Florence, - Discovering the Great Beauty. It will be Sunday, May 21, on the day of the National Day of Ads, the association of Italian historic houses. And for the occasion in Tuscany will be open to the public 90 courtyards and gardens, many for the first time, of historic dwellings. In addition to the palaces of Florence, Livorno, Lucca, you will also be able to visit the countryside houses of Casentino, Mugello and Val di Sieve, Lunigiana, the Pisan hills and the Sienese Crete. Sunday, therefore, the gardens and courtyards of private historical homes come out of their privacy by unveiling their architectural and artistic richness to the public.

It will be a symbolic spring holiday that adds a tile to the mosaic of the Great Beauty of our country, presented by the President of the Regional Council Eugenio Giani together with the president of Adsi Toscana, Bernardo Gondi and Vice President Clotilde Corsini. Over 200 residences adjoining the National Day Adsi, 90 are in Tuscany and among these 26 will be visited for the first time. The aim is to make known and best value an important part of historical and artistic heritage preserved by individuals in the historic centers of cities and the countryside.

Lamole di Lamole.

Today i want to talk about a very nice experience that i have done with my colleagues a few days before, we were invited to Visit the Winery Lamole di Lamole near Greve in chianti, and it was really a wonderful experience.














Departure from Villa Tolomei, was at 09.00am, Direction Greve in Chianti, we took the famous road SR222, after a short drive throught the magnificent tuscany scenary we arrive to greve in chianti, we make a small visit the Castello Montefioralle, and the Greve historical center with the Falorni Butcher's.

At 10.30 we took the direction to Lamole e Lamole located like 15 minutes from Greve, in this wonderful place; at the top of Lamole hill we found our qualificated winery guide Sofia waiting for us; she gave us a complete description about the regions, history, we did a visit the small church and the estate. After 1 hours we get back again to greve in chianti Village where we were welcomed to delicious lunch at Santa Margherita Restaurant, the manager Mr. Sebastiano was just amazing, and the service also, four courses with a fine wine producted at Lamole e Lamole.

we invite everybody to discover and experience this area...it worth it.

#lamoledilamole #tuscany #winery #joinus #bestplaces

EVENTS IN FLORENCE 09/05/2017

Classical music, opera, ballet
O'Flos Colende
Sacred art and music Festival in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
055 2302885
bit.ly/28RgTtV
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE (DUOMO) - Piazza Del Duomo
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 9.15pm: "The Sacred Romanticism" - Soprano Cinzia Forte and Diego Innocenzi at piano
free

"String concert"
Domino Quartet. Music by Puccini, Verdi. In partnership with the School of Music L. Cherubini in Florence.
055 2779269
www.operadifirenze.it
MUSEO STIBBERT - Via Federigo Stibbert , 26
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 18.00
€ prezzo ingresso museo/museum ticket

Italian Opera Arias and duets
Soprano, tenor, harp. Music by Mozart, Schubert, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet.
3201171971; operaconcertflorence@gmail.com
CHIESA DI SAN FILIPPO NERI- piazza San Firenze,16
From 08/05/2017 to 09/05/2017
h: 20.30; 21.30
€ offerta libera

Italian Opera
Some of the most famous Baroque and Classical opera arias by A. Vivaldi, W. A. Mozart, G. B. Pergolesi, G. F.
Haendel, C. W. Glouck and more. Friday: "The 3 Sopranos"; Monday, Wednesday and Sunday: Italian Opera;
Tuesday and thursday: Baroque Italian Opera; Saturday: Sacred Arias.
329 7843935
www.classictic.com
CHIESA DI SANTA MONACA - VIA SANTA MONACA, 6
From 15/02/2017 to 06/01/2018
h: 21.15
€ 25-15

Madame Butterfly
Opera by G. Puccini
340 8119192; info@concertoclassico.info.
www.concertoclassico.info
ST. MARK'S ENGLISH CHURCH - Via Maggio
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 20.30
€ 35-20

Rock, jazz, pop, contemporary music
Musics and chants of Europe we love
in the occasion of Festival d'Europa
055 2346872
www.lemurate.it
Caffé delle Murate - Piazza Delle Murate
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 21.00: Accademia musicale di Firenze youth orchestra
free
Caffé delle Murate - Piazza Delle Murate
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 22.00> Whisky Trail in concert
free

