Discovering the Gucci Museum in Florence, Italy
The Gucci Museum in Florence was inaugurated in 2011 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the eponymous fashion house.| Florence Inferno
Sandro Botticelli, whose original name was Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, was one of the greatest painters of the the Early Renaissance. Botticelli was the Florentine who created some of the most famous works of art in the world. He was born in 1445 in Florence in the quarter of Santa Maria Novella near the Arno… The post Sandro Botticelli appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
The Pitti Palace (Italian: Palazzo Pitti) is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence. It is situated on the south side of the Arno River, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. Wanted by Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker, to challenge the hated Medici family, Palazzo Pitti was, at the time of construction around 1440,… The post Pitti Palace appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) connects the city centre to the district of Oltrarno on the south bank of the river Arno. It is the first bridge ever built in Florence, surely one of the great icons of the city and one of the most famous bridges in the world. It is best known today for… The post Ponte Vecchio appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
The Medici Chapels consist of two structures that form part of the monumental complex of San Lorenzo, in Florence, and they house monuments that belonged to members of the Medici family. The Church of San Lorenzo was the official church of the Medici when they lived as private residents in their palace in via Larga (now… The post The Medici Chapels appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
The Primavera (Spring), also know as L’allegoria della primavera (The Allegory of Spring), is a large panel painting in tempera paint by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, displayed in the Uffizi Museum in Florence. It has been described as “one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world,” and “one… The post Botticelli’s Primavera appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
It was in Venice, Italy, at the Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna located in Ca’ Pesaro, the most important baroque Venetian palace, that Robert Langdon, the main character in Dan Brown’s Inferno, saw for the first time Gustave Klimt’s masterpiece The Kiss while it was on loan from Vienna. Langdon credited Venice’s Ca’ Pesaro with arousing… The post The Kiss by Gustave Klimt appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
The François Vase is a large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style. A real masterpiece of ancient pottery and the epitome of black-figure painting, the François Vase can be considered a landmark in the study of Greek pottery as it marks a turning point in the art’s development, constituting a great advance in… The post The François Vase appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church that is now home to the Monastic Communities of Jerusalem. It is situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence. It is also in front of the ancient prison of the Bargello, next to the street that houses the now-called Casa di Dante, which… The post Badia Fiorentina appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
The Gucci Museum in Florence was inaugurated in 2011 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the eponymous fashion house.| Florence Inferno
Discover all the secrets about Lampredotto Sandwich, a typical Florence food quoted in Dan Brown Inferno.| Florence Inferno
