Medici

Culture
by Carol King | Wed, 02/26/2014 - 02:00
Image above: The Adoration of the Magi, by Sandro Botticelli, portrays several members of the Medici family (housed in the Uffizi of Florence). In our series…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/19/2014 - 02:00
The lemon grove (limonaia) at the Boboli Gardens in Florence will be open to visitors starting today, for ten mornings until April. Visitors will have the…
Culture
by Carol King | Sun, 06/30/2013 - 14:20
UNESCO has inscribed Italy’s Medici Villas and Gardens to the World Heritage List. Twelve villas and two pleasure gardens in the Tuscan countryside make up…
Culture
by Julie Burns | Mon, 02/11/2013 - 05:03
Elegant perfume and beauty products top the gift wish list for many, at any time of the year. Though France is often considered to be the historical birthplace…
by ITALY | Thu, 11/01/2012 - 09:58
words by Carol KingResearchers all over the world are now able to view documents in the Medici Grand Ducal Archival Collection (Mediceo del Principato) in…
by Gabi Logan | Tue, 07/24/2012 - 09:07
Through the 30th of September 2012, villa La Petraia in the Chianti mountains, is hosting three of Flemish painter Justus Utens birds-eye-view paintings of the…