Fabbrica Europa - 24th Ed. - 4 May>15 June 2017
Internation festival dedicated to contemporary art: theatre, dance, conferences, workshops.
STAZIONE LEOPOLDA - The Festival takes place also in other locations: Limonaia di Villa Strozzi, Teatro della
Compagnia, Quartiere Isolotto, Palazzina ex-Fabbri.
www.fabbricaeuropa.net
Stazione Leopolda - Viale Fratelli Rosselli
From 04/05/2017 to 15/06/2017
h: check the website
€ --

Theatre
"The Medici Dynasty Show"
The Medici Dynasty show is a behind the scenes of the Medici Family and Florence's history. With traditional
costumes and video projections of the artistic and architectural masterpieces of the era, viewers can travel back in
time, tracing these digital re-animations back to the last two heirs of the illustrious Medici family.
The show is performed everyday except Monday and Friday. Only in English. Info: 349 1310441 and 348 6531788
www.medicidynasty.com
IL FULIGNO - Via Faenza, 48
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 7 pm
€ 30-20

Family friendly
Film festival
"Where to invade next"
by M. Moore
055 268451
www.cinemalacompagnia.it
CINEMA TEATRO LA COMPAGNIA - Via Camillo Cavour
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 19.00
€ 5-4

Bill Viola: The Eye of the Art
by Mark Kidel Original sound film with Italian subtitles
055 214068
www.odeonfirenze.com
Cinema Odeon - Piazza Degli Strozzi
Date: 09/05/2017
h: 20.30
free

Extraordinary openings, guided tours
Iris Garden
Traditional opening of the splendid garden at Piazzale Michelangelo, dedicated to the iris, the emblem of Florence.
055 483112 - East side Balcony
http://irisfirenze.it/giardino/informazioni.htm
Piazzale Michelangiolo
From 25/04/2017 to 20/05/2017
h: 10.00-13.00/15.00-19.30; Sat. and Sun: 10.00-19.30
free
Readings, literary meetings, conferences
Festival of Europe
Florence celebrates the birth of Europe after 60 years from the founding treaty of Rome. A number of cultural and
political events about Europe

EVENTS FLORENCE 08/05/2017.

Classical music, opera, ballet
"Don Carlo"
Opera by G. Verdi. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Choir. Staging by
'ABAO-OLBE di Bilbao, Fundación Ópera de Oviedo, Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla and Festival Ópera de
Tenerife. Italian/English surtitles
055 2779309
www.operadifirenze.it
NUOVO TEATRO DELL'OPERA, MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO - Viale Fratelli Rosselli
Date: 08/05/2017
h: 20:00
€ 150-20

Italian Opera Arias and duets
Soprano, tenor, harp. Music by Mozart, Schubert, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet.
3201171971; operaconcertflorence@gmail.com
CHIESA DI SAN FILIPPO NERI- piazza San Firenze,16
From 08/05/2017 to 09/05/2017
h: 20.30; 21.30
€ offerta libera

Aujris Quartet
Music by Haendel, Bach, Bizet, Albeniz.
055 210804
www.rotaryfiovest.it
Auditorium di Santo Stefano al Ponte - Piazza Santo Stefano
Date: 08/05/2017
h: 21.00
€ 15-12

Italian Opera
Some of the most famous Baroque and Classical opera arias by A. Vivaldi, W. A. Mozart, G. B. Pergolesi, G. F.
Haendel, C. W. Glouck and more. Friday: "The 3 Sopranos"; Monday, Wednesday and Sunday: Italian Opera;
Tuesday and thursday: Baroque Italian Opera; Saturday: Sacred Arias.
329 7843935
www.classictic.com
CHIESA DI SANTA MONACA - VIA SANTA MONACA, 6
From 15/02/2017 to 06/01/2018
h: 21.15
€ 25-15

Rock, jazz, pop, contemporary music
Fabbrica Europa - 24th Ed. - 4 May>15 June 2017
Internation festival dedicated to contemporary art: theatre, dance, conferences, workshops.
STAZIONE LEOPOLDA - The Festival takes place also in other locations: Limonaia di Villa Strozzi, Teatro della
Compagnia, Quartiere Isolotto, Palazzina ex-Fabbri.
www.fabbricaeuropa.net
Stazione Leopolda - Viale Fratelli Rosselli
From 04/05/2017 to 15/06/2017
h: check the website
€ --

