Alessandra Gardin
From the 16 of July until the 3rd of November the Pitti Palace in Florence houses the exhibition dedicated to the Medici collection of ivory objects: “Diafane passioni” (Diaphanous passions). The first collector was Ferdinando I de’ Medici (1549 -1609) who started one of the most ... More
The Unesco Comittee of evaluation, meeting in these days in Cambogia, has decided to include in the list of the Unesco World Heritage two Renaissance gardens and twelve villas in Tuscany. The gradens are: the Boboli garden and the Pratolino garden. Among the villas, very many were Medici ... More
The Kaffeehaus inside the Boboli garden in Florence has been reopened to public. The precious little building where the granduke Pietro Leopoldo from Austria drank his cofee and had a rest with his family shows inside an interesting group of four statues belonging to the second half of the XVI ... More
Since June 25 2013 at the Uffizi Gallery of Florence you can appreciate a wonderful exhibition: The Grand Price Ferdinand de’ Medici (1663-1713) Collector and Patron. Ferdinand, son of Cosimo III and of Marguerite Louise d’Orleans since he was young had several passions: among them: ... More
At the Palatina Gallery of the Pitti Palace of Florence an original exhibition called The dream in Renaissance (Il sogno nel Rinascimento). The exhibit is divided in several sections, among them the Night, with its complex symbology, The vacancy of soul, which points out works tied to the dream and ... More
The location of Dan Brown’s last book Inferno is Florence. Robert Langdon, wakes up in a hospital bed, but not in the Massachusetts General Hospital, near his Cambridge, on the contrary the professor of Symbology at the Harvard University sees from his window the tower of the Signoria Palace ... More
From May 16 until May 19 2013 in Florence is opening the XIX edition of Artigianato e Palazzo (Craftsmanship and Palace): the best of Florentine, Italian and European Craftsmanship in the splendid Corsini Garden at Villa Corsini al Prato. More than one hundred artisans will receive thousands ... More
In Florence at the Museo degli Argenti of the Pitti Palace a nice exhibition is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the collection of the Museum of the Porcelain: Luxury and Elegance. The French porcelain at court and the Ginori manufacturing. Until June 23 2013. The exhibit shows pieces belonging ... More
On the occasion of the showing of the just restored french-flemish tapestry of the Carrand Collection, the Bargello Museum of Florence changes its timetable. Until August 18 2013 the museum will be opened everyday, including Sundays and Mondays, from 8:15 am to 4:30 pm. It is an extraordinary ... More
The Medici Chapels celebrates the fifth centenary of Leo X’s election with an exhibition : In the Medici splendor. Pope Leo X and Florence. Giovanni de’ Medici, second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent was elected pope as Leo X in 1513. The exhibit shows different moments of his life: his ... More