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Mar 17 - 24, 2016

Year XI - Supplement to TF220 The English-speaking news magazine in www.theflorentine.net

VIEW TF Terrace Tour! March 19, 10.45am Who needs a ‘room with a view’ when Florence is best seen from a VIP balcony? The Florentine is Meeting point: teaming up with tour operator CiaoFlorence to ticketing area of the offer lucky participants an exclusive tour of the Duomo complex, piazza San Giovanni 7, Duomo’s hidden terraces. With panoramic views Florence of Florence and a professional guide, this tour normally costs 55 euro, but this Saturday only, TF readers can experience it for just 35 euro (with a more info here maximum of 20 people taken up at a time.) The tour includes a 24 hour ticket valid for use at the Opera del Duomo , the baptistery and the belltower on your own afterward. MODERN Kandinsky March 19-July 24 to Pollock piazza Strozzi Florence From Kandinsky to Pollock will explore Neo-Avant- Garde movements through the lens of the legend- ary art enthusiasts Peggy and Solomon Guggen- more info here heim: works are on loan from the Guggenheim col- lections in New York and Venice and other leading international . Through works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Man Ray, Alexander Calder and Marcel Duchamp, among others, the show sheds light on the interplay of Eu- ropean and American artists after World War II. View more information on Palazzo Strozzi’s website. Best events 2 of the week TF Weekly Mar 17-24, 2016

CULTURE FAI Spring Days March 19–20 Count on the Fondo Ambiente Italiano for one of the first Various venues signs of spring! This weekend, the Giornate di Primavera in Florence and initiative is back. FAI, dedicated to promoting and protect- ing cultural heritage, will offer free admission to various sites across , many of which are not normally open more info here to the public. In Florence, the Palazzo della Banca d’Italia (via dell’Oriuolo 37) will be open on Saturday and Sun- day from 10am–4.30pm. Constructed beginning in 1865, the building features a monumental staircase and ornate ceiling painted by Girolamo Magnani. The Military Geo- graphical Institute (via Cesare Battisti 10) will also be open from 10.30am–4.30pm; it’s housed in what was once the convent of the Servite friars of the neighboring Santissi- ma Annunziata. To enter both spaces, bring a valid ID (and register for FAI on their website ahead of the weekend to enjoy year-round advantages and guided visits). For the complete list of openings in Tuscany, see the website. LITERARY Jonathan Coe March 17, 6.30pm Acclaimed English novelist Jonathan Coe will be in Florence to present his newest novel, Number 11, on Caffe’ Letterario the occasion of its Italian release (Feltrinelli, March 17). Le Murate piazza delle Murate A contemporary novel rich in satire, exploring “the Florence legacy of war and the end of innocence,” Number 11 takes a sharp look at modern wealth and societal ills. more info here Coe will discuss the book with Anglo-Armenian jour- nalist and Florence resident Baret Magarian, and the talk will be translated into Italian. DRINK Very Very Vernaccia! The Florentine Wine Series continues this March 23, 7pm month with a special “white night!” In- trigued by Vernaccia? Elegant and austere, Vini e Delizie it only gets better with age! Come and dis- via dei Banchi 45r Florence cover San Gimignano white wines selected by The Florentine’s Emily O’Hare and meet top winemakers Letizia Cesani and Federica more info here Manzieri Fenzi. All participants will receive our TF Wine Club membership card to stay up to date with our must-attend events and must-drink wine box offers. Bottoms up! 3 TF Weekly Mar 17-24, 2016

Thursday 17 and New Wave influences - Sunday 20 century Italian . With 9.15pm, Sala Vanni, piazza del Sharon Hecker, independent art LECTURES & Carmine 14, Florence, www. CINEMA historian - 6pm, , CONFERENCES musicusconcentus.com Hail, Caesar! via Bolognese 120, Florence, Jonathan Coe Florence Korea Film Festival: Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, , T booking required: lapietra. Novelist presents Number 11 Closing Performance 055214068, www.odeonfirenze. [email protected] 6.30pm, Le Murate, piazza “Feeling Korea,” an evening of com | SHOWS 6.30, 9pm Wednesday 23 delle Murate, Florence, Korean music and dance, with live MARKETS & FESTIVALS APERITIVO [email protected] drawing from painter Kim Mook WAO! Spring Flow Won. Free entry with reservation TF Wine Club: Very