarters of the Banca Commerciale Italiana. The palace was built when Giovanni Tornabuoni, the wealthy patron who commissioned the frescoes in Santa Maria Novella and brother of Lucrezia, mother […]

At the time of the Grand Dukes, in the courtyard of Palazzo Pitti, the most sumptuous society parties and theatrical performances took place. The marriage in 1589 between Ferdinando I Medici and Christine Lorraine, favourite niece of Catherine Queen of France, marked a turning point in the Medici policy of alliances. For this solemn occasion […]

In Via della Scala, behind the central station, in the convent complex of Santa Maria Novella, is the oldest historic pharmacy and apothecary shop in Europe, active for over four centuries.Already in the fourteenth century, the Dominican friars of Santa Maria Novella sold rosewater as a disinfectant, even for epidemics.The perfumery dates back to 1612 […]