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WEBNews features: Find out the latest news from Florence, Italy, with a particular focus on all the cultural ongoings in the Renaissance capital. We take you through art, food and wine, latest openings, changes to the city’s contemporary landscape, and updates on Covid-19 as well as everything else you need to know.
The Italian Risorgimento: A timeline | The Florentine
WEBThe Italian Risorgimento: A timeline. The process of Italian unification was the result of nearly 60 years of events, daring action and revolutionary ideas. Here is a timeline of the key moments leading to and sealing Italy’s unification. 1815. At the Congress of Vienna, the powers that had defeated Napoleon-Austria, Russia, Prussia and Great ...
Michelangelo’s tomb: five fun facts you probably didn’t know
WEBOct 12, 2017 · Michelangelo like a saint. Bust of Michelangelo on tomb. Chronicles often report that after saints die, their bodies remain in good condition and they smell good. This phenomenon could last for years after a saint’s death. People saw this as concrete proof of the unique, divine nature of a saint.
Best events in Florence this week | The Florentine
WEB4 days ago · Here’s our round-up for October 3-10, 2024. From Chinese film festivals to flower markets and ceramics fairs, here’s our pick of what’s on this week. Share your events with The Florentine: [email protected].
“Medici: The Magnificent”: fact and fiction | The Florentine
WEBMar 7, 2019 · Lorenzo the Magnificent was born in 1449 to shocking privilege. Like his father Piero, Lorenzo was the chosen heir to Medici power. The greatness of this complex man is defined by his duality. He was a lover and a fighter, a peacekeeper and a war hawk, and charitable while being gluttonous. Lorenzo struggled with external and internal demons ...
Medici Chapels in Florence | The Florentine
WEBJan 2, 2019 · A visit to the Medici Chapels begins in the crypt, one of four sections inside the museum. Here, you can find the tombs of the Medici grand dukes and their families, from Cosimo I to his wife Eleanor of Toledo, Giancarlo de’ Medici to Vittoria della Rovere to the last heir of the Medici dynasty, the revered Anna Maria Luisa, to whom Florence ...
The Three Pietàs of Michelangelo exhibition | The Florentine
WEBFeb 23, 2022 · For the first time, the three Pietàs (image of the Virgin Mary mourning the dead body of Christ) by Michelangelo are on display together in the Tribune Room at the Opera del Duomo Museum (piazza Duomo 9).The Three Pietàs of Michelangelo: No one thinks of how much blood it costs will be visitable from February 24 to August 1, 2022, opening to the public on the occasion of the ‘Mediterranean ...
Dante and Beatrice: an eternal love story | The Florentine
WEBNov 2, 2021 · Dante and Beatrice in Florence: a new musical film. On Sunday, November 28, Hershey Felder returns to our screens as Dante in a world premiere musical film that focuses on the eternal love story between the Supreme Poet and Beatrice. The story begins in the Chiesa di Dante before taking us around the places that Dante frequented in …
Medici: The Magnificent Season Three | analysis | The Florentine
WEBJun 8, 2020 · In the midst of trying times, Florence’s history provides a welcome escape and offers some necessary perspective. Season Three of Medici: The Magnificent is quick to remind us that Florence has recovered in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds before. History often shows us that crisis crafts leaders who forge ahead with a magnificence that, in times of quietude, might go unnoticed.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence | The Florentine
WEBJan 9, 2019 · Scholars and architecture enthusiasts will know that Palazzo Medici Riccardi is something of a prototype for all Renaissance architecture to come, designed by Michelozzo to represent the emerging ideals of this new era. Our visit starts outside the building, where this concept is most evident. The facades of …