Very MUSIC & CONCERTS A creative marketplace with required via email handmade and unusual items. DJ Vernaccia Francesco De Gregori 9pm, Teatro Niccolini, via Ricasoli set from Carlos Finger and veggie Presentation and tasting by -born singer-songwriter 3, Florence, info@koreafilmfest. aperitivo from 6pm The Florentine’s wine writer and influenced by Bob Dylan, Leonard com, www.koreafilmfest.com 10am–9pm, Lightlite, via dei Fattoria San Donato Cohen - 9pm, Teatro Obihall, via Serragli 24r, Florence, www. 7pm, Vini e Delizie, via de’ Banchi Fabrizio de Andre’ (lungarno Aldo Saturday 19 theflr.net/waomarket1 45r, Florence, redazione@ Moro), Florence, www.obihall.it CINEMA theflorentine.net Note al Museo: George SPECIAL EVENT Hail, Caesar! CINEMA Friedrich Händel Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, FAI Spring Day #2 With Laura Polverelli, See March 19 - All day, various Peggy Guggenheim, Art Florence, T 055214068, www. Addict mezzosoprano - 9pm, Sala del odeonfirenze.com | SHOWS 8.30, venues in Florence and Tuscany, Paradiso, Opera del Duomo www.giornatefai.it Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, 10.30pm Florence, T 055214068, www. Museum, piazza del Duomo, Monday 21 www.operaduomo.firenze.it GUIDED TOURS odeonfirenze.com | SHOWS 6.30pm Friday 18 Top Terraces with TF CINEMA The Florentine teams up with She’s Funny that Way LECTURES & CINEMA CiaoFlorence for an exclusive tour By Peter Bogdanovich with Owen CONFERENCES of the Duomo’s hidden terraces. Hail, Caesar! Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Joseph Weiler: The Trial of Space is limited to 40 participants By Ethan and Joel Coen with Poots - 9.30pm, Spazio Alfieri, (2 groups). Cost: 35 euro. How to George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, via dell’Ulivo 6, Florence, www. During , the President of register will be announced on TF’s Scarlett Johansson spazioalfieri.it the European University Institute Facebook page–keep an eye out! Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, examines the impact of this trial 10.45am and 2.15pm, meeting CINEMA Florence, T 055214068, www. on the concept of justice point: piazza San Giovanni 7, Peggy Guggenheim, Art odeonfirenze.com | SHOWS 9pm 6pm, British Institute, Harold Florence, events@theflorentine. Addict Acton Library, lungarno DANCE net, www.facebook.com/tfnews Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, Guicciardini 9, Florence, www. Florence, T 055214068, www. Prélude. Veniva la primavera MUSIC & CONCERTS britishinstitute.it danzando odeonfirenze.com | SHOWS Luigi Tessarollo Hammond Trio Ring in spring with a primavera- 4.30pm With special guest Nico Gori inspired dance performance and ONGOING 9.45pm, Associazione Vie Nuove, Hail, Caesar! video screenings. Florence’s Kaos viale Donato Giannotti 13, Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, T EXHIBITS ballet company will perform Florence, T 055683388, www. 055214068, www.odeonfirenze. to a soundtrack ranging from Kindertotenlieder pinocchiojazz.it com | SHOWS 6.30, 9pm Debussy to Björk. Clips from 1968 By contemporary artist Alfredo film Isadora will be shown. Art PARTY LECTURES & Pirri - Until March 18, Galleria CONFERENCES il Ponte, via di Mezzo 42b, Nouveau-inspired aperitivo to We Love 2000® Florence, T 055240617, www. follow. Organized by Palazzo Deck out in your early-aughts Marginal Communities in Italy galleriailponte.com Spinelli students in collaboration gear and listen to Britney Spears, Race, racism and xenophobia with Nuovi Eventi Musicali. Free Kylie Minogue, Black Eyed Peas in a global context. With Body Worlds: At the Heart of entry; reservations required and more from DJs Ale Mostricci, Forgacs - 6pm, Villa Sassetti, Life 6pm, Limonaia at Museo Becca, Cabox - 10pm, Viper via Bolognese 120, Florence, Secrets of the human body, with Stibbert, via Federigo Stibbert Club, via Pistoiese, www.bit.ly/ booking required: lapietra. a focus on the heart, the ‘motor 26, Florence, organizzazione. weLOVEfiMailTicket [email protected] of existence,’ and the entire [email protected] cardiovascular system. From SPECIAL EVENT Tuesday 22 MARKETS & FESTIVALS noted German doctor Gunther Feast Day of Saint Joseph/ CINEMA von Hagens - Until March 20, Irlanda in Festa Festa del Babbo , piazza St. Patrick’s celebrations with live Happy Father’s Day from The Peggy Guggenheim, Art Addict Santo Stefano 5, Florence, www. music from three different groups Florentine! bodyworlds.com 8.30pm, Teatro Obihall, via Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, FAI