Medici

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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

Lemon Grove at Florence's Boboli Gardens Opens to Public

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

Medici Villas Added To UNESCO World Heritage Site List

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

Santa Maria Novella, Florence's Most Famous Pharmacy Blooms into its 5th Century

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…

Medici Archive Project Digitises Documents

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…

Flemish Painter Utens' Birds-eye-view paintings of the Medici Villas on Display in Villa La Petraia

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…