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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails” - Mark Twain – Explore, live and enjoy the best of the city.

There’s beauty all around you.

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Elitism Florence: the quarterly magazine focused on discovering and experiencing the city and its magnificence. What to see, where to eat, trendy bars, historical places, architecture, shops, clubs with complete address lists and all the advice you need to enjoy the city the way Florentines do. And more, interviews with locals, details on the surroundings, highlights on what to buy, fun facts, and all of the top events you don’t want to miss out on in town.

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Welcome everyone. You’re about to browse through and read Issue number 5 of Elitism Florence, compiled with passion and love for all those who are dying to learn more about a city that truly needs no introduction. In this issue too, we talk about the essence of Florence, or its absolute concentration of masterpieces, visited every year by about 10 million people. With our columns To do and To see, you’ll know where to go as soon as you arrive in the city. You’ll also find a small selection of the 5 best restaurants for this issue in the column Where to eat and the 5 best places where you can drink an unforgettable wine in Where to drink. Of course we’ll help you get to know the musts but also some less known and curious aspects. There is advice from the real Florentines in our Suggested by and to wander “with style”, a small illustrated map and brief description of the five neighborhoods that make up the city center. There are lots of new things in Agenda, for a city with a great past but always with an eye on innovation. Are you ready to fall in love with Florence?

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If you’ve chosen Florence as your holiday destination, you will already know that however long your stay is going to be, in any case, it will always be too short to reveal the wonders of Florence, a city full of monuments, art, museums, squares, and unforgettable experiences. As locals, we’re the ones who experience the many gifts of the city first, and therefore Elitism aims to be a collection of suggestions, a notebook, a smart guide, to make your stay in the cradle of the Renaissance a piece of your life that you’ll always carry in your heart.

EDITOR Francesca Querci

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ELITISM FLORENCE There’s beauty all around you Issue n° 5 June | July | August 2018 Quarterly ~ Florence ~ Italy

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CONTENTS JUNE~JULY~AUGUST 2018

TO DO

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TO SEE

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DRESS WELL

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Five amazing things to do in Florence we selected and guarantee for you

First things you have to see once you arrive

What and where to shop in town

& ACCESSORIES

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Trends and styles you’re looking for in jewelry

WHERE TO EAT

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WHERE TO DRINK

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SUGGESTED BY

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DANILO BELTRANTE

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SPORT TIME

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MAP

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Top restaurants and typical taverns to satisfy your hunger

Best wines and drinks around town.. raise your glass with style

Special advices from Mrs. Eleonora Bruno

CEO Familyapartments.com

Enjoy the city and..get fit!

Get lost and..enjoy

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THE BEST SNEAKERS SELECTION.

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ITALIAN TASTE

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Our Selection

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A quick to-experience list

Recipes and flavors from Florence

Everything you need to bring home together with your memories

1,2,3 Days

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Flip through our suggested 1-2-3 days itineraries

SAN LORENZO

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Nearby

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Agenda

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This is so Contemporary

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La Dolce Vita

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One of the special places in Florence

Where to wander around

Events and much more

Let’s meet the artist of this issue HOPPN

Brionvega Radio Cube, a precious piece of history

Silvana Mangano, the iconic actress of a natural elegance

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THE LUXE LIST Discover the brands you love for up to 70% less Visited Florence Cathedral?

Wandered through the Uffizi Gallery?

Then there’s one more must-see destination to check off your list before you leave Florence – Barberino Designer Outlet. Find collections from coveted Italian and international designer brands like Blumarine, Dolce & Gabbana and Furla for up to 70% less and enjoy our tempting cafés and restaurants.

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GETTING HERE

We offer a daily shuttle bus service from Florence Santa Maria train station.

FIND OVER 200 IRRESISTIBLE BRANDS JUST 30 MINUTES FROM FLORENCE

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TAX FREE SHOPPING

Non-EU residents can enjoy a tax refund on products purchased in our centre.

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Via Tornabuoni

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You cannot miss the recently renewed Mercato Centrale, a real gastronomic melting pot, for those who want to taste emotions. The Loggia del Porcellino where you can buy genuine leather products and caress the famous luck charm bronze boar muzzle at the side of the market.

Arno River

Enjoy the Diladdarno discovering San Frediano, snooping around workshops, antiques and art galleries. Piazza Santo Spirito is the right place for a typical dinner or a late evening drink. Piazza del Carmine with its mixed between sacred and profane atmosphere is another must-see.

· The Rive Gauche

To do

· Not just Art

Go for some top-level shopping in Via Tornabuoni: Gucci, Emilio Pucci, Tiffany, and many more are there waiting to fuel your vanity. Discover vintage jewels in Piazza Strozzi at Barducci Jewelry. Design and crafts lovers are welcome in Via della Spada where a tour is a must.

· Tuscan Food

Taste tradition: a Lampredotto sandwich in Piazza de’Nerli, Bistecca alla Fiorentina at Cambi restaurant, extraordinary Pappa al Pomodoro at Santo Bevitore. Want some ice cream?

Sorbetteria in Piazza Tasso and the world-famous Vivoli near Piazza Santa Croce are waiting for you.

Il ratto delle Sabine

Loggia del Porcellino

· Markets Tour

Second Italian museum for number of visitors, the Accademia displays the largest amount of Michelangelo’s sculptures in the world. A must-see, where you can find the original Michelangelo’s David and probably experience the Stendhal Syndrome. Remember to book in advance!

· Galleria dell’Accademia

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Piazzale Michelangelo

Ponte Vecchio

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Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of the city’s civil and administrative authority. Sight is surrounded by ancient marble, bronze and stone statues, like Donatello’s Marzocco, the lion leaning on the coat of arms, and the Nettuno fountain. Here, the most famous gallery: the Uffizi.

Links the main part of the historical city centre with the “Diladdarno”, with artisan goldsmiths that once were butcher shops lining the path to the scenic terraces. The Vasari Corridor, that crosses the Arno at Ponte Vecchio, was built in 1565.

· Ponte Vecchio

To see

Palazzo Pitti

· Piazza della Signoria

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Campanile di Giotto and Battistero; with its white Carrara marble front, hallowed in the year 1436, the Duomo dominates the whole square and Giotto’s Campanile. The Cathedral’s dome, finished with red bricks, outstands everything around.

· Piazza Duomo

Piazza della Signoria

A 5 minute walk to embrace absolute beauty: the city sight from Piazzale Michelangelo. You can walk the ancient stairways “Rampe del Poggi” starting from San Niccolò to climb up toward Piazzale. Once there just a few more steps to fall in love with the Church of San Miniato.

· Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato

Residence of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, home to the Medici, the Lorena and the Savoia families. The palace hosts an articulated compound of different galleries and museums: Palatina Gallery, Appartamenti Monumentali, Modern Art Gallery, Boboli Garden.

· Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Garden

Campanile di Giotto

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Florence Factory shop via dei Neri 6/8 r, Firenze Opening Monday 13.30 - 19.30 Thusday - Sunday 10.30 - 19.30

www.florencefactory.it

Florence Factory Shop

authentic, local, hand-made A new space has come to the heart of Florence, a stone’s throw from Piazza Santa Croce: a home for the work of local designers and artisans. As you stroll down Via dei Neri, two large shop windows are sure to pique your curiosity and happily surprise you. We’d bet you won’t be able to resist going in to pick out a unique, hand-made piece to take home. This is Florence Factory Shop, inspired by the desire to create a store where craftsmanship, quality, and contemporary style are at the top of the agenda, and a place where pieces of local craftsmanship tell their stories in their every detail. About thirty artisans, historic shops, and emerging Florentine designers were chosen as flag-bearers of Florence’s age-old craft tradition with an absolutely contemporary eye, creating pieces of the finest quality, the very best of Made in Italy quality.

We want to tell you all about this concept store dedicated to local products, where each piece has been conceived, designed and made by local designers and artisans whose passionate dedication breathe life into an idea, a feeling, or an inspiration steeped in Italian tradition and culture.

Stepping into Florence Factory is like taking a tour of all of Florence’s most fascinating shops and workshops.

Where did the idea for Florence Factory come from?

We asked Jacopo Lotti and Lorenzo Bertini: “The idea came out of wanting to engage an aware public tired of the usual ‘tourist’ products, people who understand the value of our city’s craftsmanship and heritage that only hand-made pieces can bear. Every piece that comes into the Florence Factory collection is chosen meticulously and with dedication, creating a space where design and quality craftsmanship merge into a single project about shopping, experience,and culture: the Florence Factory Shop.”

This is a place where the culture of craftsmanship and design is promoted and given expression in unique collections with a wealth of meaning and value. Jewelry, furnishing and ceramics, clothing, accessories, bags, backpacks, hats, sunglasses, fragrances and much more, are all strictly authentic, local and hand-made. In the best artisan tradition, almost all products can be customized and made-tomeasure for you to have a select piece, hand-made in Florence, that will remind you forever of the amazing trip you took to Florence in the hot summer of 2018.

ANDREONI CALZATURE

CUP OF MILK

Ferragamo

Run by Simona Bencini, the Andreoni stores all share the great attention to the quality of the materials and the shoemaking technique, for products that last over time. Great care is taken in putting together the collections and new items, with an eye for products Made in Italy.

A gift for your beloved children or grandchildren? On Borgo Pinti, this lovely store has clothes for children from 0 to 12 years. Clothing but also accessories and decorations, as well as an outlet. Don’t miss the summer collection! And if you fell in love with the brand and want to buy something when you get home, you’ll find a well-stocked outlet online.

Salvatore Ferragamo needs no introduction. His fashion house of the same name opened in 1927, first producing shoes and then expanding into production of clothing and accessories.

Today the brand is known the world over for its style and the high quality of its products.

//Viale Europa, 100

//Borgo Pinti, 6r www.cupofmilk.it

//Via de Tornabuoni 4r www.ferragamo.com

Dress Well

Benheart

Barberino Outlet

PESCI CHE VOLANO

Benheart was established in Scandicci, famous all over the world for craftsmanship and leather tanning according to the old Tuscan traditions.

With stores in Italy and worldwide, Benheart offers a wide range of leather goods such as: bags, shoes, jackets and many other products, all handcrafted.

Barberino Designer Outlet is the perfect location where you can find your favourite designer brands at up to 70% off, all year round. With more than 120 boutiques, cafes and restaurants, children’s play area and free parking, surrounded in wonderful Tuscany setting and architecture, Barberino Designer Outlet offers something for everyone. We are conveniently located adjacent to the A1 motorway, just 30 minutes from Florence and only 45 minutes from Bologna.

Enjoy Tax free Shopping in our centre.

Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10.00-21.00

Fish that fly, shop-boutique and workshop, owes its name to the painting by the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch.

Artisan jewelry in bronze, ebony and silver and children’s clothing and accessories. The spark that made this store a reality was the owner’s desire to work, beginning with innate passions and skills perfected through experience.

//Via della Vigna Nuova, 97r www.benheart.it

//Via Meucci, Barberino di Mugello www.outlets.mcarthurglen.com

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ALCOZER

ALISI

BARDUCCI ATELIER

Its founder and designer Giampiero Alcozer, after reaping the benefits of numerous creative experiences and artistic inspirations on various continents, decided to settle in the heart of Florence in 1994 to bring his dream to life, creating unique, classicallyinspired jewellery with a contemporary style. The result is high-quality handcrafted jewelry made entirely in ITALY and dedicated to all women who love to be daring.

There is a place in Florence’s historic center where the history behind the city that is a symbol of the Renaissance merges with the history of the founders of the Alisi brand. On Via Porta Rossa, between the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, there is a workshop-showroom where Camilla and Susanna Alisi transform ideas, photos, and memories into something precious that lasts “forever”. “It’s impossible to design something without emotion, a story, a desire, because every piece of jewellery, in order to be an Alisi Gioielli creation, must have a heart.”

A jewellery and watchmaking shop founded in 1860, it has now been transformed into an Atelier, opened on the top floor of a beautiful historic building in Piazza Strozzi. In the new brand philosophy for the Atelier version, one-on-one appointments are made, aiming to establish unique relationships with each individual customer, who can commission custom-made jewellery and unobtainable pieces.

//Via della Vigna Nuova 24r www.it.alcozershop.com

//Via Porta Rossa 60r www.alisigioielli.com

//Piazza Strozzi 1r www.barducci.com

& Accessories

ANGELA CAPUTI

TIFFANY & CO

MAURIZIO MORI

The creative heart of the Angela Caputi Giuggiù brand has its headquarters in the historic center of Florence, a stone’s throw from the Ponte Vecchio, in an old 17th-century palazzo better known as the “Palazzetto Medici”. Here, the Florentine designer, inspired by the American movies from the first half of the 1900s, makes her creations, the products of her age-old passion for fashion and the desire to communicate with women.

Tiffany & Co. is the most exclusive jewellery store in the world and has been the most important home to jewellery design in the U.S. since 1837. It purchases creations that are superbly made and of timeless beauty, and that will always be appreciated for their priceless value. The collection of diamond pendants designed

by Elsa Peretti is not to be missed.

Today the name Maurizio Mori is synonymous with high fashion costume jewellery. Located in the center of Florence between the Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti, it opened its doors in 1997, and every day, inspired by the city’s beauty, it creates unique products. In each piece of jewellery designed by Maurizio Mori there is classic Italian style, authentic and inimitable, awe-inspiring on first glance thanks to the details and the skilful combination of semi-precious stones, pearls and crystals.

//Via Santo Spirito, 58r www.angelacaputi.com

//Via Tornabuoni 37r www.tiffany.it

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Where to Eat Enjoying food is one of the best pleasures of life. The staff of Elitism presents you the top 5 restaurants of the month, selected after a fine and accurate test.