Spring Day #1 Florence, T 055214068, www. ArteDonna Fabrizio de Andre’ (lungarno Aldo Special openings of hidden and Moro), Florence, www.obihall.it odeonfirenze.com | SHOWS Group exhibition with work lesser-known buildings and 6.30pm by Louise Bourgeois, Vanessa MUSIC & CONCERTS monuments. See Top Picks Beecroft, Barbara Kruger. Free LECTURES & Bill Kouligas All day, various venues in entry - Until March 28, Galleria Visual artist, musician and Florence and Tuscany, www. CONFERENCES 360, via il Prato 11r, Florence, designer from Athens who grew giornatefai.it Monuments Without Idols www.galleria360.it up with hardcore, post-punk Glimpses of modernity in late-19th 4 TF Weekly Mar 17-24, 2016

Noel Gazzano: Ineffable Depth Carlo Portelli: A Painter of MARKETS & FESTIVALS Renowned film festival has a Anthropologist and artist’s show Prestige Marzolina 2016 horror and cult classic theme explores the theme of violence. Until April 30, Accademia Gallery, Italian wine and food fair this year. Special guests George Part of Tuscan AngloAmerican via Ricasoli 60, Florence, www. March 17–20, piazza Santissima Romero and William Friedkin. Festival. Free entry unannoadarte.it Annunziata, Florence, T Related exhibitions, conferences Until March 30, Kent State Attitudes/Sculpture #1 05527051, www.anva.it and events - March 26–May University, Palazzo Vettori, via 1, various venues in Lucca, Group exhibition and first in a series MUSIC & CONCERTS Cavour 26, Florence, www. comparing different approaches to Viareggio and Barga, www. noelgazzano.com sculpture - Until May 7, Eduardo Italian Opera Arias and Duets luccafilmfestival.it Free opera concert series. Music C.A. Bixio Secci Contemporary Gallery, EXHIBITS from Handel, Mozart, Verdi, In the Galleria delle Carrozze: via Maggio 51r, Florence, www. Jan Fabre in Florence music and cinema in 20th century eduardosecci.com Puccini. Soprano: Eva Mabellini; tenor: Maurizio Marchini; Eclectic Belgian contemporary Italy, explored through one of the Natural Materials artist brings his sculpture and most famous Italian songwriters harp: Chiara Trailori - Fridays Experimentation & aesthetic from March 4–25, oratory of performance art to Florence of the 1930s–50s Until April 2, construction according to Robert April 15–October 3, Palazzo , via San Filippo Neri, piazza San Capucci - Until May 14, Villa Firenze 16, T 3201171971, Vecchio, Cavour 3, T 0552760340, www. Bardini, costa San Giorgio 2, and Forte di , Florence, palazzo-medici.it operaconcertflorence@gmail. Florence, www.bardinipeyron.it, com www.musefirenze.it Firenze Capitale 1865–2015. www.fondazionerobertocapucci. SPECIAL EVENT The Gifts and Collections of com SPECIAL EVENT the King Open Mic Nights Rigor and Grace The traditional “explosion of Spotlights Vittorio Emanuele II Community event for writers and The company of San Benedetto the cart” - 10am, March 27, piazza and his sojourn in the Florentine readers in Florence–from poets & Bianco in 17th century Florence del Duomo, Florence, www. palace - Until April 3, Gallery of playwrights to novelists, journal Until May 17, Cappella Palatina comune.fi.it Modern Art, , piazza and Silver Museum, Palazzo keepers & more. Come exchange Pitti, Florence, T 055290383, Pitti, piazza Pitti, Florence, T ideas over wine & snacks. Email to www.unannoadarte.it 055294883, www.rigoreegrazia.it sign up to speak - First Wednesday CHILDREN of every month, Tasso A Palace and the City Tensioni Strutturali #1 CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES #FirenzeCapitale exhibition Hostel, via Villani 15 marisa@ Group show by Carlo Bernardini, Reading and Workshop: Indian explores the history of the Palazzo mondodicorpo.com.au, www. Monika Grzymala, Roberto Storytelling Spini Feroni, home to Salvatore tassohostelflorence.com, www. Pugliese, Esther Stocker We’ll read Indian Akbar and Birbal Ferragamo’s flagship store - Until facebook.com/openmicflorence Until June 4, Eduardo Secci tales and craft Indian artwork. April 3, Salvatore Ferragamo Trivia Nights Contemporary Gallery, piazza For ages 3 to 8, but all ages Museum, , Trivia every Monday. Free entry. Goldoni 2, Florence, www. welcome. Spaces limited. Open to piazza 5, Florence, Come make new friends & eduardosecci.com Library members–one day passes www.ferragamo.com/museo enemies! - Mondays at the Red From Kandinsky to Pollock. Garter, 9pm, via de’ Benci 35r, are available - 5pm, March 17, Andy Warhol by Aurelio The Art of the Guggenheim Florence, T 0552480909 