Category: Tradition

Feb 2, 2024

Secret passage in Pitti Palace

Perhaps not everyone knows about the existence of a corridor that starts from Palazzo Pitti performes concludes near the Galileo Tribune in the Specola Museum. This architectural space was to be the "appendix" of the famous corridor of the "Prince" or Vasarian. We are talking about the so -called Pocciantini corridor, it was made by Pasquale Poccianti in 1820 to allow Ferdinand III to have a connection with the adjacent Palazzo Pitti, thus creating an uninterrupted route that allowed him to arrive at Palazzo Vecchio through the Vasarian corridor.

Jan 31, 2024

St. Appolinare in Florence its history

Piazza San Florence has altered several times over time, beginning with the Roman era, when the city's defenses were built here. If you walk in front of the Bargello Museum, you will notice a semi-circle on the street that marks the Roman tower unearthed by Annifa beneath the road surface. One of these little-known improvements is located just near to the Bargello Museum. We are discussing the church of S.Apollinare in its distinctive form, but it is a rather ordinary building. In truth, that little church was one of the twelve churches of the Priories of Florence, possibly built in the sixth century AD under the control of the Goths of Theodoric, and was dedicated to Apollinare, a Ravenna martyr of Syrian ancestry. The two notarial acts of January and February 1065 are dated back to the mid-twentieth century… "Vinea Sancti APPOLENARI" (the vineyards of S.Apollinare, at that time there were vineyards worked by the monks) and "Petium Terre Posite Extra Muros Civitatis Florentie Prope Ecclesiam Sancti Apollinaris" (request for land located outside the walls of the city of Florence near the church of Sant'Apollinare).

Jan 30, 2024

Ancient refrigerator of Florence

Certainly since the mists of time food conservation has always been a fundamental if not primary element for human nutrition. So everything that could be useful in the use to slow down the deterioration and prevent those phenomena of proliferation of pathogens was very important. The most common systems were those of the salt, of clerk, of use of fresh environments but above all the use of ice. The difficulty of finding ice in hot periods developed a simple but not banal expedient, that is, the creation of the "refrigerators" of the time known as Ghiacciaie or "Diacciae" in Florentine. But many cities were not close to the mountains so something had to be devised immediate functionality.

Jan 29, 2024

Best gelato makers of Florence and Tuscany

The best artisan ice cream shop in Tuscany is located in Florence, in Oltrarno, followed closely by another Florentine ice cream parlor, while on the third step of the podium are Sale Grosseto, Pisa, and San Gimignano: this is the map drawn up by Gambero Rosso in its guide to Gelaterias of Italy 2024. The whole ranking will be announced on March 24, in honor of Ice Cream Day, but in the meantime, the first advances of the eighth edition of the publication have been disclosed. The occasion was the Sigep of Rimini, one of our country's most prominent salons in the pastry and coffee world.

Jan 28, 2024

San Zenobi miracle in Duomo square

According to tradition, on January 26, 429, the body of San Zanobi, bishop of Florence, was transferred from the Basilica of San Lorenzo to the Cathedral of Santa Reparata. However, along the way, near the north door of the baptistery, the saint's relic touched a dry elm, and despite the fact that it was full winter, the tree rejected.

Jan 27, 2024

Carnival In Florence 2024

The Florence Carnival will begin on Saturday, January 27, with the Grand Ball at the Palazzo Vecchio, followed by a big parade in the center free to anyone. The 27-day program allows travelers to enter through the Cortile del Michelozzo. The masks, created by Florentine craftsmen using the papier-mâché processing technique, will be distributed here. Sters, a mask icon of the Florentine carnival developed in the eighteenth century by the artist Luigi Del Buono and rising to the "identity" of the territory, will greet those present. With him, several judicial figures will accompany persons in the presence, like the master of ceremony.

Jan 26, 2024

Roman terms next Florence’s Porcellino

Walking in the street Por Santa Maria, where yo can find Dr Martens shop side sidewalk, towards Ponte Vecchio, in front of […]

Jan 25, 2024

Duilio 48 and the church of St. Bartolomeo

In 1888, the pope brothers built the “Great Emporio Duilio” on the ruins of a medieval church; the name was later adopted […]

Jan 24, 2024

Renaissance Pharmacy in Florence

Almost everyone knows that Florence during the Renaissance period was very famous for various activities including that of the arts with and sculptors, architects, painters, who gave prestige to the city of Florence up to our tear. But not many know that Florence besides the artists was also famous for spices and in particular for some pharmacies led by friars of various orders scattered throughout the city. One of the most famous is that of Santa Maria Novella in via della Scala, led by Domenican friars. But there were also other pharmacies, one of the lesser known but always important for the city and for its stria was that of Santissima Annunziata, led by the Benedictine nuns, who directed the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova.

Jan 21, 2024

Orsanmichele reopening after 400 days

After 400 days of construction and a €1 million investment, the Orsanmichele complex reopens to the public in a new garb. The Orsanmichele complex in Florence will reopen to the public on January 19, 2024, in a completely refurbished garb, following a total of 400 closure days: the museum closed on December 12, 2022, and the church closed January 16, 2023. The restoration, safety, museum reinforcement, and access improvement projects have cost 1.135,026.43 euros in total.

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