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A must see in Florence: The Sargent and American Impressionist Exhibit at the elegant Renaissance Strozzi Palace

The tradition of the foreign comunity in Florence goes back centuries. Today foreigners have less time to visit Italy and in particular Florence, but the Strozzi exhibit unfolds that tradition once more for the general public. The Brownings lived in Florence, Longfellow studied Romance Languages here, all flocked to Florence for the art, the vivacity, the weather…The tradition continues and we trace once again the link and attraction to Florence for some of its foreign residents. Read more »

On Cosimo’s Payroll

As ‘Paterfamilias’ (Father of the clan) Cosimo de’ Medici, called ‘The Elder’ (1389- 1464) presided over a large household in his old private Palace in Florence. The Family household in the Italian Renaissance society included siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles … Read more »

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