British Institute, Amendola Collections Library, Lungarno Guicciardini A dozen photographs of the Pop Examines the ties between two Karaoke & DJ Sets 9, Florence, T 05526778270, Art master, taken by a Pistoiese sides of the Atlantic through the Free entry, runs all night [email protected] artist in 1977 and 1986. In the Sala Fridays & Saturdays at the Red lives of two leading American A Tutta Scienza! del Camino on the Piano Nobile Garter, via de’ Benci 35r, Florence, collectors, Peggy and Solomon Kid-focused science-themed - Until April 10, Gallery, T 0552480909 Guggenheim. Marcel Duchamp, activities on weekends at the piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence, T Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Speakeasy English Aperitivi . Held in Italian 0552469600, www.polomuseale. Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Multilingual happy hours with Weekends until May, Museo firenze.it Kooning, Alexander Calder, others wine & snacks, conversation, Galileo, piazza Giudici, Florence, Learning from Racism March 19–July 24, Palazzo chance to find language exchange T 055265311, weekend@ Schooling and books during Strozzi, piazza Strozzi, Florence, T partners. 10 euro - Wednesdays museogalileo.it antisemitic persecution, and, more 0552469600, www.palazzostrozzi. at 7pm, Aurora, viale Vasco Teatrino del Gallo broadly, the role of images in the org Pratolini 2 (piazza Tasso), Puppet theatre, Pupi Di Stac, spread of racism Florence, speakeasyenglishfi@ He Made Sculpture of Wood cinema workshops, concerts, Until April 10, Florence gmail.com, www.facebook.com/ Painted wooden sculpture of 15th exhibitions, conferences and Synagogue and Sala Servi, via speakeasyenglishfi century Florence talk shows - Programming year- Luigi Carlo Farini 10, Florence, T March 22–August 28, Uffizi Firenze Drawing Club round, garden at Libri Liberi, via 0552346654 Gallery, piazzale degli Uffizi, Draw, doodle (or don’t), make San Gallo 25r, T 3386024335, Maurizio Nannucci: Top Florence, T 055294883, www. new friends - Year-round, various www.teatrinodelgallo.it Hundred polomuseale.firenze.it venues in Florence, www.theflr. Reading Italian for foreigners One hundred works spanning net/drawinfi Station: Italiano 10+: weekly group video, magazines, art books and 80 Years as the ‘Gateway to the reading classes for primary school more, from the Zona Archives City’ UPCOMING children whose first language is project Nannucci began in 1967 New permanent photography not Italian - Every Monday at Until April 23, Marino CINEMA exhibition - Salone Biglietti, Santa 5pm, BiblioteCaNova (Isolotto), Marini Museum, piazza San Maria Novella station, Florence, Lucca Film Festival and Europa via Chiusi 4/3a, Florence, T Pancrazio, Florence, www. www.architetturatoscana.it Cinema 055710834 museomarinomarini.it 5 TF Weekly Mar 17-24, 2016

Children’s Library at the British Methodist Church Christian JEWISH and Scuderie Reali, Seravezza Institute Worship Shir Hadash (LU), www.seravezzafotografia.it English books for children in a Tues, 7-9pm (Eng), Sun 10:30am Jewish Reform/Progressive Robert Capa in Italia ‘room with a view’ over the Arno. (Ita w/ translation) congregation 78 black and white photos taken All books can be borrowed for a Methodist Church, via de’ T 3486913059 - 3489362564, in Italy during WWII by renowned month with a library membership Benci 9, Pastor Alison Walker, T www.shirhadashfirenze.com photojournalist 055288143, www.firenzechurch. card. Stay up to date on library Jewish Synagogue March 5–July 10, Raffaele com, [email protected] events by sending an email to Shabos: 8:45am De Grada Gallery of Modern [email protected] Mosaico Church Via Farini 4, T 055245252, www. and Contemporary Art, via Mon-Fri, 10am-6.30pm, British Evangelical. Sunday 11am services moked.it/jewishflorence Folgore da San Gimignano Institute of Florence, lungarno in English and Italian 11, T 0577286300, www. Guicciardini 9, Florence, library@ Caffè Deco’ in piazza della Libertà sangimignanomusei.it britishinstitute.it, T 05526778270, 45-46/r, www.mosaicochurch.org NEAR Segno, Gesto, Materia. www.britishinstitute.it Santi Apostoli FLORENCE European Experiences in Post- The Children’s Lending Library Mass in English on Sundays at WWII Art of Florence 10:30am - Piazza del Limbo EXHIBITS Hans Hartung, Paul Delvaux, An English-language volunteer- 1, Florence, smurphy@ Heritage. Stories of Textiles Franco Fontana, Giorgio de run library open to everyone. legionaries.org, T 3392425734, and