The bronze equestrian monument to Ferdinando I of Medici, brother of Francesco, and likewise Grand-Duke of Tuscany, which rises up in the centre of Piazza Santissima Annunziata, was started by Giambologna and later finished by[…]
The Medici Villas are a series of rural building complexes near Florence which were owned by members of the Medici family between the XV and the XVII centuries. The villas served several functions. They were[…]
The Palazzo Medici Riccardi stands today as the seat of the Florentine council and one of the focal points of the city. The history of the building is a story that goes all the way[…]
The Carnival holiday goes back to the traditions of the Dionysian Greek and Roman Saturnalia (the festivals sacred to Dionysus and Saturn) with which people greeted the transition from winter to spring. For a short[…]
