FLORENTINE CURIOSITIES
Origins
The first coin minted – Fiorino
The Marzocco
The Red Lily: The Symbol of Florence
The David
The Vasari Corridor
The window always open
The Cacciucco fountains
Brunelleschi’s dome and the egg theory!
Bischero!
The Mannelli Tower
Bridge of Maddalena
Ghost stories…
The Florentine floods
Small escape door
The flood, night of Novembre 4, 1966.
Ugolino
Per non dormire (Lest I sleep)
The wheel of the Innocents
The ambush on Cosimo I
cricket cage
Anselmo and the lion
Passera square
The Ancient Pharmacy of San Marco
Marquis Ugo Conte di Brandeburgo
Savonarola
Dante’s Stone
Ponte Vecchio
The Falling Sphere
Berta
The Perseo
The Otto di Guardia e Balìa
The Congregation of the Bonomini di San Martino
The Importuno
The Great White One
Miracle of the tree
Florence Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore
The Little Devil of Giambologna
Stone of the “acculata”
How many bees are there?
wine windows
The Caparra
The Cuckold’s Revenge
Guelphs and Ghibellines
Florentine new year
The Historical Parade of the Florentine Republic
Calcio Storico Fiorentino: More Than Just a Game
The Bandierai degli Uffizi: Florence’s Flag-Throwers
Easter and the explosion of the cart
The “Brindellone”!
The “rificolona”!!
Cricket Festival
