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Have you ever seen an enchanted castle, one where beautiful princesses and brave warriors live, a castle bewitched by tremendous spells, with a tower that has a bell that rings every time something terrible is about to happen? I have! And if you want, I can take you there too! It’s in the center of…

Cosimo and Eleonora were beautiful, young, and, they say, very much in love. He, at seventeen, had become the Duke of Florence and had asked for the hand of Eleonora, the daughter of the Viceroy of Naples, Don Pedro di Toledo. Let’s be clear. They were not in love, huh! They didn’t like each other!…

Boboli Garden was the garden of the princes who lived in the grand palace of Palazzo Pitti. The first family to live there was the Medici family, initially wealthy bankers, then Dukes of Florence and Grand Dukes of Tuscany. It was Eleonora di Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I de’ Medici, who bought the palace…

As a hub of Dominican religiosity, the Basilica, steeped in history, engages in a captivating dialogue with the adjacent contemporary Santa Maria Novella Station. The latter, a recent creation by the Tuscan Group under the guidance of Giovanni Michelucci, complements the Basilica, creating a unique fusion of 20th-century design and 14th-century grandeur. This interaction represents…

“What do they think they’re doing with that outfit? It always looks like a museum piece!” “What a clean and impeccable house! It’s not at all welcoming; it seems like no one lives there… it looks like a museum!” “How boring… this movie is more tedious than a museum visit!” “Ugh, we have to go…

A meticulous visitor, strolling around Florence’s Cathedral, will catch a glimpse of Brunelleschi, somewhat in the background, contemplating his masterpiece, the dome. What might be going through his mind? Perhaps the risk he took proposing a project he couldn’t be sure would stand? He cared little. If the Florentines preferred not to take risks and…

The David. The David, as we all know him. The one with furrowed brows and a thoughtful gaze. The one with a stone clutched in one hand and a sling in the other, captured just before slaying the giant Goliath. There is not just one in Florence. There are indeed three. One, the authentic masterpiece…

“celeste è questa corrispondenza d’amorosi sensi“ (Celestial is this correspondence of amorous senses) The pristine marble facade of the Santa Croce church stands out against the blue sky. It will be a surprise to find yourself in front of such a majestic building, coming from the tangle of narrow and winding alleys beyond Piazza San…

Did you know that in Florence, within a museum, or rather, in a gallery, there’s a colossal giant made of white marble? It’s so tall that when they decided to place it in a room in this gallery, they had to raise the ceiling, or else it wouldn’t fit! Its name is David. David is…

U like Unicorn. U like Umbrella. And… U like Uffizi. Yes! Did you know that the Uffizi, a famous place all over the world, is shaped like a U? An incredible, majestic, enormous palace in the form of a U! The Uffizi, where today we can come across powerful Gods and beautiful Goddesses, centaurs, monsters,…