The parish of Vicchio and the “student spirit” of the Signoria...
The Signoria del Trentesimo (Lordship of the Thirtieth) or of San Antonio had their residence at San Lorenzo parish in Vicchio di Rimaggio and...
There was once upon a time “the little window”: how precious...
A large coat of arms of the Venturi in polychrome ceramic with the inscription Belmonte 1847 stands out on the facade of a building...
Once upon a time … there was Easter with the rolling...
On the morning of Holy Saturday, the older children of Antella and Grassina, in a clay pot, brought the blessed fire to each house...
Maybe not everyone knows that … the first King of Italy...
That summer night in 1819 Gaetano Tiburzi retired into intimacy with the young Regina (Queen), the daughter of settler Bettini who worked the farm...
The Oratorio di Santa Caterina, a treasure trove of rare beauty
Lost in the pleasant countryside between Ponte a Ema and Bagno a Ripoli, on the right bank of the Rimezzano gully, is the Oratorio...
Massimo Casprini tells us all the secrets of Bagno a Ripoli
They will be called “Racconti in breve” (Short Stories) and will be stories, anecdotes and trivia which will tell us about the Bagno a Ripoli...
The “Montesone cross” amongst the myth of the Holy Land and...
On a rocky outcrop in the middle of the woods, facing a panorama of incomparable beauty over the countryside that slopes down to the...
Once upon a time there was a windmill. In San Donato
- What are you talking about? Windmills on the hills around Florence? So far from the sea?
- Sure! Simply go to San Donato in...
Eternal youth and immortality, the myth that accompanies the fountain of...
Going on holiday in the sixteenth century was an exclusive privilege of the Florentine nobility who, already in spring, abandoned the city – which...
Jacopo Soldani and the “Tirsi”, poetry, heresy and the ‘bella vita’...
About the various owners who have succeeded over time have arisen some legends which, however, bear some truth. It seems that Bartolomea Nasi was...
