Inside the former Hotel Morandi, visitors can still find traces of the convent’s rich artistic heritage. On the upper floors, frescoes by 17th-century artist Alfonso Boschi depict scenes from the life of Sister Domenica del Paradiso, Florence’s Via Laura and the frescoes of Sister Domenica del Paradiso represent a “small casket of art,” largely unknown to the public.
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Onde in Four Season Hotel
f you’re looking for things to do in Florence or restaurants to visit on a Florence tour, Onde is a must-visit. Located in the Four Seasons Palazzo del Nero (entrance on Via Capponi 46), this new restaurant promises an elevated dining experience in a beautifully renovated setting
Three restoration projects reopen to the public
Many new things were learned about the works, the artists’ methods, earlier interventions, and the background of the sites as a result of the three projects.
Illegal operators in Florence and its impact
Florence is famous for its beautiful building, long history, and lively culture. However, the city is having a lot of problems right now because of the rise in short-term rentals and the lack of rules for unauthorized tour companies.
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 over the centuries into a real luxury hotel. Belonging to the Peruzzi family like other nearby properties, a plaque with a quote by Dante Alighieri of the song of Paradise, placed on the …
Golden Apartment in Florence
Twelve million euros for 450 square meters, with a 70 square meter panoramic patio. Their pay per square meter is almost 27,000 euros. We are in Florence, in the Palazzo Portinari Salviati on the Via del Corso, where Dante Alighieri is rumored to have met Beatrice, but the price is more than that of an apartment on the île Saint-Louis, in the middle of the Senna, in the heart of Paris. Enjoy an amazing view of the Brunelleschi dome and the Torre di Arnolfo from the panoramic terrace. Which would you rather see: the Sacre-Coeur of Montmartre or the Eiffel Tower?
Ex St. Paul Hospital in Florence
On the other side of the Basilica of S.M.Novella, we may view the vast edifice with the loggia of the former S. Paolo hospital, which is now a twentieth-century museum. The name of this huge edifice, built in the early twelfth century, comes from the settlement that sprang up around the Porta S.Paolo and the …
Miracle’s broth of San Frediano
All this to introduce the famous Sanfrediano broth broth. What does the tripe broth have to do with it? It has to do … it has to do with why, the only antidote for the above was the nourishment. This black hole in the food space was soothed by the hand of a saint: San Brodo di Trippa. Why San Brodo di Trippa? Well … I am jokingly say this but, behind … behind it is not a great petty thing this definition, since, if we consider saint who has made miracles and given love for others during his life, I am not so much outside if I call saint A substance, which gave all this
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Every Day from Santa Maria Novella square next to the Obelisk in front of Church facade…
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