Fashion Chirico and others. Works from the Children’s books, DVDs & activities. www.facebook.com/ A retrospective exhibition Pieraccini collection, curated by See website for opening hours CatholicsInFlorence celebrating the museum’s first 40 Alessandra Belluomini Pucci St. James church building, via St. James Church years - Until April 30, Museo del Until July 12, Gallery of Modern Rucellai 9,T 3283282757, www. (Episcopalian) Tessuto, via Puccetti 3, Prato, and Contemporary Art, piazza childrenslibrary.altervista.org Eucharist every Sunday at 9am www.museodeltessuto.it Giuseppe Mazzini, Viareggio, T Firenze Moms 4 Moms and 11am. The church also The Shadow of the Etruscans: 0584581118, gamc@comune. Network For English-speaking accepts food bank donations on Traces of a Culture in Hills and viareggio.lu.it, www.gamc.it mothers in Florence. Playgroups, Sunday mornings. Holy Week Valleys The Etruscans: Masters of mom’s night out, couples’ night schedule: March 24, Maundry Over 30 artifacts, including votive Writing out and more - infotiscali@ Thursday, Eucharist, foot washing figures and excavations of the Sheds light on the lost ancient firenzemoms4moms.net, www. and stripping of altar, 6.30pm; Gonfienti settlement - Until June language of the Etruscans through firenzemoms4moms.net March 25, , Liturgy & 30, Palazzo Pretorio, piazza important texts including the Veneration of Cross, 12pm and del Comune, Prato, www. Pyrgi tablets - March 19–July RELIGIOUS 6.30pm; March 26, , palazzopretorio.prato.it 31, Cortona MAEC, piazza Luca , 6.30pm; March 27, Firenze Sex Signorelli 9, Cortona, www. SERVICES Easter Sunday, eucharist at 9am Calenzano spices things up cortonamaec.org Agape Christian Community– and 11am - Via B. Rucellai 9, T as 50 porn stars including ex- MARKETS & FESTIVALS 055294417, www.stjames.it Metropolitan Community ”pornodivo” Rocco Siffredi come St. Joseph’s Festival Church (MCC) St. Mark’s English Church to town for this international eros A delicious “frittelle” celebration 2nd and 4th Sunday of the (Anglican) festival - March 17–20, Spazio on Italian Father’s Day - March month, 11am - Casa del Popolo Tuesday, 5.30pm Evening Prayer. Fiera MDA, via Vittorio Emanuele 19–20, historic center of di Settignano, via San Romano Wednesday, 5.30pm Said Mass. 41, Calenzano, www.pratosex.it Montefioralle (Greve in Chianti), 1, [email protected], www. Thursday. 5.30pm Contemporary MUSIC & CONCERTS www.comune.greve-in-chianti. Mass. Friday, 5.30pm Chaplain mccfirenze.org Valdarno Jazz Winter Festival fi.it Consultation Time & 6pm Book Beato Angelico: Holy Masses of A series of concerts, guided of Common Prayer Mass. Sunday, SPECIAL EVENT the Artists listening sessions, lectures and 10.30am, Sung Mass. Holy Week The Tuscan Times Book Club Basilica di San Marco, more - Until March 22, various schedule: March 24, Maundy A chance to gather and discuss T 0552679079, www. venues in the Valdarno, www. Thursday, mass 7–8pm, altar great literature in English. beatoangelicomedaglia.com valdarnojazzfestival.wordpress. watch 8–10pm; March 25, Good Established groups in Arezzo and com Chiesa del Santi Michele e Friday, veneration of the cross, Cortona - Various locations in Gaetano 10am, choral Via Crucis, 7pm; Tuscany. Next dates: March 29, Sunday mass at 8.30am March 26, Holy Saturday, Ante IN TUSCANY Arezzo, The Danish Girl by David Piazza Antinori, www. Communion, 10am, Easter Vigil, Ebershoff; March 31, Cortona, sangaetano.de 8pm; March 27, Easter Sunday, EXHIBITS Sirius by Jonathan Crown. Email Florence Gospel Fellowship Sung High Mass, 10.30am Ottone Rosai at the GAMC [email protected] International Via Maggio 16, T 055294764; Cartoons of wall to book your spot Sunday service at 6:30pm www.stmarksitaly.com, www. from Florence’s Santa Maria Siena Expat Club (evangelical) Via de’ Benci 9, facebook.com/stmarksitaly Novella station - Until April 3, Group launched in the summer of T 3351505784, www.fgfint. Santa Maria Maddalena dei GAMC Lorenzo Viani, Palazzo 2015. Events every 1-2 months blogspot.com delle Muse, piazza Mazzini 22, Ongoing, stay up to date by International Christian Catholic Mass in French every Viareggio (LU), www.gamc.it ‘liking’ the Siena Expat Club page Fellowship of Florence second Sunday at 11am Seravezza Fotografia on Facebook Sunday service at 10:15 a.m. Prayer Borgo Pinti 58, T 0552478420 Photography festival with and Praise on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Jehovah’s Witnesses workshops, lectures and multiple Services in English Sunday 13:30, Wednesday 19:30 exhibitions. Main show is a Franco Via dei Biffi 1, T055285148 or Via Vivaldi 1, Scandicci Fontana retrospective, ‘Full Color’ T055825282, www.icfflorence.com Until May 1, Palazzo Mediceo Museums 6 in Florence TF Weekly Mar 17-24, 2016 Museums in Florence Accademia Gallery Museum Campanile di