Momio

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MOMIO Cafe, Restaurant and Salon came out of Marco and Nadia’s union and their love for catering in all its facets. A place to find peace, share or chat, where the various rooms provide different atmospheres. A place for tireless travelers to explore. //Via Pisana 9c www.momiofirenze.it $$ Coco Lezzone The trattoria Coco Lezzone opened on a quaint street in the historical center of Florence in the early 19th century, first as the shop “Da Corrado”, also called “Coco Lezzone”, then, in the 1970s, as a temple of cuisine run by the Paoli family. Here, in a typical Florentine family setting, customers can taste traditional local dishes cooked slowly and patiently on the fires of a wood stove, in the old way, paired with excellent Tuscan wines.

5Ecinque $$ Meticulousness, parsimony and lightness typical of Liguria’s tradition - vegetarian by vocation but with some Mediterranean contaminations from abroad - in synergy with the typical Tuscan values of austerity, simplicity and quality. Only the finest basic ingredients, organic and natural, and strictly seasonal, are used, and come mainly from the surrounding area and, when possible, from the owners’ own vegetable garden. Organic Vegetarian Cuisine. //Piazza della Passera 1 www.5ecinque.it

//Via del Parioncino 26 r www.cocolezzone.it Italian Tapas $$ At Italian Tapas, you can savor Italian cuisine in a cool relaxing atmosphere, a stone’s throw from Santo Spirito. At the counter you can enjoy an aperitif or a drink paired with a selection of excellent appetizers; at the table you can taste a broad selection of the many tapas, which reinvent Italian tradition with whimsy and creativity: an experience to try and talk about afterwards. //Via Sant’Agostino 11/r www.italiantapas.it

$$ Nu Ovo A lovely egg experience, this is the pay-off at this particular restaurant, which draws its inspiration, in all respects, from the egg and its perfection. Pleasing, tasty, nutritious and concentrated. What could be more perfect than the egg? “Nu Ovo” wishes to fully reflect all the characteristics of the product that lies at the base of its philosophy.

Wholesome, organic and local. Nu Ovo is a project of the Grand Hotel Cavour, Hotel Firenze Centro.

Via del Proconsolo 3 www.nuovorestaurant.it

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A story of passion and commitment.

Surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, a landscape of cultivated hills, and lush forests.

Four independent residences adjoining the main house, a large swimming pool and a horseriding school.

Wine Tasting on appointment www.campobargello.it Campo Bargello - Localita’ Fontino, 58024 Massa Marittima (GR) Toscana - Italy

Where to Drink Places to taste fine wines and artistic cocktails. Our top 5 selection, with some alcoholic degree.

ENOTECA BUSSOTTI

ENOTECA ALESSI Alessi has four different “souls”: the hipster soul seeking exotic food, the cocktail lover and wine expert, or the connoisseur of spirits. All are welcome here, because everyone will find something that intrigues them. Immerse yourself in a unique experience where food and beverages from around the world are served in a relaxing atmosphere in the heart of Florence

Enoteca Bussotti has been located in the center of Florence since 1937 and run by the Bussotti family since 1961.

It sells retail and wholesale domestic and foreign wines, with a special focus on local Tuscan wines, and the most prestigious international brand name champagnes, sparkling wines and liqueurs, as well as food specialties from different Italian regions. //Via San Gallo 161r, 154 www.enotecabussotti.it

OBSEQUIUM At Obsequium, customers can select from a variety of different wine tasting proposals: from the classic excellent Tuscan wines to the great reds, or the most famous DOCGs (controlled and guaranteed designation of origin) in Italy. An experience guided by information sheets or a qualified sommelier. For lovers of a full-on sensory experience, there are the food/wine pairings.

For the most demanding customers, Obsequium offers a guided tasting service at home. //Borgo San Jacopo 17-39 www.obsequium.it

//Via delle Oche 27-29-31r www.enotecaalessi.it

FRATELLI ZANOBINI The historic Fratelli Zanobini ‘fiaschetteria’ and ‘mescita’ or wine shop, opened in Florence in 1944, amid monuments and quaint locations. History can still be savored here in the San Lorenzo Market, the most famous of popular neighborhoods. The Zanobini shop is like a theater whose set is thousands of bottles of wine and liqueur, including the historic Strega and Alchermes that cover the walls, fill the cellar and create the curtain behind the counter. //Via Sant’Antonino, 47r

LA DIVINA ENOTECA Located in the characteristic San Lorenzo neighborhood, in a 19thcentury building on Via Panicale, is La Divina Enoteca. Bianca Ciatti and Livio Del Chiaro, both sommeliers, lovers of fine beverages and quality, welcome you, uncorking some of their best wines for you, paired with abundant platters of cheeses and cured meats made by small artisan shops, a hot bruschetta, a gourmet sandwich or a delicious “panigaccio”, a real specialty! //Via Panicale 19r www.ladivinaenoteca.it

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ELEONORA BRUNO “Important hats for intelligent minds”: this is the philosophy coined by the Florentine Eleonora Bruno. Her imaginative creations have been photographed by Anna Dello Russo and Karl Lagerfeld for their fashion shoots for Vogue Japan and Harper’s Bazaar. Eleonora’s hats can be defined as “compositions to wear”: large floral elements, woven straw and unexpected colour contrast boasting a very exuberant style.

Aperitif at Bar d’Angolo in Piazza della Calza. No atmospheric event or natural disaster should prevent you from stopping at the Bar D’angolo!! It’s a place to meet old friends every day and we’re like a big family. The staff there are great and super nice. My favorite restaurant is the 5&​5 in Piazza della Passera. I love the slightly retro ambiance and the cuisine is completely vegetarian. Having made this food choice, this is my perfect place. After dinner, the classic tour of the 7 churches in Santo Spirito, but some of my favorite places for a cocktail are il Volume, a little more bohemian with concerts of rockabilly music once a month. Or Gurduloo where the award-winning bartenders make great cocktails. And after the cocktail, if I’m not sleepy and the night is still young, there’s the Club Disagio where you can taste true Florentine Night life. We all feel a bit of discomfort, and this is the perfect place to forget about it! I walk a lot around Florence. I like walking. Two walks I love every time are Via di San Leonardo, a small lane that goes as far as Forte Belvedere, and Via Dell’Erta Canina, a shortcut to get to the Rose Garden and then to San Niccolò, stupendous.

Suggested by: ELEONORA BRUNO - Hatmaker

www.playgroundshop.com

Recently refurbished, the historical store in Florence, since a long time has become the reference point in the Florentine fashion world and a must for whoever wants to be always updated getting to know the latest trends without ever give up an elegant style.

Wood and iron, black and white all mixed together to create a minimal, super cool design.

Viale Don G.Minzoni 31/A - 50129 Firenze

Da Vinci Experience and his real machines

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Danilo Beltrante

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ive the family the best vacation of their lives! This is my goal, the goal of the FamilyApartments. com® team. And step by step we’re creating something that was just a pipe dream a few years ago. I worked as a handyman managing an apartment building with 7 units in the heart of Florence.

