From Via del Cocomero (watermelon) to th…
The first street on the left from Piazza del Duomo (today via Ricasoli) was called "Via del Cocomero…
J like JUMPSUIT born in Florence, 101 ye…
The Tracksuit Model, one-piece universal jumpsuit, was attached to the newspaper La Nazione at a cos…
Verrocchio's golden sphere
For 550 years the golden sphere has dominated Brunelleschi's dome The lantern, designed by Filippo …
Tuscany. Homeland of wine, invents the f…
It was thanks to the Greeks (who introduced the grapevine in Italy in the eighth century B.C.), that…
Too much grace, Saint Anthony! (Italian …
In Via dello Studio (Studio Street) 25 there is a tower house. Above the entrance, a plaque and a te…
Ancient streets of Florence: HELL, PURGA…
2021 is the year of the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante Alighieri's death, which took place in …
February 1883. Once upon a time there wa…
"Once upon a time ... A king! - My little readers will immediately say. No, guys, you were wrong. On…
Frozen and Ice boxes
In this period, even in Florence and its surroundings, as in many other parts of Tuscany and Italy, …