Accademia Gallery Home to the David as well as five other great works by . Via Ricasoli 60 - Tel. 055/2388612 / Bookings: 055/294883; Daily: 8:15am–6:50pm; Closed Bargello Museum CATHEDRAL COMPLEX Mondays; Entrance: € 6.50 Once a prison, now home to some Baptistery of San Giovanni without exhibitions; € 11 with of Italy’s finest . The baptistery is known exhibitions. Hours extend from Via del Proconsolo 4 - Tel. worldwide for its large bronze 7–10pm into the evening on 055/2388606 / Bookings & in- doors, The Gates of Paradise, by Tuesdays during the summer formation: 055/294883; Daily: . (beginning July 1 and ending 8:15am–1:50pm; Closed the Piazza S. Giovanni - Tel. September 30). first, third & fifth Monday of 055/2302885; Daily: 11:15am– each month and the second Archaeology Museum 7:30pm; Sun & first Sat of and fourth Sunday; Entrance: € Contains one of the most month: 8:30am–1:30pm; Easter 4 without exhibitions; € 6 with important collections of Etruscan Monday, April 25 and May 1, exhibitions. art in Italy as well as Medici and , Good Friday, Lorraine grand ducal collection and Holy Saturday: 8:30am- of precious stones, gems, cameos Chapel of the church of Santa 6:30pm; Entrance: € 3 and jewelry Maria Del Carmine housing 15th- Cathedral of Santa Maria Piazza SS. Annunziata 9/b century frescoes by Masaccio and Dome is decorated with (from Via della Colonna) - Tel. del Fiore (Duomo) scenes of The Last Judgement. Masolino. Grand cathedral constructed with 055/23575; Closed Mondays; Sat Piazza del Carmine 14 - Tel. Climb along the interior of the & Sun: 8:30am–2pm; Tues–Fri: colourful marbles, 14th-century Dome for a rewarding view of 055/2382195; Daily: 10am–4pm; sculptures, gothic interior, huge 8:30am–7pm; Entrance: € 4 Holidays and Sundays: 1–5pm; Florence. Piazza Duomo - Tel. grey stone arches and beautiful 055/2302885; Daily: 8:30am– Egyptian Museum Closed on Tuesdays; Entrance: € stained glass. 6:20pm, Sat 8:30am–5:00pm; Located inside the Archaeology 6. Reservation required. Piazza Duomo 9 -Tel. Cathedral: Closed Sundays; Entrance: € 10 Museum, this holds an impressive 055/294514; Tel. Cupola and collection of Egyptian art and ar- A quaint museum dedicated to Campanile: 055/2302885; Opera del Duomo Museum tifacts, second only to the famous Michelangelo. Mon–Wed & Fri 10am–5pm; Reopened museum housing Egyptian Museum in Turin. Piazza Via Ghibellina 70 - Tel. Thurs 10am–4:30pm; Sat 10am– masterpieces from the Santissima Annunziata 9b; Daily: 055/241752; Daily: 10am–5pm; 4:45pm; Sun 1:30–4.45pm; Duomo. - Piazza Duomo 9 - Mon, Sat & Sun: 8:30am–2pm; Closed on Tuesdays and January Entrance: FREE; Combined ticket Tel. 055/2302885; Entrance: € Tues–Fri: 8:30am–7pm; Entrance 1, Easter Sunday, May 1, August € 10: includes museum, bell 10 combined ticket including € 4 (same ticket as the 15, December 25; Entrance: € tower, baptistery, crypt, and entrance to the bell tower, Archaeology Museum) 6.50; or € 8.50 combined ticket dome. baptistery, dome and crypt. Bardini Museum for Santa Croce. Campanile del Duomo Dante’s House Museum Named after the authoritative Museum of the 20th Famous bell tower of Santa Maria Touted to be the house Italian antiquarian, the museum Century; del Fiore, designed by Giotto. where Dante once lived, the is an extraordinary illustration of An exciting space dedicated to Piazza Duomo - Tel. house museum is a source of collecting, antiques and artistic 20th century Italian art. 055/2302885; Daily: 8:30am– information about the Supreme crafts from the late nineteenth Mon–Wed: 10am-6pm (last en- 7:30pm; Entrance: € 6 Poet’s life. Via S. Margherita and early twentieth centuries. Via 1 - Tel. 055/219416; Tuesday- trance 5pm); Thurs: 10am-2pm; Cupola del Duomo dei Renai 37 - Tel. 055 2342427; Fri: 10am-9pm; Sat-Sun: 10am- Sunday 10am–5pm; Entrance: Arguably one of the most Monday, Friday, Saturday and 8pm Piazza Santa Maria Novella € 4 famous symbols of Florence, Sunday: 11am–5pm; Entrance: 10 – Tel. 055/286132 € 6 the interior of Brunelleschi’s Museums 7 in Florence TF Weekly Mar 17-24, 2016