The Vacation Rental sector and my business were growing with each year. I remember the check-in at midnight, welcoming families that arrived late from the Pisa airport, a smile on my face, happy to help these people. An apartment is not just a roof to shelter you over the holidays, but an integral part of the experience. Family is love, togetherness. Traveling as a family is one of life’s carefree pleasures. There’s nothing better than a family that travels together. The surprise of exploring new places, cultures, different dishes that the kids may or may not like!

The unexpected is always around the corner, but parents’ courage gets the upper hand. Unfortunately, it’s not always possible to cope with all the glitches. Sometimes the joy of traveling collides with problems caused by malfunctions in the apartment, disregard for expectations, booking errors or time wasted at check in, and plans made from home have to be scrapped, threatening to compromise the holiday.

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families. I’m always in start-up mode, because the way people travel constantly changes and the company has to be ready to accept new market challenges. The strength of our company lies not in perfection, but in better managing all the situations that might threaten our guests’ well-being. We make sure the apartment is ready even before check-out time, and are present 24 hours around the clock, to propose experiences and tours designed for families.

Last year we formed partnerships with multinational companies such as Clementoni and Inglesina, who believed in our project from the start. Luciano, a friend and partner of mine, runs Family Apartments in Bari, Puglia. This year is the turning point. Thanks to our customers’ trust and confirming us year after year, and the numerous partnership requests, we will be launching a Crowdfunding campaign to develop the FamilyApartments.com franchise.

We want families all over the world to have the best holiday of their lives, at least once, and we want to be an active part of it.

To support our project, follow us on Facebook!

FamilyApartments.com Danilo Beltrante

Sport Time Be Alternative!

Dragon Boats on the Arno:

Diving in Capraia Giannutri and Il Giglio:

Dragon Boat racing is a sport with ancient oriental origins, now widespread throughout the world. Races are run in standard boats of 12.40 meters long and 1.12 meters wide, with the bow and stern respectively in the shapes of a dragon’s head and tail. Propelled forward by 20 athletes, whose paddle strokes are punctuated by the rhythm of a “small drum”, a helmsman at the stern directs the boat with an oar of about 3 meters long.

For info>> www.canottierifirenze.com

The islands of the Tuscan archipelago are protected as National Parks and are wonderful places for diving enthusiasts. In these waters, one can encounter a great variety of fish, shipwrecks and highly colorful plants.

In the three islands mentioned there are several diving centers available.

Of all of them, we recommend Capraia, which, thanks to the rigid fishing restrictions and consistently clear waters, has a visibility of 40 meters of depth.

For info Capraia Diving Center >>www.capraiadiving.it

Tennis just a few steps from Piazzale Michelangelo:

Inland climbing:

Let’s start by saying that this Sports Center is a Florentine favorite. An athletic track where you can warm up on 6 clay courts - all illuminated - one of which is covered in winter. A place where you can switch off and get rid of any tensions with a nice doubles match, or why not, take some lessons from the talented coaches at the Center.

For info>> www.assigigliorosso.it

Very close to Florence, and it seems almost impossible, there is a small but functional rock gym where you can climb all year round, thanks to the climate which is not too cold in winter. The main feature of this gym is that it was carved out of a former quarry. Where are we? In Maiano, a small village between Florence and Fiesole. Here, the arenaceous fraction of the rock is compacted, crushed into horizontal clay strata. For experts only.

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Galleria Dell’ Accademia

S.M. Novella Central Train Station

Mercato Centrale

Piazza dell’Unità

Piazza della S.S. Annunziata

San Lorenzo

Piazza S. Maria Novella Cathedral of Santa Maria Del Fiore

Palazzo Strozzi

Piazza Goldoni Ponte Alla Carraia

Piazza della Repubblica

Piazza San Firenze

Piazza S. Trinita Ponte S. Trinita

Mercato Nuovo

Piazza della Signoria

Piazza Santa Croce

Galleria Degli Uffizi Piazza Ponte Mentana Vecchio

Piazza Santo Spirito

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Get lost in Florence · Santa Croce Impossible not to stop to admire this gorgeous Church, that gives its name to the neighborhood. Walking the narrow streets and the small squares in the area you will find old workshops and small but precious museums like the Museo Horne and the Museo di Storia della Scienza. The first one displays a significant collection of paintings and sculptures collected by the art critic Horne itself, who lived there. The second is kind of a shrine to Galileo Galilei and hosts his telescopes and the lenses he used to discover the largest moons of Jupiter. Among the many peculiarities of this area, Michelangelo Buonarroti lived for a short period of his life right in Via Ghibellina. Time for the best ice cream in the world now, Vivoli! · Santo Spirito and San Frediano Workshops, goldsmiths, restorers and antiques shops make this two adjacent districts the area of the city in which still lives the old Florentine craftsmanship tradition. A visit to Church of Piazza Santo Spirito, Piazza del Cestello and to the Church of San Frediano in Cestello is in order. Walking through typical cobblestone small alleys named like the old jobs once exerted in the streets themselves (via dei Tessitori, via dei Cardatori, etc…) you can reach Piazza del Carmine. Don’t let the unfinished front side mislead you!

Inside the Church one of the greatest Renaissance masterpieces, the Cappella Brancacci, especially known for the astonishing fresco “Expulsion from the garden of Eden” painted by Masaccio. · Duomo and San Lorenzo San Lorenzo was one of the districts where the Medici family lived and where you can discover unbelievable beauties, strolling around the lanes maze. After the Duomo named Santa Maria del Fiore, the main city Cathedral, you can find the Cappelle Medicee, with their gorgeous marble and stone walls cladding and the first Medici palace, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, at number one in via Larga (now via Cavour). If you are hungry, the best for a quick meal is the Mercato Centrale, that offers a wide food and drinks choice in a fine steel, glass and cast-iron Art Nouveau building.

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Piazzale Michelangelo Michelangelo Piazzale

· Sant’Ambrogio Lively, dynamic and always hot! The Sant’Ambrogio area usually surprises first time visitors. The main square, with the Sant’ambrogio Church, is one of the oldest in town and it is one of the locals favorite night-life places because of the plenty of clubs, bars, bistros and restaurants all around. A must-see is the Sant’Ambrogio covered Market where you can taste some of the traditional Tuscan products like “la Pattona”. This district is also home to the Synagogue and the Jewish Museum.

· San Niccolò It is not a district, not even a block, it is Via San Niccolò! In the Diladdarno is one of the oldest streets, and takes its name from San Nicola di Mira to whom the Church of San Niccolò Oltrarno is dedicated. The area is rich of notable historical buildings like the Palazzo del Rosso from the 17th century, the Palazzo Demidoff-Amici and the Palazzo GianniLucchesi-Vegni that shows on its facade a plaque to the memory of the Russian director Andrej Tarkovskij and his Florentine days. At number 99 Palazzo Stiozzi-Ridolfi, attributed to Baccio D’Agnolo, and at 107 the decorated front side of Palazzo Nasi-Quartesi with paintings from the 15th century.

