Firenze, Pisa, Lucca e Siena sono le quattro città toscane che si preparano ad aprire al pubblico i loro gioielli più beli.

Con Toscana Esclusiva, un appuntamento ricorrente nel quale l'Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane mostra un patrimonio artistico e paesaggistico di proprietà privata ma conservato all'interno delle città.

Discover the beautiful, large Medici Park of Pratolino where the great fair of Ruralia takes place on a May weekend.

From 17 to 19 May the Fortezza da Basso will be opening its gates to the 10th edition of the Florentine fair Terra Futura, a leading event aimed at presenting innovative solutions for sustainability and promoting environment-friendly habits.

The central theme of Terra Futura 2013 is Europe beyond the crisis.

In spring, the Vegetable Garden of Botanica Inferiore in the Boboli Gardens hosts the only trade show that takes place in an historical garden like this.

It is called the Perfumes of Boboli, an exhibition that has now reached the seventh edition, from the 16^th to the 19^th of May.

Ice cream is part of the history of Florence, everybody knows it! The Buontalenti flavour was created by the famous architect, sculptor by the Medici court. Florence has its own festival dedicated to the “cold dessert”, which celebrates its fourth edition this year.

Il Comune di Dicomano invita a scoprire i suoi prodotti agroalimentari più tipici a Firenze, in piazza Strozzi. Sabato 17 novembre dalle 9 del mattino fino a sera i produttori dell'Alta Val di Sieve espongono i frutti migliori della loro terra: i marroni (pochi ma buoni) da gustare anche sotto forma di “bruciate”, i salumi pregiati di antica tradizione come il bardiccio, il vino e il vin novo, l'olio nuovo fresco di frangitura, i formaggi, le mandorle e le noci, i mieli, le marmellate, i dolci a base di marroni e molto altro.

The fourth edition of Wine Town takes place all in spring, and it is open to the public that loves the good wine of the twelve Florentine historical residences.
The Wine Town "formula" includes wine tasting, good street food, conferences on vine varieties (this year, the Sangiovese wine will be hosted), meetings with celebrity chefs and music/shows.

The Park of Villa Caruso in Lastra a Signa will host the third edition of an event of great interest for the lovers of nature. It is called Botanica, an event that combines artistic and scientific topics with the knowledge and safeguard of plant heritage, paying particular attention to the ancient and forgotten varieties of plants.

23 pieces: sculptures, collages, vases, majolicas, bas-relieves. A recurring theme: love, erotic passion. Techniques and materials tell stories about feelings and relationships that are established between two people. This path is perceptive and every technique corresponds to a particular mood.

The Bargello National Museum is famous for its masterpieces of Renaissance sculpture, however the outstanding collections of “applied art” are a fundamental element of it.

La complessa vita sociale e politica di Boemia racchiusa nell'opera di Vlastimil Košvanec. Ritrattista, illustratore e pittore, uomo passionale e impulsivo che ha vissuto a Praga dal 1887 al 1961 attraverso guerre, amori, impegno politico, fama e successo ma anche censura e prigione. Una mostra nel Museo Mediceo di Palazzo Medici Riccardi ne ripercorre le tappe, dal 6 settembre all’11 novembre 2012.

The best of the Italian gastronomic production gathered at Stazione Leopolda in Florence for the event Taste, the drink- and eat-well Italian meeting.

The new edition of ARTOUR-O the MUST expected in Florence will gather prestigious institutions and Academies of the city and it will be held at the well-established venue of Villa La Vedetta from the 7th to the 10th of March.

An unusual exhibition gives life to the rooms of the Pitti Palace in Florence, in particular the Andito degli Angiolini (main staircase, upper mezzanine floor) and the rooms of the Galleria del Costume (Costume Gallery).

The exhibit is dedicated to collecting. The pieces of art exposed derives from Roster, Del Greco, Olschki collections: more than 100 unpublished works, but also photos-about sixty- never seen before. The original core of this collection arises from the friendship between Giovanni Fattori, the first Macchiaolo, with the Florentine gentleman, doctor, scientist and garibaldino Giovanni del Greco.