Galileo Museum This science museum holds mathematical and astronomical instruments, including many of Galileo’s original inventions. Piazza dei Giudici 1 - Tel. 055/265311; Daily 9:30am–6pm, Tues 9:30am–1pm; Entrance: € 9 Horne Museum Art collection of Herbert P. Horne, English art historian and architect. Via dei Benci 6 - Tel. 055/244661; Daily: 9am–1pm; Closed holidays and Sundays; Entrance: € 6 Zoological Museum Regarded by some as the oldest scientific museum in . Costume Gallery Via Romana 17 - Tel. 055/228825; 8:15am–2pm; Closed Sundays in its Palatine Gallery, Modern Art Displays clothing including Daily: 9:30am–4:30pm; Closed and holidays; Entrance: € 4 Gallery, Costume Museum and original garments worn by on Mondays; Entrance: € 6 original apartments of the Medici Church and Eleonora di Toledo and Cosimo I. Museum family. Marino Marini Museum Piazza Pitti 1 Tel. 055/212688; November to February: 8:15am– Museum dedicated to the great Previously a granary, 4:30pm; March: 8:15am– Orsanmichele bears little Booking: 055/294883; Mon- modern Tuscan sculptor. Sun: 8:15am–4:30pm; Closed 5:30pm; April and May: 8:15am– Piazza Santa Pancrazio - Tel. resemblance to a church. The 6:30pm; June, July and August: museum, only open on Mondays, on Mon, New Year’s Day, May 1 055/219432; Daily: 10am–5pm; and Christmas Day; Entrance: 8:15am¬–6:50pm; September Closed Tuesdays, Sundays and houses damaged stone statuettes and October: 8:15am–6:30pm; of saints and prophets dating Pitti Palace inclusive ticket holidays; Entrance: € 6 (valid 3 days) includes the Entrance: Palatine Gallery and from the late 14th century. the Modern Art Gallery. Closed Medici Chapels Via dell’Arte della Lana - Tel. entire museum complex of This structure houses the Chapel the Pitti Palace; Full price: € the first and last Monday of the 055/284944; Mondays 10am– month and holidays. of the Princes and the New 7pm; Entrance: FREE 11.50; Reduced price: € 5.75; Sacristy of the San Lorenzo Entry after 4pm: full price € Modern Art Gallery basilica. 9.00, reduced price € 4.50; The The gallery contains paintings Piazza Madonna degli Aldo- The first institution of its kind in inclusive ticket is not available from the 18th and 19th centuries. brandini 6 - Tel. 055/2388602 Europe. Until 2000, the Ospedale when exhibitions are being held Tues-Sun 8:15am–6:50 pm; / Bookings: 055/294883 Fax: degli Innocenti was operated in any of the museums. Closed Mondays; Entrance: 055/264406; Tuesday-Saturday: as an orphanage. Today it is Palatine Gallery and the Modern still dedicated to the education 8:15am–4:15pm; closed the first, Just behind the Pitti Palace, Art Gallery: € 8.50 without exhi- third and fifth Mondays and the and care of children, and is bitions; € 13 with exhibitions; a research center of UNICEF. the Boboli Gardens are one of second and fourth Sundays of the largest and most beautiful Booking (optional): € 3; 50% each month; Entrance: € 6. The world’s first orphanage. reduction for 18–25 year olds Piazza SS. Annunziata 12 – Tel. examples of the Italian Garden. Ognissanti Church and The highest point of the gardens from the European Union and 055/2491708; Daily 10am¬– for regular state teachers. Cenacle 4pm; Sun 10am–2pm; Entrance: offers panoramic views of the Famous for its early Ghirlandaio € 3 Tuscan countryside and city; Palatine Gallery and Royal frescoes and the tombstone of Tel. 055/2388786; Booking: Apartments Sandro Botticelli. Via Borgo 055/294883; November to An important collection of paint- Ognissanti 42 - Tel. 055/2388720; Palazzo Vecchio was home to the February: 8:15am–4:30pm. ings from the 15th to the 17th Daily 7:30am–12:30pm and Medici family until they moved March: 8:15am–5:30pm. April, century. 4pm-7:45pm.; Sundays 9:00am- to Palazzo Pitti; Piazza della May, September and October: Monday to Saturday: 8:15am- 7:45pm; Holidays 4–5:30pm; Signoria - Tel. 055/2768465; 8:15am–6:30pm. June, July 6:50pm; closed Sundays. The The can also be Daily: 9am–7pm; Thurs and August: 8:15am–6:30pm; Royal Apartments are closed for visited at other times by prior 9am–2pm; Entrance: € 10; € 14 Closed: first and last Monday maintenance every year in Janu- appointment (055/2396802); includes Torre di Arnolfo of the month, Holidays; En- ary; Entrance: Palatine Gallery Entrance: FREE trance: Boboli Gardens and the and the Modern Art Gallery. Costume Gallery € 7, booking Opificio delle Pietre Dure PITTI PALACE Porcelain Museum COMPLEX (optional): 50% reduction for The Opificio produced mosaics This museum contains ceramics 18–25 year olds from the Euro- in hard or semi-precious stones from the factories of Sevre, Meis- The official seat of the Medici pean Union and for regular state to decorate objects like cabinets sen and Vienna. dynasty. The grand palace holds teachers. and table tops. - Via Alfani, 78 - November to February: 8:15am– many collections including those Tel: 055/26511; Open: Mon–Sat 4:15pm; March: 8:15am–5:15pm; Museums 8 in Florence TF Weekly Mar 17-24, 2016

