The Pazzi chapel, located in the “first cloister” of Santa Croce, is one of the most beautiful examples of Renaissance architecture.
Its ceiling was in very bad conditions (50 percent of it was chipped away during the centuries) and so the Opera di Santa Croce undertook a restoration that lasted for 9 months and cost euro 70.000.

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A hidden jewel
Immediately after Ponte Vecchio, on the way to Palazzo Pitti you can find the oldest church of the city: Santa Felicita. Get the chance to discover one of the hidden treasures of Forence: Pontormo’s Deposition in the Capponi Chapel.

The chapel,  designed by Brunelleschi for the former owners, the Barbadori family, was bought by Ludovico Capponi in 1525 who appointed Pontormo for the decoration.

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Disney Live is touring Italy this year with three classic fairy tales. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast.
Let your children and yourself live this unforgettable experience at Florence's Nelson Mandela Forum from 25 till 29 November.

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The Japanese Festival of Florence is the ideal place to discover Japan, Japanese culture and traditions.

Held at Limonaia di Villa Strozzi from Nov 20-22 2009 and open daily from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m, this event has a rich program ranging from music, fashion and design to martial arts and philosophy including ancient arts and culture from the East.

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The "Festival dei Popoli" was founded in 1959, as a no profit festival, by a group of anthropologists, sociologists, ethnologists and media experts to support and discuss social documentary cinema. Their other very important goal was the restoration and conservation of archives (they currently contain over 9,500 titles) and the creation of workshops and courses for inspiring directors and documentary film-makers.

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The forth edition of The “CREATIVITY FAIR” will take place at the Fortezza da Basso  from October 15 till 18.

This year the event will concentrate on the city and its continuous changes. Many expositions from all over the world: Seoul, Shangai, Montreal, Tokyo, Dubai, Il Cairo, San Paulo and Tokyo.

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The Monastery of Fiesole's Monks

The monastery of San Marco is an outstanding example of Florentine Renaissance architecture. It was founded in the thirteenth century, but it was in 1437 when Cosimo il Vecchio invited the Dominican monks from Fiesole to move into town asking his favorite architect Michelozzo that the building became a masterpiece. 

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The rise and fall of the Medici bank

The book "Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence" is about the rise and fall of the Medici bank, and so, consequently about the Medici family: it tells you the incredible development of their business and the collapse of their bank (from Cosimo Il Vecchio who took it over in 1419 to his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent who presided over its precipitous decline). 

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Taste the flavor of Florence's Gelato!

Ice cream in Italy is called GELATO and we all know how good it tastes! In Italy is a MUST: Italians and especially Florentines eat it all year round. It is refreshing, yummy and has got an incredible variety of flavours.
 
The gelato was invented by Bernardo Buontalenti, especially known as a very talented architect . 

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Florence and the bikes

Palazzo Vecchio, the city council of Florence, has launched a new campaign, ‘Più bici, più baci' (‘More bikes, more kisses') and ‘Esci dalla scatola' (‘Get out from the box') to encourage Florentines to opt for two-wheelers instead of cars. This option is available also for tourists that want to live the city as a real Florentine. Florence is a bycicle city: there are 63km of cycle lanes!

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