The clock of the Duomo in Florence is one of the oldest functional mechanical clocks. The dial is a fresco painted by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, Paolo Uccello. The clock is one of only a few examples in the world that marks the Italic hour, measuring time from sunset to sunset. Thus, “Paolo Uccello’s clock” is both a timepiece and a work of art.
DetailsWelcome to Florence Inferno, where we inform you weekly of the events happening in Florence. We also provide you with an events guide contains information on music, art, cinema, markets, and many other things occuring in the city. This week you won’t want to miss Florence Summer: The Artecultura Garden, going on at Giardino dell’Orticoltura…
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A nineteenth-century villa surrounded by an enchanted garden teeming with fountains, statues, and temples in the romantic style and sprinkled with esoteric references.
We are talking about Florence’s Stibbert Museum, where you will find a vast collection of ancient weapons and disparate art objects. Although Robert Langdon didn’t visit this place in Dan Brown’s Inferno, we are sure that the Harvard professor would have loved it very much.
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Every week at Florence Inferno provide you with the events happening in Florence as well as an events guide containing information on music, art, cinema, markets, and many other things going on in the city. This week we make special mention of the Fiorita Commemoration at Piazza della Signoria – Flower Homage to Savonarola, on…
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The real boom of ice cream as a dessert occurred around the year 1500 in Florence at the court of the Medici. In fact, ice cream as we know it today was quite similar to what was served at the wedding feast of Catherine de Medici, queen of France and a distant cousin of Cosimo…
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The David by Michelangelo, the symbol of the Renaissance, has been studied for years by experts by constantly monitoring the statue and its ankle-high micro-cracks, which could cause breakage. The most fragile parts are the left ankle and the lower part of the right leg. For many, the David is the most beautiful sculpture ever…
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Welcome to Florence Inferno where we provide you with the weekly events happening in Florence as well as an events guide containing information on music, art, cinema, markets, and much more taking place in the city. This week we make special mention of the Amico Museo (My Friend the Museum): two weeks, May 17 to…
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The Mona Lisa, also known as the Gioconda, is definitely the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It is perhaps even the most famous painting in the world. Today it is kept in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the setting for Dan Brown’s first novel The Da Vinci Code. According to tradition, the…
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