Between stops at Florence's most visited museums, you'll pass a sculpted bull, a column commemorating a miracle, a tower shifted…
For four years, Girolamo Savonarola was the most listened man in Florence, without ever holding a political title. I'll tell…
For nearly a century, the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore remained an unsolved problem: both the technique and the…
Florence is full of details that remain off the tourist trail: measuring stones, wine glasses, profiles engraved in stone, water…
Four teams, four neighborhoods, three matches in June in Piazza Santa Croce. Calcio storico fiorentino is the toughest and most…
A 1518 sheet of paper, written and drawn by Michelangelo himself, describes what he bought for his table. Simple foods,…
Behind the Buontalenti flavor isn't a marketing ploy, but a 16th-century man who designed fortresses, scenic caves, and, apparently, even…
On June 24th, Florence celebrates the sky. Florentines call them "the fires," and every year the fireworks display from Piazzale…
From ever-open windows to ghosts of the past and details that often go unnoticed, here are some of Florence's haunted…
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