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April 21, 2011
Just a few days to Easter and Easter celebrations throughout Tuscany start tomorrow, Holy Friday. Friday 22 and Saturday, April 23 According to Christian tradition, the Friday before Easter, called Holy Friday, commemorates the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. For the occasion, many Tuscan cities organize processions and small religious celebrations. In Castiglion Fiorentino…
April 16, 2011
We’re talking of Michelangelo’s David here: how many of them are spread out throughout the world? It seems that as the most famous statue in the world, the likeness of the marble David appears not only in small plaster statues, but as lamps, aprons and even in the Simpsons! Of course there are also official…
March 29, 2011
A very successful project last fall, the series of “Tuesdays in Art” is back across Italy for all of 2011! Today and every last Tuesday of the month, you can visit the following museums from 7pm and 11pm with free entry. If you’re in Florence tonight, take advantage and visit one of the following: –…
March 25, 2011
A long time in the planning, it is finally here: a museum pass to visit Florence! Valid for 72 hours, the city pass gives access to over 30 of Florence’s top state museums including the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia, which houses Michelangelo’s famous David, as well as city museums such as Palazzo Vecchio.
March 24, 2011
Every March 25, Florence celebrates the Florentine New Year. On this day, the Catholic Church celebrates the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and, in honor of the Virgin, from the Middle Ages up until 1750 this date decreed the beginning of the civil year in Florence. To celebrate Florence’s New Year, several events takes…
March 18, 2011
We’d like to share some of our pictures of Florence all lit up for the celebration of Italy’s 150 years of unification! Here you can see Ponte Vecchio all lit up in green, white and red! You can see more pictures on Facebook! Here is a view of Piazza della Repubblica, full of people –…
March 16, 2011
Here is a more detailed program of what is going on in Florence tonight in celebration of 150 years since the unification of Italy, called Notte Tricolore, or Tricolor Night in honor of the Italian flag! Piazza Signoria 19.00 Concert by the Orchestra a Plettro Ottocento Toscano 19.30/22.00 Artistic exhibit by the Accademia delle Belle…
March 10, 2011
This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy and for this occasion the 17th of March has been proclaimed a national holiday. Schools and public offices will be closed all over Italy but whether shops and restaurants close is up to the owners to decide. There are events planned at all…
February 9, 2011
The weekend before St. Valentine’s Day, this year falling on Monday, has chocolate as one of its best protagonists. Love and chocolate are a perfect match, are they not?! There are 3 chocolate-flavored events in Tuscany this Saturday and Sunday, February 12 and 13: In Fiesole, a short distance from Florence’s historical center, on Sunday…
January 25, 2011
Last year, local officials had announced the Vasari Corridor was closing for restoration, then in April we had the good news that it would continue to be open for a few more months. Tickets were very quickly sold out. Due to the popular demand, the Corridor was once again open from September until December 2010….
