‘Florence’
A toast…to eternity
La Toscana: English, Florence, Newsletter archive, Siena, Tuscan culture and traditions, Wine and food toursLast time we talked you about good wine and September grape harvest, which was revealing its secrets to all wine-lovers thanks to the gastronomic event Benvenuta Vendemmia! (Welcome grape harvest!)
Chiavi: chianti florence, chianti siena, grape harvest, tuscan wine
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)Farm holidays in Tuscany: a link relating past, present and future
La Toscana: Arezzo, English, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara, Newsletter archive, Pistoia, Siena, Tuscan culture and traditionsIt is strange to think that people come from anywhere to find out the places where you are born and grown up, where your family has lived for generations, the places you sleepily pass through every morning to go work…
Chiavi: agriturismo culture and trisitions, agriturismo history, maremma agriturismo, tuscan agriturismo
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La Toscana: Arts, Florence, Tuscan charactersHer smile is the most famous and profound smile in the world. So mysterious that she has been the cause of literally rivers of spilled ink, in a quest to prove the more risky theories which have tried to identify this famous model. Obviously, we are talking about the acclaimed portrait of the Monna Lisa, [...]
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La Toscana: Arts, Churches and monasteries, FlorenceFlorence has a Jewish community whose origins date back to the Roman era when there were several Jews living in houses near the Ponte Vecchio. We know that in 1396, there was a bank opened in the centre which made loans; an activity which has only been officially authorized by the government since about 1430. [...]
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Aqua Forte: Copperplate Printing in Florence
La Toscana: FlorenceJuly hits Italian cities with burning darts, but don’t worry, there’s always an alternative, something different, something refreshing to do! Cultural Events Florence If you choose to defy the heat and wander the streets between Piazza Signoria and Piazza S. Croce, in the heart of the historical city center, you can for example stop in [...]
Chiavi: Arts and Crafts, Florence
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La Toscana: FlorenceFocusing on Tuscany, and Florence in particular, which has always been a town of excellent workshops, to the point that Riccardo Marasco, a Florentine himself, dedicated a song characterising Florence as an artisan – Firenze bottegaia – the chorus of which goes: Firenze bottegaia di quando ero bambino e già ne andavo fiero di esser [...]
Chiavi: Arts and Crafts, Florence
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La Toscana: Florence, Tuscan cooking, Wine and food toursDoes sightseeing and admiring works of art work up an appetite? Afraid that a day touring Florence will be too much for your empty stomach to take? Don’t worry though, as in Florence all you will be surrounded by local venders selling Lampredotto, which is a traditional dish in the region of Tuscany. In Tuscany, [...]
Chiavi: Florence, typical tuscan food
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La Toscana: Florence, Tuscan cooking, Wine and food toursWhen in Milan, us Tuscans like to boast about our cuisine. Our gastronomy gives us the voice to say that in Tuscany, if there is no kitchen : it is cooked, not created. That is to say that when they had no kitchen and didn’t know how to cook, originally, they used the most basic [...]
Chiavi: Florence, Tuscan cooking, typical tuscan food
Continua la lettura | Commenti (0)The New Districts of Florence
La Toscana: Florence, Tuscan itinerariesFlorence’s New Districts were, it seems, designed by an architect called Arnolfo di Cambio who was also involved with the construction of magnificent Florentine buildings such as the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio. Of course, this new project did not just involve the building of single buildings, but of entire towns which would be located in [...]
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Vinci: The Town of Leonardo
La Toscana: Florence, Tuscan itinerariesVinci is a small hilltop village, located 40 km away from Florence, which combines the typical mysterious charm of Tuscan villages with the fascinating culture of Leonardo. The village of Vinci is situated upon the slopes of Mount Albano, along the border between the provinces of Florence and Pistoia. Vinci was founded around the year [...]
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La Toscana: Florence, Tuscan charactersFrancesco I (1541-1587) is one of the most well-known members of the famous Medici family. Yet, this man, who became the grand duke of Tuscany in 1574, was never very popular with his subjects, the citizens of Florence. In fact, it seems that they actually celebrated the news of his death. However, such a respect [...]
Chiavi: de' Medici, Famous Tuscan Characters
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La Toscana: Arts, Florence, Tuscan charactersA painter. A brilliant artist. A story of Filippo Lippi (1406 – 1469). It’s too much to be one of the first to understand the revolutionary capacity of Masaccio, who died young and single at just 27 years old. The little survivors make faith in the convent of Carmine in Florence, and the so-called Madonna [...]
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