Walking around artisan and monumental Florence
Amongst bottegas, churches and monuments: a “slalom of wonders.” Artigianato&Aperitivo takes us around the alleyways and into the bottegas of an artisanal Florence of the past and traditions, source of pleasant memories for some, but unknown to most. It is a journey-itinerary to do far from the frenzy of tourists, walking slowly and spacing it out, from time to …
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Tiberio Timperi: the Oltrarno like in a movie.
Like in the plot of a movie, the itinerary designed by Tiberio Timperi’s represents, besides an actual physical itinerary, a life journey. A journey that started many years ago, back in 1987, when the well-known TV anchor started to work at “Punto Radio” in the Borgo Stella (a very short, little street in the Oltrarno.) Since then, the years …
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The Master Artisans in the heart of Florence
The first itinerary of the European Artistic Crafts Days, the event organized around Europe and celebrating the Artistic and Artisanal Crafts on March 31, April 1 and 2, is devoted to the Master Artisans who operate in the heart of Florence. We start in the Oltrarno, the historic neighborhood, full of artisan’s bottegas and follow the streets of …
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The Master Artisans in Tuscany
The third itinerary during the European Artistic Crafts Days, the event organized around Europe and celebrating the Artistic and Artisanal Crafts on March 31, April 1 and 2, is devoted to the Master Artisans and follows the road of Tuscany. It starts in Anghiari, continues towards Pisa and ends in Leghorn.
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Volterra, the town of Alabaster between the Etruscans and the Middle Ages
Alabaster is like the Botticelli’s Venus: it was born in the sea. A million-year-old ancient sea that has safeguarded a precious gift in its sedimentations, a very precious product. Very similar to wax in all respects, for its translucent look and its malleability, Alabaster is perfect for small size works: it allows in fact to mold small objects with rich …
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Pistoia City Centre first itinerary
Copper, Iron and Jewels in the land of metals and blacksmiths. In Pistoia the metal, from the humblest to the most precious, has always been the most worked material by the tireless artisans’ hands. Here iron, cast iron, steel, copper, gold and silver have no secrets: the blacksmiths bend them and transform them into the most diverse objects. Pistoia is …
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Florence Borgo San Frediano
San Frediano mon amour. Art and romance “beyond the Arno” Made in Florence antique dealers and fans unite! Borgo San Frediano welcomes you in the headquarters of workshops and more passionate and true local culture.
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Bagno a Ripoli and surroundings
Between town and countryside: borderline craft It’s not easy to determine where city ends and countryside begins.
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Arezzo center
Where the essential is visible to eyes Many people wonder if there is still an authentic Tuscany, intact and a little bit mystical. That Tuscany that writers and artists have laid down in the popular imagination with short and thick brush strokes.
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