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Orsanmichele Via Calzaiuoli, 15, Florence, 50122 |
Compared to other religious buildings from the same period, this fourteenth-century church is somewhat unusual in design. Rectangular in shape, with two naves, it does look more like a grain store, which was in fact how ... more
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Festival dei Popoli Borgo Pinti 82 rosso, Florence, 50121 |
and has made known to its audience the most noted authors of the sector (Jean Rouch, Ken Loach, Vittorio de Seta, Fred Wiseman, Richard Leacock, Gianfranco Mingozzi, Lindsay Anderson, Abbas Kiarostami, Nagisa Oshima, Ian... more
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Badia Fiorentina Via Dante Alighieri, Firenze, 50122 |
Being from the Boston area, which is one of the oldest parts of the US, I tend to think of the 1600s as old. A pretty childish sentiment, according to those who have lived in parts of Europe as historical as Florence. Th... more
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San Marco Piazza San Marco, 1, Florence, 50121 |
Museo San Marco rain continuous rain the sky above the Duomo a leaded apron blocking light the Arno roiling pewter beneath the Ponte Vecchio unseasonable north winds prevailing across Appenine foothills, swirling the May... more
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Chiesa di Santo Spirito Piazza Santo Spirito 29, Firenze, 50125 |
The resolution became executive only in 1434, when the project was entrusted to Filippo Brunelleschi. The new Church was to be built in the present location. However Brunelleschi suggested changing the orientation of the... more
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Museo di Storia della Scienza Piazza dei Giudici, 1, Florence, 50112 |
In the field of astronomy, the museum has the lens with which Galileo discovered four of the moons of Jupiter (which he promptly and prudently named after his Medici patrons) and, alongside telescopes of all sizes and co... more
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Museo degli Argenti Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 |
Originally designed to be the Summer apartment of the Grand Duke, this gallery houses a highly prestigious collection of gold, enamels, cameos, crystals and stone workings which were originally collected by the Medici an... more
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Festival of Saint John Various locations, Florence, 50100 |
Florence and Saint John have a long history: very early on the city took the saint to its heart as patron. Just as Christian theology considers John to be the herald of the coming Messiah and the age of the Kingdom of Go... more
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Museo delle Porcellane Piazza Pitti 1, Casino del Cavaliere, Firenze, 50125 |
Foreign objects include fine table sets from Vienna and from the German Manufactory of Meissen, in addition to French porcelain from Vincennes and Sèvres, brought to the Pitti Palace by the Savoy House from the ro... more
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Villa del Poggio Imperiale Piazzale del Poggio Imperiale, Florence, 50125 |
The villa, originally known as Poggio Baroncelli (after the family that owned it in 1400), became property of the Medici family following the confiscation of the properties of the Salviati Family in 1565. Cosimo I gave i... more
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