Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

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It happened once with the Renaissance, it will happen again between the 22nd and the 29th of September. Tuscany will become once again the centre of the world thanks to the Cycling World Championship, ...

I love an excuse to revisit an old favourite, even better when it offers a way of enjoying it in a new light. The Royal Academy’s exhibition on Florence does exactly that, exploring the city through ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FLORENCE, Italy (WJW) – A German tourist ...

An American tourist living out an Italian fantasy was forced to fork out $500 to cops after he was caught driving a red Ferrari in the wrong direction into a piazza in Florence. The 43-year-old ...

Since 2011 the 14th-century Palazzo del Tribunale di Mercatanzia, in Piazza della Signoria, has fêted the Gucci brand, which was born in Florence in 1921. In January 2018 the space, which is spread ...