· San Miniato al Monte and Piazzale Michelangelo The San Miniato al Monte Abbey is one of the most beautiful Romanesque Churches of Florence and is sacred to San Miniato, one of the first Florentine martyrs. Once you exit the Church, there you see it! The magnificence and the heart of Florence... Forte Belvedere, Santa Croce, the Arno, the Bridges...with the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Bargello and the Badia Fiorentina bell tower standing out among the breathtaking panorama and, north-side, the smooth hills of Fiesole and Settignano. Piazzale Michelangelo can be reached from Viale Michelangelo, a lovely tree-lined avenue that climbs the hillside, or from the old stoop of the Rampe di San Niccolò.

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On the right: David

No, you can’t miss it 1. Galileo’s Sundial In 1633 Galileo Galilei was forced to recant and was confined to Arcetri, just above the city center, home to a famous astronomical observatory. As a tribute to the great Galileo, an obelisk was erected in the small piazza in front of the museum dedicated to him, a large Sundial whose shadow on the ground tells the time and date. 2. The bread window On the right side of the church of San Martino you will find a hole, set with a metallic cross with a plaque above it. This hole was used to give alms to the rich Florentine families who had fallen into disgrace and who, out of shame, did not want to beg for alms. 3. The most famous sculptures In Florence you can enjoy three of the most famous sculptures by Michelangelo, the David, in the original version preserved in the Galleria dell’Accademia on Via Ricasoli. Nearby you’ll also find “I Prigioni”, a group of 6 statues originally, “4” unfinished at the Academy and two finished and on view in the Louvre in Paris. Finally, the Bacchus. Preserved in the Bargello National Museum, this work is considered ambiguous because of its forms. 4. Not to mention the most famous frescoes with the Deposition of Pontormo, preserved in the church of Santa Felicità or the Death of Saint Francis by Giotto, part of the cycle of frescoes on Stories of Saint Francis in the church of Santa Croce. And last, but only in this brief selection, Dancing Nudes by Antonio del Pollaiolo, preserved in the Villa La Gallina and considered by critics to be the most important 15th-century work on Dionysian initiation.

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“You have to taste a culture to understand it” (Deborah Cater)

Italian Taste Crostini alla Toscana (Tuscan anchovy spread)

Ingredients: Rye bread 200 g of anchovies preserved in salt 50 g of capers garlic 1 small onion parsley breadcrumbs chilli peppers oil vinegar

PREPARATION Desalt, de-bone, and wash the anchovies, letting them drain on a sloping dish. Chop the parsley, half of the onion, a clove of garlic, capers, chilli peppers and the breadcrumbs, which have been water-soaked then squeezed to remove the water.

Mix with six tablespoons of oil and three of vinegar. Place a layer of anchovies in a salad bowl alternated with a layer of sauce and let it sit for a day. When it’s time to serve it, toast the bread slices, spread them with a layer of butter and place the anchovy mixture on top. Enjoy!

A SELECTION OF GREAT WINES TO ACCOMPANY YOUR MEAL ANSONICA COSTA DELL’ARGENTARIO DOC CHIANTI COLLI ARETINI DOCG MACCHIAIOLO DOC MAREMMA TOSCANA SANGIOVESE

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Where to eat the best Pennette with green tomatoes and herbs

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CENTRO*SESTO

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THE BEST TUSCAN PRODUCTS AT THE RIGHT PRICE.

LASTRA A SIGNA Via S.Maria a Castagnolo 1, Lastra a Signa CENTRO*GAVINANA Via Erbosa 66b/c 68, Firenze

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Con oltre cento punti vendita è il luogo ideale in cui acquistare una grande varietà di prodotti tipici toscani ad un prezzo conveniente.

La ricca offerta include anche un ampio assortimento di prodotti senza glutine e biologici.

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Please check our regular and special opening times on our website. www.coopfirenze.it

With over an hundred stores Unicoop Firenze is the ideal place to buy a wide variety of typical Tuscan products at affordable prices. The rich offer also includes a wide range of gluten-free and biological products.

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02 / BENHEART | LEATHER SHOES | price on request BENHEART - Via della Vigna Nuova 97r - www.benheart.it

06 / MINI RODINI | HORSE SS TEE | € 29.00 CUP OF MILK - Borgo Pinti 6r

03 / SOCIETE ANONYME | SHORTS BOMBCOULOTTE € 185 Societe Anonyme - Via Della Mattonaia 24

07 / HENRIK VIBSKOV | MATCHES SUNGLASSES BLACK | € 415 GUYA - Via Calimala 29r

04 / ADIDAS CAMPUS | PORTER X ADIDAS CAMPUS | € 150 SOTF - www.sotf.com

08 / TIE YOUR TIE FLORENCE | Tie Silk printed with parsley | € 230 TIE YOUR TIE FLORENCE - Piazza Dei Rucellai 8r

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Flair SALVATORE FERRAGAMO

the creativity and inventiveness of an Italian stylist.

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he stylist Salvatore Ferragamo, who was born in 1898, was often hailed as a great creative genius and sometimes even a visionary, due to his sense of high design, which led to him to produce some genuinely artistic objects. His creations ranged from sober elegance to conspicuous eccentricity and they inspired many other designers of his time. He was one of the first designers to change our conception of the shoe as an accessory, thereby contributing towards defining the fundamental characteristics of the “Made in Italy” style.

At a very young age, Ferragamo already decided that he wished to ennoble the shoemaker’s craft by creating bespoke handmade shoes, first of all for his own sisters and then for increasingly important personages. In 1914 he emigrated to the United States and, after opening his own shoe repair workshop in California, he began his inexorable ascent to fame. This “American Dream” came true on the West Coast, where the film industry of Hollywood soon ordained him as the “Shoemaker to the Stars”.

Upon returning to Italy in 1927, thanks to this experience abroad, Ferragamo was able to found his real first company which, following the economic crisis of 1929, almost went bankrupt. Nevertheless, by the end of the ‘30s, Salvatore realized that the market for shoes was still buoyant and he established his headquarters in Florence at the Palazzo Spini Ferroni. This business was soon flourishing, thanks to orders from several clients of the international jet set and the scions of royal families who considered his shoes to be exceptionally refined and original.

Following Salvatore Ferragamo’s death in 1960 the international reputation of the brand did not decline. On the contrary, it increased and expanded still further, with his wife Wanda at the helm of the business, assisted by his 6 children who were able to hand down and safeguard his legacy. To this day the company is still in the hands of the family and all of Salvatore’s children, as well as some of his grand-children, are committed to the Ferragamo Group.

The Ferragamo Museum in Florence, inaugurated in 1991, is a pioneering example of a Brand Museum and, with its large collection of designs, patents and drawings, it celebrates and bears witness to Salvatore Ferragamo’s entire professional career.

We can be truly proud of such an important designer and stylist, who helped to make the unmistakable style and high quality of Italian commodities famous all over the world.

