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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.
Piazza della Passera: past to present | The Florentine
WEBLeonardo da Vinci’s world-renowned portrait, the Mona Lisa, is celebrated annually in piazza della Passera. His muse, Lisa Gherardini, was born on via Sguazza, parallel to the square and now on the anniversary of her birth, on June 15, Monnalisa Day celebrates the discovery of the Mona Lisa in Florence. With a history rich in art and tragedy ...
The Italian Risorgimento: A timeline | The Florentine
WEBMar 10, 2011 · The 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 ...
Vespasiano da Bisticci - The Florentine
WEBJul 1, 2016 · Nevertheless, his Florentine business sense caused the calculations to come quickly: “I could hire 45 scribes and in 22 months you will have 200 volumes.”. This is how, in the late 1440s, Cosimo the Elder met a lifelong friend and an eager supplier, Vespasiano da Bisticci. Even though Vespasiano became famous far outside Italy as the most ...
How to talk like an Italian millennial | The Florentine
WEBJan 11, 2017 · It means the speaker is losing patience or is pretty annoyed about something. It literally means “No, Maria, I’m out!” and was created by Tina Cipollari, a permanent fixture on the TV dating show Uomini e Donne. The “Maria” she’s addressing is Maria De Filippi, the show’s host and long-standing TV personality.
Crespelle alla fiorentina recipe | The Florentine
WEBJan 30, 2014 · 250ml milk. 50g melted butter. 30g melted butter, for coking. Sift the flour and the salt into a bowl, break in the eggs and whisk to a smooth paste, adding the milk a little at a time. Lastly, add the melted butter. Put the crêpe mix in …
Art courses online and in-person | The Florentine
WEBMay 4, 2021 · Held on May 8 and 15, the online classes titled ‘Art Under Attack’ strike the heart of the great rescue of art during World War II. Topics include works of art stolen in Italy (particularly Florence) during the World War II and the subsequent frenzy to find them. Tantalizingly, the “007 of Art”, Rodolfo Siviero and his intrepid rescue ...
What exactly is a Bistecca alla Fiorentina? | The Florentine
WEBJun 21, 2016 · The steak is cut from the loin, just below the rib cage and above the round or rump (depending on which side of the pond you come from!). The higher cuts, nearer to the rib cage also contain the fillet, whereas the lower cuts do not. The Bistecca alla Fiorentina refers to both cuts, which are known as bistecca nel filetto and bistecca nella ...
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.
The Medici balls - The Florentine
WEBMar 29, 2012 · In 1496, there were so many Medici coats of arms on the buildings of Florence that Savonarola, the famous critic and reformist, claimed that even the places of importance usually reserved for the crucifix in churches had been usurped by the Medici’s balls. The Medici family has always been associated with balls. Six of them to be exact.
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