Film festival
"The circle"
By J. Ponsoldt, with T. Hanks, E. Watson. Original sound movie with italian subtitles.
055 214068
www.odeonfirenze.com
Cinema Odeon - Piazza Degli Strozzi
Date: 08/05/2017
h: 16.15, 18.30, 21.00
€ 8-6

"Where to invade next"
by M. Moore
055 268451
www.cinemalacompagnia.it
CINEMA TEATRO LA COMPAGNIA - Via Camillo Cavour
Date: 08/05/2017
h: 15.00, 21.00
€ 5-4

"Merci Patron"
by F. Ruffin (FRA 2016). Original sound movie with Italian subtitles.
055 576551
www.stensen.org
Istituto Stensen - Viale Don Giovanni Minzoni
Date: 08/05/2017
h: 17.00; 21.00
€ -,-

Extraordinary openings, guided tours
Iris Garden
Traditional opening of the splendid garden at Piazzale Michelangelo, dedicated to the iris, the emblem of Florence.
055 483112 - East side Balcony
http://irisfirenze.it/giardino/informazioni.htm
Piazzale Michelangiolo
From 25/04/2017 to 20/05/2017
h: 10.00-13.00/15.00-19.30; Sat. and Sun: 10.00-19.30
free

Readings, literary meetings, conferences
Festival of Europe
Florence celebrates the birth of Europe after 60 years from the founding treaty of Rome. A number of cultural and
political events about Europe and its future will take place in the city. See the Web Site for the complete program.
info@festivaldeuropa.eu, 055 2719012
www.festivaldeuropa.eu
VARIE LOCATION
From 04/05/2017 to 09/05/2017
h: -
free

THE ULTIMATE OFFICIAL FLORENCE GUIDE IS ONLINE.

http://www.florencedailynews.com/2017/05/08/the-ultimate-official-florence-guide-is-online/

FLORENCE, ITALY – Describing Florence is a challenge that has captivated many over the years: artists, historians, travelers and writers alike. Each one brought a fresh new perspective of their own to the task. The new multimedia Florence guide named Experience Florence curated by the city of Florence and produced by Mus.e does the same, adopting an unconventional approach in terms of both the topics covered and the format used.

Various topics promote every kind of tourism imaginable in this Florence guide: from the traditional artistic and museum tours, a must-see in Florence, to activities for families and children, via sports and urban trekking among the area’s leafy hills. And there’s more: food and wine, crafts, tradition, fashion, shopping, and all kinds of cultural events for both young and old.

Every theme has its place in this dynamic and interactive digital booklet, which includes an innovative combination of photo galleries, videos and writing. The Florence guide named Experience Florence takes readers inside the city, giving the chance to get to know every aspect of it and to truly experience its unique culture, history and beauty.

The historic centre of Florence, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is an open-air gallery where you can admire the facades of the awe-inspiring basilicas and cathedrals that form its unmistakable skyline, and see the lavish palaces that tell the story of the different periods of the city’s history: from the birthplace of the Renaissance to the capital of Italy, all the way through to the first half of the twentieth century when Florence became a hub for the avant-garde.

The Florence cultural imaginary has contributed to the creation of Western civilisation as we know it, laying the foundations for the aesthetic, educational, scientific, culinary, political and artistic principles that surround us today.

Thanks to the foresight of the last representative of the House of Medici, Anna Maria Luisa, who ensured that the fall of a dynasty did not bring about the death of Florence’s culture, the city now preserves its heritage in a vast network of museums, where a constant process of restoration, preservation and renovation aims to establish Florence as the art and history capital of the world.

The inestimable historical and artistic value of the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia Gallery, the Bargello National Museum, Palazzo Pitti and the Medici Chapels sits alongside buildings that examine more recent history, such as the Museo Novecento and the temporary exhibitions at Forte di Belvedere and Palazzo Strozzi. The choices on offer range from Palazzo Vecchio, a museum and still the centre of administrative power even today, to the more recent scientific, academic and fashion museums.

Listing the great artists and masterpieces housed in the museums that preserve Florence’s immense heritage would perhaps be redundant given their fame. However, admiring this vast treasure trove certainly is not – this heritage belongs not only to Florence, but to humanity as a whole. It is our history, preserved and accessible to all.