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,…
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…
Florence is a city full of a thousand surprises. You can find everything in Florence. Just look for it, keep your eyes wide open, and your mind alert. For example, did you know that there are ghosts wandering around? Yes, yes, real ghosts. They don’t show themselves, but if we’re clever and attentive, we might…
