The Martyrs’ and Apostles’ Doors are back in San Lorenzo after restoration by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, with support from Friends of Florence.
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Tag: San Lorenzo
Free Ragù and Watermelon for San Lorenzo Night in Florence
Florence marks its co-patron saint with civic ceremonies, music, and free food in the square.
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Street Vendors to Move to Cascine Park: A Pilot Plan for Safety
The relocation, set to begin this summer, aims to ease congestion in key tourist areas.
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The future of Sant’Orsola is still a mystery (video from the drone)
Sant’Orsola will be restructured? This immense area, in the historic district of San Lorenzo in Florence, has long been stolen from the city but in the coming years it should be reborn to new life.
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The market will not return to San Lorenzo, a court ruled
The famous market of San Lorenzo, in the center of the city, Italy, will not return in front of the basilica, a court in Florence ruled.
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Capolavoro di Filippo Lippi torna a San Lorenzo
E’ stata ricollocata nella Cappella Martelli della Basilica di San Lorenzo l’Annunciazione di Filippo Lippi dopo un lungo e delicato restauro finanziato dalla Fondazione Friends of Florence. Il dipinto è uno dei capolavori del Rinascimento fiorentino.
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The marble of Michelangelo’s David exposed in Florence
The city of Florence reminds the Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo by installing a copy of his famous David, recreated in a contemporary style with colorful tattoos.
Read moreThe Medici Chapels and Michelangelo’s “crown”
The original “crown” of the lantern which Pope Leo X commissioned Michelangelo to design and which sat atop the dome of the New Sacristy in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence until 2002, will be on display again as of today, in the crypt of the Medici Chapels.
Read moreHarvard brings in Florence the “Missa Florentina”
Will be performed for the first time in six hundred years, in extended version, the “Missa Florentina”, a liturgy composed entirely of fourteenth-century by Florentine authors.
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