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Reservations for the Uffizi Gallery and The Academy Gallery of Florence

Reservations for the Uffizi Gallery and The Academy Gallery of Florence

RESERVATION FOR THE UFFIZI GALLERY AND ACADEMY GALLERY OF FLORENCE You have two ways to make the reservation for these very attended museums of Florence: 1. By phone, dialing the number +39 055 294883 (which is the same number for reserving all the other State Museums in Florence) 2. ... More

TheNew Frontier. History and Culture of native Americans

TheNew Frontier. History and Culture of native Americans

Until December 8 2012 in Florence at the Galleria del Costume of the Pitti Palace the exhibition The New Frontier. History and Culture of native Americans will take place. On the occasion of the fith centenary of Amerigo Vespucci’s death, Florence celebrates the event with a great exhibit ... More


Golden glimpses. The International Gothic in Florence. 1375-1440

Golden glimpses. The International Gothic in Florence. 1375-1440

Please do not miss the ehibition Golden glimpes. The International Gothic in Florence. 1375-1440. Until the 4th of November 2012 at the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. It is not only a rich exhibit full of masterpieces, some of them just restored, but really a unique experience for the quality of ... More

Arte torna arte

Arte torna arte

At the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence until November 2012 an incredibile exhbition of contemporary art which shows the idea that art is a continuum feeding on present and past. The museum of the David by Michelangelo houses “Arte torna arte”, 42 works of 32 different artist, ... More


Chiostrino dei Morti reopens in Santa Maria Novella

Chiostrino dei Morti reopens in Santa Maria Novella

In Florence, at the splendid complex of the Church of Santa Maria Novella, the Chiostrino dei Morti reopens to public, after a 13 year restoration. The ancient little cloister, built on the ancient cemetery of the friars, belong to 1270 and is one on the several cloisters of the Dominican ... More

Restoration of the Porta della Mandorla of the florentine Duomo

Restoration of the Porta della Mandorla of the florentine Duomo

After a ten year restoration the Porta della Mandorla, the most famous of the seven doors of the Cathedral of Florence, is visible again. The reastoration has also included a large part of the left hand side of the Duomo, about 700 square metres. The Porta della Mandorla (Almond door, because of ... More


Renaissance majolica at the Bargello

Renaissance majolica at the Bargello

The National Museum Bargello of Florence presents the exihibition Fabulae pictae. Mith and history in Renaissance majolica, a selection of precious Renaissance majolica pieces ornated with figures. Some of them belonged to the Medici collection of the Bargello and some others belonged to Italian ... More

Uffizi Gallery - Opening new rooms

Uffizi Gallery - Opening new rooms

The Uffizi Gallery of Florence is going to open a new section. By June ten new rooms at the first floor of the museum will be ready for visitors. The new rooms, located at the piano nobile of the building built in 1560 by Giorgio Vasari will be arranged for showing the paintings of the 1500 ... More


Festival del Gelato

Festival del Gelato

In Florence, until next Sunday May 27 2012, the Third Edition of the Festival del Gelato (Festival of Icecream). In the central Republic Square you will assist at a fresh, delicious competition among producers . You can taste and have your icecream thinking that you are also do something good for ... More

The 75th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

The 75th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

From May 4 2012 until 10 June 2012 the 75th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ( Florentine Music Festival) opens with Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, directed by Eike Gramss., Orchestra director Zubin Metha who this year is going to celebrate his 50 anniverary on the Florentine music stand. The Maggio ... More