The San Lorenzo Market or Central Market is famous all over the world and
frequented by anyone who visits Florence. Outside there are stalls for souvenirs,
clothing, items made with leather and fabrics, inside groceries on the ground floor,
restaurants and gastronomies on the first floor.The
building is also a...
A new "authorized" mural of
great quality in via Rocca Tedalda on a 6-storey building in the "case
minime" of Rovezzano. This mural was commissioned to Basik and
Run, two important Street Art artists, by Casa SPA, the company of
the municipalities of the Florentine area that manages all the public housing,...
Far from the madding crowd! If you are attending one of our
courses, take a break and stroll at - VILLA FABBRICOTTI A short walk from Piazza della Libertà, in via Vittorio Emanuele
II, there's a beautiful green space, a luxurious villa on top of a terraced hill, a
rich vegetation...
The Orticoltura Garden was established for
botanical scientific experiments in 1859 by the Georgofili Academy, an
association founded in 1753, in the Enlightenment climate, for the study of
agricultural techniques. Vineyards, fruit trees, vegetables and eccentric and
rare ornamental plants were planted in the area. In 1876 the whole park...
Every company, every organization can’t do without a
logo, a symbol to be recognized immediately, placed on products, websites,
letterheads, documents, advertising, labels, wherever possible. It has
a strong evocative and commercial power and companies often invest heavily in
this graphic representation to which an important industrial design sector is...
Mr WANY - Street Art in Florence, the city of art,
where even the walls become canvases.In October 2016, the City Council of Florence
together with the District Councils decided to lift the ban on free Street Art
and to promote "regulated" forms of it, recognizing the role of this...
Florence is universally considered
the city of art and hosts many universities, schools and art institutions, but
why doesn't it have a museum or a center of contemporary art to accommodate
large-scale events like other big Italian cities? Certainly its efforts are
mainly aimed at cultivating the past, both culturally...
The writing on the wall refers to the game
of "hide and seek", played
by children around the world. The way we play it in Italy is this: a player
closes his eyes turned towards the wall - we call this "tana" meaning "lair" - and counts up to a...
“La Befana
vien di notte
con le
scarpe tutte rotte
con le toppe
alla sottana:
Viva, viva
la Befana!”
(“The Befana comes at night/with
shoes all broken/with patches on the petticoat:/Long live the Befana!")
Thus the
children sing in nursery rhymes describing the Befana. An old woman...
Not only Renaissance, other times, other
architectures --- The VILLINO UZIELLI.
The original construction was built in 1870 on
commission of Guido Uzielli, a wealthy banker. The building was part of the
urban structure of the area according to Giuseppe Poggi's plan of 1865 Firenze
Capitale, when the residences of...
