The Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola, originally from Ferrara, was hanged and burnt in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence on the 23rd May 1494. Every year, on the morning of the anniversary of his…. continue ›
Detail of The Gathering of Manna. 1540 by Francesco Bacchiacca in the National Gallery of Art, Washington I think that everybody agrees, the giraffes in the zoos always draw a crowd – tall, leaf eating,…. continue ›
Today in Florence, March 6, there will be a procession from the town hall to the Santa Croce Church in honour of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti who was born on this date in 1475….. continue ›
