Destination Guide Refined by Arts Attraction Activities (3) Monuments + Museums (3) Sightseeing + Tours (4)
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Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6, Florence, 50122 |
Of course, we all know most of these masterpieces very well from reproductions - perhaps too well, because in many cases I found the "real thing" a big disappointment, the colours much more muted than I remembe... more
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Galleria del Costume Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 |
The work Le tre età dell'uomo (The three ages of Man) has been object, in the course of history, to several attributions: Giovanni Bellini, Lorenzo Lotto etc., until its restoration in 1987, when the doubts about ... more
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Casa Buonarroti Via Ghibellina, 70, Florence, 50122 |
Artemisia 's painting was one of the first in the room to be commissioned, and the painter had received an advance payment of some size as early as 1615. Michelangelo the Younger had a particular fondness for Artemisia, ... more
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Galleria Palatina e Appartamenti Reali Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 |
Unlike most of the museums reorganised in recent times, the Palatine Gallery does not follow a chronological order nor schools of paintings, revealing instead the lavishness and personal taste of the inhabitants of the p... more
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Galleria dello Spedale degli Innocenti Piazza SS Annunziata, 12, Florence, 50122 |
The Gallery has been arranged in the loggia above the cloister and in the former dayroom of the children above the main portico. It consists of fine works that represent only a small section of the rich collections put t... more
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Teatro della Pergola Via della Pergola 12/32, Florence, 50100 |
The best place to hear chamber music in Florence is this gorgeous historic theater done out in splendid red and gold. Inaugurated in 1656, it is an intimate performance space with three tiers of boxes ideally suited to s... more
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Umbria Jazz Festival City Center, Various venues, Perugia, 06123 |
In OrvietoThe primary focus of the Umbria Jazz Winter Festival in Orvieto—now in its 15th year—is the country’s solid jazz tradition, arguably the best example of jazz having come of age as a global mus... more
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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Opera Season Corso Italia, 16, Florence, 50123 |
Along with Bayreuth and Salzburg, the Florence Music Festival ranks among the oldest and most important European music festivals. More than this, it incorporates annual concert, opera and ballet seasons. Today the festiv... more
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International Iris Show Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, 50100 |
How passionate do you think Florentines are about irises? Well, the city's coat of arms features an iris, and every year the Giardino dell Iris at Piazzale Michelangelo holds an international iris contest. The specimens ... more
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XXI Concert Season Via Ghibellina, 99, (Teatro Verdi), Florence, 50122 |
Teatro Verdi's classical music concert season features the Orchesta della Toscana (ORT), performing compositions from Mozart, Beethoven, Danzi, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Schubert. Founded in 1980, ORT gained int... more
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