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Museo della Moda e del Costume Palazzo Pitti foto Leonardo Salvini
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The Museum of Fashion and Costume: A Hidden-gem in Florence

By walking through the halls, visitors witness how Florence’s artistic heritage continues to influence modern style, making it a must-visit for anyone passionate about the intersection of art, history, and design.

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Florence beyond the crowds 
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Florence beyond the crowds 

In time of overtourism Florence anyway offers you equally remarkable places that don’t require elbowing your way through selfie-sticks. We have many suggestions and can help to avoid the busiest spots!

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The Vasari Corridor: open at last, so should you visit? 
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The Vasari Corridor: open at last, so should you visit? 

After a long restoration the Vasari Corridor has finally reopened! Designed in 1565 this elevated passageway was the ultimate VIP fast track, connecting Palazzo Vecchio—then the Medici family’s headquarters—to the Pitti Palace across the Arno.

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Unmissable: the ‘Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960’ exhibition in Florence
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Unmissable: the ‘Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960’ exhibition in Florence

“Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960” is the richest and most comprehensive exhibition about Salvatore Ferragamo ever held. The exhibition runs until April 27, 2025

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Florence and tourism in COVID time
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Florence and tourism in COVID time

We all know too well that our lives have radically changed starting from February 2020 and the outbreak of the COVID pandemic. This post is an account of how COVID…

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WWII and Liberation in Florence

Italy’s Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione), or simply April 25 is a national Italian holiday commemorating the end of the Italian Civil War (started September 8th 1943) and the end…

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Leonardo, Vasari and Dan Brown
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Leonardo, Vasari and Dan Brown

Federico Giannini is a young art historian who wrote this article on his popular  website Finestre sull’arte (and who kindly allowed us to translate it. If you read Italian you…

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Congiura dei pazzi
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April Blood

It is April 26th 1478 and the setting is the Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore where a mass is being celebrated. The Medici have been in charge of the…

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Machiavelli’s Prince 1513-2013

On February 19th Florence celebrated the 500th anniversary of Niccolò Machiavelli’s imprisonment with an historical parade that followed his footsteps from via Guicciardini, where Machiavelli lived, to the Palazzo Vecchio,…

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