Category: History

May 29, 2024

San Salvadore church in Florence

At the corner of via S.Gallo with via degli Arazzieri we find a small church initially called S.Salvatore, then became the oratory of the Congrega of Jesus Salvatore around 1311, when the, bishop Antonio d'Orso and some Florentine priests had simultaneously A vision in which Jesus dressed as a pilgrim urged them to found a hoped called "Domus dei", where all the priests of the surrounding area or foreigners were welcomed who, out of necessity, should stop in Florence.

May 27, 2024

Georgofili massacre in Florence

The massacre in via dei Georgofili was a terrorist attack by Cosa Nostra on the night between 26 and 27 May 1993 through the explosion of a car bomb in via dei Georgofili in Florence, near the historic Uffizi Gallery. The explosion of the padded self -bomb with 277 kilograms of explosive caused the killing of five people: the spouses Fabrizio Nencioni (39 years old) and Angela Fiume (31 years old) with their daughters Nadia (9 years) and Caterina (just 50 days of life) and the student Dario Capolicchio (22 years old), as well as the injury of about forty people.

May 26, 2024

The Diamond Mary

Florence 1874, at the corner of a house in Piazza delle Cipolle (today Piazza Strozzi) there was a tabernacle representing a Madonna sitting on a throne of clouds holding the child on the right knee with the sphere of the world in hand, two small cherubs overlook Behind the shoulders of the Madonna. The table in oaks on which the Madonna is painted, unfortunately it has been compressed over the various centuries by other pictorial interventions.

May 25, 2024

The fruit of the bizarre a new fruit in Florence

In the ancient Villa della Torre degli Agli, Giovanni Panciatichi he created a splendid Italian garden for the Ozi. His main attraction was the citrus fruits that were grown both in pots and in full ground. Here the gardeners experimented with new crops so in 1644 a strange, bizarre fruit appeared in the form: it is the Citrus Aurantium "Bizzarria", an agromo born from the crossroads between lemon, orange and cedar and so particular aspect to be considered bizarre. In fact, it presents itself Bitorzoluto and with longitudinal bands of different colors, from green to yellow and orange.

May 24, 2024

Hotel Bernini and its story

In the central Piazza S.Firenze at the corner of Borgo dei Greci and via dei Leoni, we find an ancient building transformed […]

May 23, 2024

Commanders in the Middle Ages

Looking at a statue or painting we will most likely notice in the figures of the captains Ventura but not only, a symbol of considerable importance or the stick of the command, it is a short and often stick, sometimes represented longer.

May 22, 2024

The Bardi Family in Florence

The Bardi family takes its name from Bardo, an abbreviation of Berardo. They settled in Florence in the area of the Oltrarno where the homonymous street is now located, which in those days was called a pitigloso village due to the misery and dirt of its inhabitants.

May 21, 2024

A Liberty house in a Renaissance Florence

Who among us did not focus on watching the beautiful liberty building of Borgognissanti. In the place where tradition wants Sandro Botticelli, the beautiful building built by the architect Giovanni Michelazzi on behalf of a member of the Vichi family, stands among the large monuments of the surrounding area.

May 20, 2024

The Drunk Tower

Observing the structure of the Vasarian corridor in the direction of Palazzo Pitti, we can see that this structure enters a tower […]

May 16, 2024

Might at the Museum

Florence also participates in the European Night of Museums 2024, Saturday 18 May, to enhance the artistic and cultural heritage thanks to special initiatives, guided tours, presentations and evening openings for free or at a symbolic price. The event is sponsored by UNESCO, the Council of Europe and ICOM, the International Council of Museums. This year the Museum Night coincides with the International Museum Day organized by ICOM. The theme for this edition focuses on education and research.