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One day in Florence “If you only have one day to visit our beautiful city we suggest not to waste time in long lines at the museums gates. The city itself is an open-air museum”

Amid the art...

Following the example of the High Line in New York, we recommend our Florentine greenway: a true though not yet “official” route amid art and enchantingly beautiful gardens. Where to start? After visiting the renowned Bardini Museum, in the San Niccolò neighborhood, at number 1 on Via dei Bardi, a door will lead you to a baroque staircase that will open before your (undoubtedly astounded) eyes onto a garden with roses, flowerbeds and fountains. We present the Bardini Garden, with an ancient history dating back to the 17th century when a villa was built on Costa San Giorgio surrounded by vineyards and fields. Then, in the 19th century, it was enhanced, cared for and extended: wisteria, hydrangea collections, as far as the Belvedere terrace. Enjoy the scenery, enjoy the moment. And don’t even think about taking selfies.

And historic gardens A short walk easily takes you to Piazzale Michelangelo, which we will not discuss at this point in time. In fact, we mainly want to point out two historic gardens in the heart of all the Florentine gardens: the Iris Garden and the Rose Garden. The first is set in an olive grove and consists of 3000 species of iris. It is open all year round by reservation, but only from April to early June can you see it in all its glory. In approximately two and a half hectares with a view of Florence, you’ll be able to see medium and dwarf Germanica, Japonica, sibirica, louisiana and many other varieties of iris. The second garden is home to 350 varieties of roses and also sculptures by Folon. The most famous sculpture by this dreamer, before artist, is “La valigia - The Suitcase”, which frames an incomparable view of Florence. In spring, these gardens are at their best and all you should do is enjoy the silence, the scents and unforgettable views.

Without forgetting to take a food break.

If you want to take it easy after the walk, we recommend a coffee at Ditta Artigianale, or if you happen to be there at aperitif time, an excellent gin from the 350 labels on offer. Are you feeling a little peckish? We have three words of advice: Burro e Acciughe, a seafood restaurant on Via dell’Orto, where you can taste fresh seafood cooked with passion. Or if you are curious to understand what this famous “tripe” really is, we recommend Il Magazzino, a few steps from the Ponte Vecchio. Here, the entire menu revolves around different tripes, with lampredotto ravioli or spaghetti alla chitarra with lampredotto ragù. Are you vegans? Good for you. Then you shouldn’t miss 5ecinque, in Piazza della Passera. The menu is based on organic products, soups and savory pies.

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Who knows Benozzo Gozzoli?

Time is ticking..

From Via Martelli to Via Cavour, you arrive at Palazzo Medici Riccardi. On the other side of a section of pavement with large slabs, you can reach the porter’s office to ask that the gate to the internal courtyard be opened. The elevator takes you to the second floor, where you may visit rooms in the palazzo, the Museo dei Marmi and have access to restrooms. The rooms and the chapel of Benozzo Gozzoli are all accessible (Cappella dei Magi is not accessible).

Two days in Florence Really tasty Florentine food

Time for a special espresso Head to the San Lorenzo area for lunch, which could be lampredotto at the traditional vendor inside the covered market or a bistecca fiorentina at a local trattoria. Or, if you want to keep light in order to get right back out there to see more, pick up a panino (sandwich) at any bar. Knock back an espresso coffee because there’s plenty more to see. You don’t want to be sleepy!

Florence rooftop

An unforgettable experience When you start to tire of the crowded streets, leave the center behind and head for the hills! A demanding climb leads up to Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato al Monte – it’s worth the effort to experience some of the most soul-soothing and inspiring views in the world with your own eyes.

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The largest cupola or dome in the world With a little more time available you can definitely spend half a day at our Dome by Brunelleschi. It is the largest cupola in the world and is 45 meters in diameter. It dates back to the period between 1418 and 1434 and today is still unharmed by time.

Climb up to the top, where the lantern with a cone-shaped cover and the gilded copper ball by Andrea del Verrocchio is perched.

The wonderful frescoes that decorate the dome were painted

by Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari and represent the Last Judgment, the same theme depicted in the Baptistery. We strongly recommend booking your visit by going directly to the website www.ilgrandemuseodelduomo.it

Walking from Piazza to Piazza The moment is right to dedicate a whole day to the Florentine Piazzas.

We start our tour, at a relaxed pace, from Piazza Signoria. Considered one of the most beautiful piazzas in Italy, it is an outdoor art gallery par excellence and a historic place in the city. Turn around 360 degrees and look, because you should not miss a corner of this piazza. We arrive in Piazza Santo Spirito, where, since 1252 (yes, you read it right) the Church of Santo Spirito, built at the behest of the Augustinian friars, still stands.

Today this piazza is a lively hub by day, with its markets, and by night, with its many clubs and restaurants. Not to mention Piazza Santa Croce, with the beautiful basilica built between 1294 and 1443, Palazzo Cocchi Serristori or the Palazzo dell’Antella. Piazza Santa Maria Novella, which takes its name from the Basilica and has the characteristic five-sided shape has been used since the Middle Ages for feasts and spectacles.

Three days in Florence ..and enjoy the markets where taste rules supreme.

The Central Market is located in the historic center of Florence. The market’s architecture dates back to 1874, designed by the architect Mengoni. In 2014, it was given new life with a project designed to give the city and to those visiting it a place for tasting Tuscan flavors, tradition and craftsmanship in every gastronomic proposal. Another market worth visiting is the Sant’Ambrogio Market, housed in the building designed by Giuseppe Mengoni in 1873 and open every morning from 7 am to 2 pm, with stalls of food, clothing, fresh fruit and vegetables.

Remember, every last Sunday of the month, don’t miss the market in Piazza Ghiberti, with select and rare antiques.

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Discover Florence’s curious yet charming San Lorenzo neighborhood

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short walk from the Duomo, welcome to the San Lorenzo district, the Medici family’s neighborhood, known by all Florentines to be a perfect mix of art, history and nice strolls.

Let’s start from the Medici Chapels, located at the back of the Church of San Lorenzo, divided into three distinct parts: the crypt, the Chapel of the Princes and the New Sacristy. A vast melodious masterpiece that will give you a sense of perfection and enchanting harmony. If you decide to visit the neighborhood in the morning, Andreina’s breakfast at the Antica Pasticceria Sieni is a must-try.

You must also visit the Laurentian Medicean Library, formerly called the Laurentian Library, considered one of the main collections of manuscripts in the world, as well as an important Florentine architectural complex, designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti between 1519 and 1534.

For lunch on your day in the neighborhood, there’s no doubt: the stylish and contemporary Konnubio, with cuisine and inspiration guided by Chef Beatrice Segoni, make it the right place.

