Della Robbia and the mystery of the first furnace “hidden” in...
After working as a sculptor with Ghiberti and Donatello, Luca della Robbia abandoned the chisel and mallet to commit himself to the land creating...
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...
Emilia Peruzzi and the salon that reunited the best political and...
Emilia, born Toscanelli in 1827, married Ubaldini Peruzzi, one of the most important figures of the Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy, Ambassador, Minister...
Fosco Maraini, in Baroncelli the roots of the man who made...
Fosco Maraini: ethnologist, anthropologist, orientalist, writer, traveler, photographer, mountaineer and documentary filmmaker. At twenty-two he embarked on the ship Amerigo Vespucci as a teacher...
Quarate, amongst the secrets of the tower and a character honored...
Quarate is a village surrounded by extensive olive groves, probably of Roman origin. It gave name, around the year 1000 A.D., to the powerful...
The Ancient Fair of Antella, the history of a party amongst...
The Antella Fair has a very old history. It was thanks to the efforts of Councillor Ubaldini Peruzzi who in 1872 made "publicly known...
Bianca, Francesco and that love story at the beginning of the...
In the historical procession of the Bagno a Ripoli Palio amongst nobles, halberds, musicians, archers, knights and ladies stands the figure of the Bianca...
Once upon a time there were the washerwomen of Grassina, Rimaggio...
In Bernardo Machiavelli’s Memoirs, father of Niccolò, it is read that the "On July 19, 1475, I gave Ghirigoro di Jacopo da Rimaggio my...
Pieve a Ripoli, the story of one of the oldest churches...
The church of San Pietro a Ripoli is one of the oldest in Italy. In a Charlemagne document from 774 it is remembered as...
The Rovezzano log path amongst porte foderaie (rafting doors) and old...
At the weir of Rovezzano there are two openings, one on the left and one on the right.
These are the rafting doors where fir...
