The Bargello, former seat of the
Podestà and prison where the condemned suffered the most terrible tortures, preserves many memories linked to Dante
and pays him homage with an exhibition and important restorations, in the 700th
anniversary of his death.
The exhibition entitled Honorable and ancient citizen of Florence. The...
The Manifattura Tabacchi: a district of 16
buildings on an area of 100,000 square meters, next to the Cascine Park. Pure
modernist rationalist architecture, designed by architects Giovanni Bartoli and
Pier Luigi Nervi in 1933, completed in 1940. According to modernist architectural
canons, the structure had to be functional to...
In Florence,
one of the most important places dedicated to Street Art is the underpass of
the Florence-Rome railway, which connects the center with Le Cure district. A kind of museum that is in continuous
transformation, worth a visit for lovers of murals who come to Florence.
Of the vast...
Leonardo Ricci died in 1994, construction began in 2000 and
the work was inaugurated in 2012.It is the second largest Palace of Justice in Italy, after the
one in Turin, covers 3 hectares of land and has a useful area of 126,000
square meters. The measurements are: 230 m by...
In
1988 Leonardo Ricci presented the preliminary project alone, but many ideas,
elaborated with Michelucci and contained in the beautiful sketches preserved in
the Michelucci Foundation in Fiesole, are maintained:-
The circular square in front of the entrance, also equipped with a "reflecting pool", a large body of
water to...
The New Palace of Justice is the most demanding, spectacular
and interesting work of recent decades. And of course it was a source of
endless controversy, like everything in Florence.The need to bring together the judicial functions dates back
to 1867, at the time of Florence Capital (1865 - 1870)....
The
cypress (Cupressus Sempervirens) has
been part of the Tuscan landscape for millennia, particularly in the provinces
of Florence and Siena, together with the olive tree and the vine. Originary of Iran,
it thrived in the Mediterranean because it loves a hot and dry climate. Very
hardy, it can live...
Is it possible to find an oasis of peace and quiet right in the middle of the city traffic? In Florence, you can.
If you venture outside the historical center, in Piazza Donatello, you will find the English Cemetery. Originally called Protestant Cemetery of Porta a Pinti, it was renamed...
Le Cascine Park, the largest in Florence, was built in 1563 as a
hunting reserve and agricultural farm of the Grand Duke Cosimo I de 'Medici. The name Le Cascine derives from the ancient
Tuscan word "cascio", from cacio, meaning cheese. The cascio was the place where cows were milked and
cheeses were processed. “Cascino” was...
On 10 December 2020 the Tuscany Region inaugurated the 24th Edition
of the Human Rights Meeting, entitled Peace, justice and solid institutions. This date recalls the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly
on December 10, 1948. Of course this year, given Covid-19, the ceremony...