In San Lorenzo, the historic Central Market will open new horizons of taste for you: the large Art Nouveau structure, designed by Giuseppe Mengoni, spreads over two floors. You’ll find many Florentines shopping on the ground floor, where the traditional food market offers a fabulous selection of cheeses, meats, fish, sausages, and spices. Some vendors you must visit: tripe at the Nuova Tripperia Fiorentina, fish from Ultima Spiaggia, fruit and vegetables from Conti and Fratelli Boni. On the first floor, restaurants and shops will satisfy your curiosity and palate. Finally, we recommend the lively Via Ginori, where interesting shops offer entertaining carefree shopping.

NEARBY Plan a day or weekend trip to one of these charming destinations, all of which are just a stone’s throw from Florence.

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isa At a 40 minutes drive far from Florence you can visit the famous World Heritage Site Piazza dei Miracoli, with the Cathedral, the Battistero and the leaning Tower from the 12th century, universally known for its tilt. Young and dynamic town with plenty to see also on a one-day trip. A tour of the Lungarni, specially the Lungarno Mediceo with Palazzo Medici, the church of San Matteo in Soarta and Palazzo Toscanelli, Piazza dei Cavalieri designed By Giorgio Vasari with Palazzo dell’Orologio. Art lovers can also appreciate “Tuttomondo” by Keith Haring, painted in 1989 on the backside of the Church of Sant’Antonio and donated to the city by the artist

Gimignano The whole old town is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is known as the “city of towers” and once you get there you can surely understand why. Take your time and let the beauties of this small town amaze you, like Piazza Duomo or the astonishing view from the top of the Torre Grossa. Tour the old city walls to the House of Santa Fina, and stop for some great red wine and typical food in one of the many places in town. Contemporary Arts at the Galleria Continua, that absolutely deserves a visit (check the exhibitions schedule on the web). If you stay at night...among the many restaurants we suggest you the Cum Quibus or the Echoes. iesole As one of the best preserved Etruscan towns, Fiesole deserves a visit. You can start from Piazza Mino da Fiesole, the main square, where the monumental Romanesque Cathedral, the ancient Palazzo Altoviti (now home to the episcopal seminary) and the city hall are located.

The Roman Theater, in all its glory, together with the ruins of a Roman necropolis, old Roman baths, and some other late Imperial age buildings, can be visited with a short walk. Every year the Roman Theater hosts a rich summer season named Estate Fiesolana.

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Agenda: the unmissable For information and to buy tickets: Box Office

www.boxofficetoscana.it - info@boxofficetoscana.it

JUNE:

Fino al 10 giugno Fabbrica Europa - www.fabbricaeuropa.net

19.07.2018 Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina – Anima Mundi di e con Claudio Fabi Forte Belvedere – Firenze

11.06.2018 Grigory Sokolov Teatro del Maggio - Firenze

24 e 25 luglio Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina – Italian Brass Week Cortile del Museo Nazionale del Bargello – Firenze

Dal 14 al 17 giugno Firenze Rocks Visarno Arena - Ippodromo del Visarno – Firenze 14.06.18 Foo Fighters 15.06.18 Guns n’ Roses For more please visit www.firenzerocks.it for more infos

26.07.2018 64° Festival Puccini – Manon Lescaut Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU)

24.06.2018 Decibel Oper Air Visarno Arena - Ippodromo del Visarno – Firenze 25, 27 e 29 giugno Opera - La Dafne Grotta del Buontalenti – Giardino di Boboli – Firenze Dal 27 giugno al 2 agosto Estate Fiesolana Teatro Romano - Fiesole Please visit www.bitconcerti.it/estate-fiesolana-2018.html for tickets and line up

27.07.2018 64° Festival Puccini – La Bohème Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU) 27, 28 e 29 luglio Festa dell’Unicorno Please visit http://www.festaunicorno.com/ for more infos Vinci (FI)

AUGUST

03.08.2018 Grant Lee Phillips Chiesa di Bonistallo – Poggio a Caiano (PO)

Dal 3 al 5 luglio Brodsky/Baryshnikov (basato sulle opere di Joseph Brodsky) Teatro del Maggio - Firenze

03.08.2018 64° Festival Puccini – La Bohème Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU) 04 e 12 agosto 64° Festival Puccini – Tosca Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU)

Dal 4 al 15 luglio Pistoia Blues Please visit www.pistoiablues.com for tickets and line up

10 e 18 agosto 64° Festival Puccini – Madama Butterfly Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU)

Dal 5 al 15 luglio Monteriggioni Medievale Please visit www.monteriggionimedievale.com/it for tickets and line up

11 e 25 agosto 64° Festival Puccini – Il Trittico Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU)

JULY:

06.07.2018 64° Festival Puccini – Concerto di apertura: Messa di Gloria Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU) Dal 11 al 15 luglio Mercantia Festival Internazionale del Quarto Teatro – 31^ edizione http://www.mercantiacertaldo.it Certaldo Alta – Certaldo (FI) 13.07.2018 Calexico Anfiteatro Centro Pecci - Prato 14, 21 e 28 luglio 64° Festival Puccini – Turandot Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU) 15.07.2018 Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina – Anima Mundi di e con Claudio Fabi Cortile del Museo Nazionale del Bargello – Firenze 15.07.2018 64° Festival Puccini – Tosca Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU) Dal 17 al 28 luglio Musart Festival Piazza Santissima Annunziata – Firenze Please visit www.bitconcerti.it/festival-musart-2018.html for tickets and line up

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13 e 14 agosto MOMIX - Viva MOMIX Forever Teatro della Laguna – Orbetello (GR) 17.08.2018 64° Festival Puccini – Turandot Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago (LU) 30.08.2018 Sum 41 Parco di Serravalle – Empoli (FI) 31.08.2018 The Darkness Piazza Duomo – Prato

Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2018 Piazza Santa Croce: June The semi-finals will be played on June 9 and 10.

On June 9th, Blue team of Santa Croce will challenge Reds team of Santa Maria Novella On June 11th, Greens team of San Giovanni will go against the Whites team of Santo Spirito

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- This is so Contemporary by Serena Becagli

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n walls in Florence, Tuscany but also Sicily, Amsterdam and Paris, are the recognizable colors and strokes made by Yuri. Florentine by adoption, Yuri signs his name in Cyrillic letters as юрий (for convenience on the web, transliterated as Hopnn). His choice of white, red and black is inspired by the graphics of political propaganda posters, a type of communication that aspires to promote change and aims at social purpose. Yuri then uses these strongly contrasting colors for “his” propaganda, where the artistic medium becomes a means for conveying a message to the viewer.

Yuri is primarily interested in social issues and the environment.

One of the most frequently recurring subjects in his repertoire is the red bicycle, symbol of an eco-friendly way to get around our cities so stifled by air pollution. The bicycle also refers to the studio shared with other creative people in Florence, including a bike repair shop that fixes old bikes and organizes courses to teach people to refurbish them, to take care of them so they can use them to get around the city without polluting. Sometimes the bikes accumulate on his walls. Sometimes they seem to be moving “futuristically”, and other times they collide with cars that, unrealistically, get the worst of it, quickly becoming piledup wrecks. Or the car may be crushed by a giant octopus, or become, again as scrap metal, the pedestal on which, one on top of another, characters clamor to reach the top.

