NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERTS - 2016

Are you thinking to visit Florence and you will be in town for the New Year night ??

Then you will be one of luckiest people to enjoy some nice concerts in the most importants piazzas.

Here is the program:

Capodanno 2016 a Firenze

POP ART PONTE VECCHIO

Some of the Florence monuments are getting lighted these days and I got some pictures of Ponte Vecchio.

Amaizing !!!

 

 

 

   

 

 

     

  

 

  

  

 

  

REOPENING OF THE BAPTISTERY

After 2 years of renovations the baptistery of Florence is becoming ready for the new opening
on  Oct 25th, 2015.

The scaffolding is beeing dismantled these days while the north gate builded by Lorenzo Ghiberti in years 1403-1424 has moved and is visible in the new Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.

It took Ghiberti 21 years to complete these doors. These gilded bronze doors consist of twenty-eight panels, with twenty panels depicting the life of Christ from the New Testament. The eight lower panels show the four evangelists and the Church Fathers Saint Ambrose, Saint Jerome, Saint Gregory and Saint Augustine. The panels are surrounded by a framework of foliage in the door case and gilded busts of prophets and sibyls at the intersections of the panels. Originally installed on the east side, in place of Pisano's doors, they were later moved to the north side.

 

Check this video to see how they mooved this heavy door into the museum !!!

They did it twice one for each side on the door. The weight of each side is 4000 kilos...

EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS

On Saturday Sept 19th and Sunday Sept 20th during the European Heritage days the Accademia Museum and the Uffizi Museum will stay open until 11pm.

And on this occasion the Uffizi Gallery will have a symbolic €1 entrance cost.

So go and visit one of the most beautiful and important museums of Florence !!!

Denis is back in Florence

Dear Florence lovers, I'm back in town !!!

I have been away for more than one year now and I really missed this city.

Lets keep on touch !!!

If you need any recommendation dont hesitate to ask me !

Best,
Denis