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October 26, 2021
This Sunday is Halloween! While the tradition has slowly picked up over the past few years here in Florence, it isn’t widely celebrated in any shape or form as Americans are used to celebrating. No one goes to homes and knocks for candies, the closest thing is that some shops on the most popular shopping…
July 1, 2021
This Saturday, July 3, several museums in Florence are open for the European Night at the Museum 2021, with extended evening hours and an entrance fee of 1 euro. Normally this event, begun to promote the artistic heritage of the Old Continent, takes place in May, but this edition was moved to the height of…
April 30, 2021
Exciting news! Most of Italy’s regions “reopened” just 3 days ago, easing the restrictive measures that have characterized the past winter and spring months. Signs of falling infection numbers and the vaccine effort accelerating (over a quarter of all Italians have received their first dose, and nearly 5 million are now fully vaccinated) have led…
January 19, 2021
Finally, some happy news from the cultural front in Florence! I am so excited to report that between yesterday and today lots of Florence’s museums are now open (and others opening later this week). This is because we are currently a “yellow” zone – and museums will remain open dependent on whether we remain in…
December 31, 2020
Here in Florence, the last day of the year is full of expectation of the new year, we bundle up into jackets and head out to one of the main squares to hear some lovely music (music genres vary across the piazzas, so you can head to Piazza della Signoria for classical, to Santissima Annunziata…
December 18, 2020
Dominate over Renaissance Florence in this strategy game The name of “Lorenzo the Magnificent” takes us immediately to the splendor of Renaissance Florence, where the Medici and other noble Florentine families competed for power and prestige. Lorenzo il Magnifico is the title of the video game I’m playing during these strange days of 2020, in…
November 6, 2020
Nationwide curfew and clamping down by region On Tuesday night, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a new presidential decree in an effort to curb the growing Covid-19 numbers throughout Italy. The Prime Minister explained these measures in a live address in the evening of November 4, with measures to go into force today Friday,…
October 30, 2020
A photographic exhibition by Massimo Sestini Santa Maria Novella, from October 29, 2020 to January 6, 2021 Update 2020-11-06: the exhibit is closed from November 6th, as are all museums and exhibitions nationwide. Don’t worry, you can still see the virtual tour of the exhibit (while it was in Rome) on Musefirenze’s website. In what…
October 17, 2020
UPDATE NOV. 16, 2020: As of today, the Cafe is also closed to the public for lunch and both the Family Bundles and Cinema are not available. We hope once Tuscany scales down from a “red” zone, the Cafe will once again offer special initiatives as this one. The Cafe is open for delivery, you…
June 23, 2020
This year, Florence is celebrating it’s patron saint’s feast day with “San Giovanni X 3“, a virtual festival that replaces the city’s usual June 24 celebrations given the safeguards Covid19 has imposed on everyone. “San Giovanni X 3” is a joint celebration organized by Florence, Genova and Turin, who share a patron saint in San…
