5. Gelato is an ubiquitous but essential treat in any Italian city and it is usually the first thing I consume on arrival. Florence is no exception and in a city filled with gelaterias ...

Florence is universally recognised as the city of the Renaissance, as well as being one of the most beloved and admired ...

Encounter the great scientific minds and discoveries of the Renaissance, which helped cement Italy's role at the ... the nearby British Institute of Florence during which Jeremy will set the ...

Family identity and professional conformism are as important as any putative Renaissance “individualism” in Iris Origo’s ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's political and cultural life during the Renaissance ... came to prominence in Italy in the fifteenth century as ...

In April, when a group of pro-Palestinian activists pressured Florence’s city hall to ... lead the city known as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. The April petition incident reflects ...

The Mona Lisa half-length portrait was painted by none other than Leonardo da Vinci in 1503. Learn about Monalisa’s real name ...

Sara Funaro, then assessor of Florence, attends the Righteous Among ... Jew to lead the city known as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. The April petition incident reflects how Funaro ...

The best time to visit Florence is between May and September when warm weather ushers in art festivals, open-air dining and the kind of Italian sunshine that inspired the Renaissance painters.

Italy’s most celebrated art gallery ... is a masterpiece in early Renaissance design. Famous as the repository of Florence’s most important collection of Renaissance sculpture, the imposing ...

a practice for which Florence was famed during the Renaissance and one that Kiefer readily embraces in his work. A refusal of limits pervades this exhibition by the German master, a sense of ...