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  Paolo Bulletti has a dream. The Italian architect wants to transport a house built by the distinguished U.S. architect Frank Lloyd Wright from its current site in New Jersey to the hills of Fiesole, near Florence. His "mission impossible," as his wife, Valeria, has dubbed it, was hatched three years ago when he organized an exhibition in F...

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Iris Origo was a 22-year-old newlywed Anglo-American heiress — as rich, brilliant and innocent as a Henry James heroine — when she and her husband, an Italian nobleman, decided to buy La Foce.   "Treeless and shrubless but for some tufts of broom," Origo wrote in October 1923 of her first view of the rundown 3,500-acre estate southeast of Si...

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Fino al prossimo mese di febbraio, sarà possibile osservare proprio nel cuore della Città sulla Baia la riproduzione di uno dei simboli più noti della storia e dell'arte italiana, la celebre Torre di Pisa.   L'opera magistrale "La Torre Pendente in Alabastro di Volterra" è stata, infatti, inaugurata lo scorso 13 gennaio come evento principal...

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AmCham Italy, insieme a Confindustria Toscana e Confindustria Firenze, ha organizzato un incontro con le istituzioni, la stampa locale, il mondo imprenditoriale e professionale a Firenze lunedì 16 settembre. In occasione dell'incontro, il nuovo Rappresentante Locale di AmCham Italy per la Regione Toscana, Lorenzo Parrini, Partner di Deloitte F...

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by Chiara Beghelli   In the windows of Brivio's jewelry boutique, creations inspired by the jewels portrayed in the paintings of Palma il Vecchio (the Elder) twinkle, while the perfumery Tymiama has recreated some of the fragrances in vogue at the time of the artist, between the 1400s and 1500s. These are only two brands among the long list...

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Marking the first time works by Michelangelo have ever been exhibited in Nashville, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts proudly presents Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti, on view from October 30, 2015, through January 6, 2016. The Casa Buonarroti, the artist's family home in Florence, Italy, possesses...

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by Tom Winter The warm scents of the Mediterranean followed us as we turned inland from Italy's Mediterranean coast and headed toward the mountains. We could see through the early spring haze that there was snow up there; an unlikely rumor from under the palms that dotted the promenades of the coastal fishing villages.   With daylight fadin...

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Just like fresh air revitalizes the soul, open air markets stimulate the senses. Rain or shine, tented tables regularly bring neighbors, tourists, and communities together from spring to fall, providing a taste of Earth's bounty and a vast assortment of handmade collectibles and vintage wares.   Grab your family and meet your friends at an o...

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  WTI Magazine #22    2014 Mar, 21Author : Vino OK      Translation by:   One of the first documents that witnesses and mentions about this famous wine is undoubtedly represented by its classification, as originally drafted in 1398. Looking at these documents, we can understand how the Chianti was a white wine, it did not have a large diffusion...

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The Times of London named the Uffizi Gallery, located in Florence, Italy, the "world's greatest gallery." In South Florida, the restoration of artworks found at the Uffizi Gallery is supported by the Palm Beach-based Friends of the Uffizi Gallery. Since their inception in 2006, the organization has fully funded, or contributed to the...

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