And often his protagonists are like this; people helping and supporting each other, forming human chains and pyramids, not social pyramids, but real societies of free men who become strong thanks to this unity, this being together, sustaining each other to obtain their rights, to imagine a better future.

In this case, the mural done in Pisa in the Sant’Ermete district is emblematic. The neighborhood has long been fighting for its rights to housing. On the wall painted by Yuri a group of joyful characters, in curious striped and white and red polka-dotted dresses, seem to prop each other up, delicately and harmoniously, without crushing each other, to support a character who in turn jealously guards a little house in his hands, as if to save it, to take it up higher, away from those who want to knock it down.

Yuri not only paints wall murals, and around Florence you can see various ones, but also does drawings and silkscreen prints whose protagonists are always his little men, cars, giant octopuses

and many, many bikes. + B.C = - CO2 (more bikes, less carbon dioxide) this formula sometimes accompanies his drawings.

In 2016, in Prato, in the underpass of Porta al Serraglio, he painted a very long tandem bike with many characters pedaling together, in the same direction, each doing something; one paints, one balances on the bar of the bike, one plays with a child and one wears a rose. Depicted on the other side of the road, again under the same underpass, are other characters who, pedaling, produce the energy necessary to set in motion a series of machines to operate the factory, symbol of Prato and its industries. It is man who, with his strength, keeps everything in motion, man and his creativity, man, and all of humanity.

Yuri’s new project is called Graffiti per pranzo (Graffiti for Lunch) and is based on exchanges between art and gastronomy.

Here, the artist offers a mural in exchange for the preparation of a typical local dish. The idea of ​​being able to trade a mural with a dish was born in Tufara, in the province of Campobasso (in southern Italy). When Signora Antonietta asked the artist for a painting on the wall of her house, Yuri decided to ask in exchange a lesson on how to prepare “cicatelli”. Graffiti per pranzo is slated to become a traveling project that embraces the whole of Italy, a beautiful way to rediscover tradition and involve the population, especially the elderly who are usually the keepers of the secrets of traditional dishes. Food and art, tradition and painted walls. Everything will finish in a publication, but not before having tasted, painted and shared some convivial times. https://hopnn.com/

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On the right: Radiocubo Brionvega

RADIOCUBO, STILL THE SAME AND LOVED AS MUCH AS EVER!

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rionvega, from the design to the myth, still today keeping alive worldwide, some of the most recognized and loved Made in Italy design icons, objects which made the history of our Italian industrial design.

One for all, we like to remember the Radiocubo TS 502, which we loved so much. A true design excellence.

This iconic radio designed by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper in 1964, when it first came out it was available in one colour only, that very recognizable orange sun, which contributed to its incredible success, and that from that day onwards has been identified with the Radiocubo, and viceversa .

This unique , timeless radio was, since the beginning, a remarkable and very distinctive object of design , and for this reason rightfully exhibited in the MoMA - Museum of Modern Art in New York.

It soon became a cult object much desired by many collectors of modern art.

Marco Zanuso, an innovative Designer, Architect and urban planner, was one of the leading protagonist of our

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time, who had a significant role in the Modern Movement cultural debate. Many of his works are deservedly exhibited in the MoMA in New York.

Winner of the Gold Medal and the Triennale Grand Prize, in 1956 he contributed to the creation of the Golden Compass, a prestigious award he has won five times.

These days there is a new updated version of the Radiocubo, a more technological one, but with the same personality, and available in the classic, historic Brionvega colors which made it so fashion and iconic since ever : orange sun, snow white, red, and black night. This is the new Radio.cubo TS 522d+S, over 50 years later, a restyling which however intentionally keeps the same style and original iconic design, in the exact same unchanged shape.

And today Radiocubo is still loved as always , and not only by the nostalgic or the collectors, but also by the Millennials, seduced and charmed by this very cool radio, which does not show its age at all, and could have been just designed now, for as modern and up with the times as it looks!

La Dolce Vita

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It was through her connection with her beau Marcello Mastroianni, that she had a film contract, but it was only some time after, that she actually ascended to international stardom with her role in Riso Amaro in 1949 ( Bitter Rice).

Soon after she signed a contract with Lux Film, and later married Dino De Laurentiis, who was soon to become a very well known international movie producer.

Even though Silvano Mangano never reached the heights of her other contemporaries, such as Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, she was one of the favorite stars of the 1950s and 1970s, appearing

Mangano’s earlier connection with film making happened because of her romantic relationship with Marcello Mastroianni. When they met, they lived in the same neighborhood , she was 16 and Marcello Mastroianni was 22. They had a short, but intense and very sweet love story.

She once told of when they were together on a bench kissing passionately , and were surprised by a voyeur. Mastroianni faced him and threw him a punch, but the guy stepped aside and Mastroianni instead of him, hit a tree trunk. From that day onwards , every time that his thumb hurt, he said he always remembered Silvana Mangano.

Silvana Mangano was born in Rome in 1930, her father was italian and her mother english. She was raised in poverty during World War II. She trained as a dancer for several years while supporting herself as a model. When she was only 16, in 1946, she won the Miss Rome beauty pageant and soon after she had her first role in a movie. The following year she took part in the Miss Italia contest, where she was in very good company, with her infact a few other girls which will all become stars of the Italian and international cinema: Lucia Bose ( who won the contest ), Gina Lollobrigida, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Gianna Maria Canale.

Married to film producer Dino De Laurentiis from 1949, the couple had four children. In 1983 they separated and she abandoned her career to live in Paris and Madrid, where she made tapestries.

Silvana Mangano died at age 59 of lung cancer in Madrid, before dying she was back again with her ex husband..

Her fame owed also to her excessive beauty. Known all over the world as pictured in the famous photo of her from the movie Riso Amaro, a shameless smoker so incredibly beautiful, wearing a pair of highwaisted shorts and a handkerchief in her head. From that moment she became the undisputed sexy icon of the movie and show business.

Fancy was that when the art director Giuseppe De Santis first met her, he was definitely much taken by Silvano Mangano looks, but initially he did not choose her because of her heavy makeup and her extravagant dress. But later on he ran into her in a rainy day , she was dressed very simply, had no make-up on, was absolutely strikingly beautiful with a rose in her hand. He asked her to go back for a second audition, and she got the role who made her famous all over the world.

During the shooting of this movie, she met Vittorio Gassman who became one of her closest and dearest friend of her life and also met Dino De Laurentis, who immediately fell totally in love with her, but who had to wait a few years before getting to marry her.

in many movies such as Anna (1951) famous, and in the annals of the cinematography, the scene in this movie of her ballet “El Negro Zumbon”, The Gold of Naples (1954) directed by Vittorio de Sica, for this role she won the prize Nastro d’Argento for best actress leading role . And then many others famous movies, among them Mambo (1954), Teorema (1968), Death in Venice (1971) and The Scopone Game (1972).

Style Icon Silvana Mangano

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