April and May: 8:15am–6:15pm; San Lorenzo Basilica 9am–5pm, Sun: 1–5pm; En- Uffizi Gallery June, July and August: 8:15am– Church with a bare facade and trance: € 5 (includes museum). The Uffizi Gallery, one of the most 7:30pm; Entrance: € 3 or buy incredible interior, San Lorenzo Santa Trinita Church famous museums in Italy and the an all-inclusive ticket. Closed world, contains masterpieces by is the burial place of all principal Lorenzo Monaco’s frescoes of the the first and last Monday of the Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Bot- members of the Medici family from life of the Virgin in the Sassetti month. ticelli, Michelangelo, Caravaggio Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. Chapel—decorated with Ghirlan- and many others. Highlights Silver Museum Piazza San Lorenzo - Tel. daio frescoes, as well as a highly include Botticelli’s Primavera and Holds collections of silver, ivory, 055/216634 and 055 218534; venerated wooden Crucifix dating The Birth of Venus. gems, and other precious ob- Daily: 10am–5pm; Closed on to the 14th century. Piazza Santa Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 - Tel. jects owned by the Medici and Sunday; Entrance: € 3 Trinita - Tel. 055/216912; Daily: 055/2388651 / Bookings: Lorraine families. November SANTA CROCE 7–12pm & 4–7pm; Entrance: FREE to February: 8:15am–4:30pm; COMPLEX 055/294883; Daily: 8:15am– March: 8:15am–5:30pm; April Santissima Annunziata 6:50pm; Closed on Monday; Church and May: 8:15am–6:30pm; Santa Croce Basilica Entrance: € 8.00 without exhibi- The church houses a famous June, July and August: 8:15am– A pantheon of famous Florentines tions; € 11 with exhibitions. The of the Annunciation. 7:30pm; September and Octo- rest here. museum will have special sum- Piazza SS. Annunziata - Tel. ber: 8:15am–6:30pm; Entrance: - Tel. mer evening hours on Tuesdays 055/2398034; Daily: 7:30am– € 2 or buy an all-inclusive ticket. 055/244619. Daily 9:30am– from 7–10pm (beginning July 1 12:30pm & 4–6:30pm; Sunday: Closed the first and last Monday 5:00pm; Holidays and Sundays: and ending September 30). 7:30-am–12:30pm & 4–6:30pm; of the month. 2–5:30pm; Entrance: € 6; or € 8.50 combined ticket for Casa Entrance: FREE San Marco Museum Buonarroti. Let’s keep Dedicated to the ethereal SANTO SPIRITO COMPLEX in touch on paintings of Fra Angelico, the Opera di Santa Croce Museum TF social media! Museum of San Marco also Santo Spirito Church Includes the Brunelleschi Chapel and houses a library and the tomb of A modest 18th-century facade Cimabue’s Crucifix. Access through Click the icons Luigi Tornabuoni. but a superb Renaissance interior the church. - Piazza S. Croce 16 - Piazza San Marco 1 - Tel. marked by stained glass and Tel. 055/244619; Daily: 9:30am– 055/2388608; Daily: 8:15am– painted altarpieces. Piazza 5:00 pm; Holidays and Sundays: 1:50pm; Sat, Sun & holidays: Santo Spirito - Tel. 055/210030; 2–5:00pm; Entrance: € 3 8:15am–4:50pm; Closed first, Daily: 9:30am–12:30pm and third and fifth Sundays and Monastery 4–5:30 pm; Holidays: 11:30- second and fourth Mondays Home of Andrea del Sarto’s 12:30pm and 4–5:30 pm; Closed of each month; Entrance: € 4 celebrated Renaissance Last on Wednesday afternoons; without exhibitions; € 7 with Supper fresco. Entrance: FREE. exhibitions. Via di S. Salvi 16 - Tel. 055/2388603; Daily: 8:15am– It is most famous for its collection Church 1:50pm; Sunday: 8:15am– of Japanese armour and Beautiful marble facade in 1:50pm; Closed on Monday; costumes worn by white and dark green marble; its Entrance: FREE Bonaparte. interior is uniquely Florentine in SANTA MARIA Via Stibbert 26 - Tel. 055/475520; architectural style. NOVELLA COMPLEX Mon–Wed 10am–2pm, Fri– Via Monte alle Croci - Tel. Santa Maria Novella Sun 10am–6pm; Closed on 055/2342731; Summer: daily Church Thursdays; Entrance: € 8 from 9am–12:30 pm and 2:30– Gothic church marked by impres- 7:30pm; Winter: Daily from 8am- sive bold stone vaulting 1 pm and 3:30pm–7:00 pm; P. Santa Maria Novella - Tel. Entrance: FREE 055/282187; Mon–Thurs: 9am– 5:30pm, Fri 11am–5:30pm, Sat: 9 Info TF Weekly Allegato al TF 220 Mar 10-16, 2016

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