No conventional classics: an open and perpetually-evolving exhibition, which reinteprets the cover design of classics from Italian and international literature. New works from the Visual Design school of IED Florence will be added every year to this in-progress project.

Florence is getting ready to host the Wine and Food Biennial from Saturday 3^rd to Sunday 18^th of November: this is the most anticipated event for good food and wine enthusiasts.

For the second winter appointment at Pitti, comes Pitti Bimbo with its colourful world of children’s fashion.

The fashion week starts on 19th January, full of events and catwalk shows dedicated to children’s clothing by the most famous fashion brands. 510 collections will be presented at this edition, of which 200 are from abroad, extending over an area of 47.000 sq.mt of exhibition space.

24 works of art made by the masters of the Twentieth Century are on display in the fourteenth-century Oratory of Santa Caterina a Rimezzano, in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli. This unprecedented match is named Twentieth Century. Tensions and figure.

HOHÒ – contemporary artists meet the Decameron in Certaldo is the title of an exhibition that marks the beginning of the celebrations for an important anniversary, that is the Seventh centenary of Giovanni Boccaccio’s birth (1313 – 2013). Which contemporary artists exhibit their artworks?

Florence hosts Florens 2012, the International Forum on Cultural and Environmental Heritage that is a synonym for conventions, theoretical lessons, round tables, events and urban installations with more than 350 speakers from all over the world.

An exhibition on Pinocchio the famous wooden puppet, which celebrates 131 years of age. This exhibition is held in the National Central Library with important documents coming from the archives of Giunti publishing house.

Dinosaurs in flesh and bone is the “giant” exhibition at the Florence Museum of Natural History. The big predators inhabit the Botanical Garden where they appear along with tree branches of ancient trees and in the halls of the Museum of Paleontology.

The date of May 9 has become a symbol of Europe, and  on the night between May 12 and 13 in Florence we celebrate the Blue Night: blue as the European Flag, 27 hours of events - 27 are the countries of the EU.

L’evento di primavera di Castelfiorentino, vivace città della Valdelsa, è In/canti e Banchi, ed è fatto di teatro di strada, cantastorie, artigianato, collezionismo, antiquariato.

Ma anche riscoperta di una tradizione artistica che dal Rinascimento arriva fino ai nostri giorni.

Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists on view at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, from 3 March to 15 July 2012, sets out to illustrate the extremely fertile and multifaceted relationship that the painters of the New World established with Florence and other cities in Tuscany between the mid 19th century and the World War .

This exhibit is part of a big project to enhance contemporary art, by Regione Toscana, called Toscana Intercontemporanea 2011 (Inter-contemporary art 2011), started last year in Prato.

The Journey Festival is back to Florence, from June 5th to 9th. The 7th edition is dedicated to Travelling Anniversaries, that of some explorers and precursor of the past, such as Amerigo Vespucci, Fosco Maraini and Jimi Hendrix.

Il Comune di Lastra a Signa promuove da nove anni un concorso letterario sul tema del fiume Arno. Il fiume come motivo ispiratore di scritti - in poesia o prosa -che vengono valutati, scelti e premiati.

Liberfest is the festival of young readers. It is the perfect moment to analyze and invite young readers and writers to read. It takes place in some special places, such as libraries, but also on the tramvia, the newest mean of transportation for Florence.

Among all the art works at the Uffizi, tapestries are one of them. Fine manufactures, precious works that are in danger because of the light and the wear, tapestries are huge canvas built with threads.

Una fiera all'ospedale? Sì, se l'ospedale in questione è immerso in un parco secolare ed è stato costruito con i criteri della bioedilizia. Parliamo del Pediatrico Meyer di Firenze, che il 18 marzo ospita la seconda edizione di Giardini senza Bua, mostra mercato di piante, prodotti e idee per il giardino sostenibile.

The Thirties was a period of extreme artistic liveliness in Italy under the domination of the Fascist regime. All the artistic styles and trends, together with new communication and design languages, contributed to make the Italian scene more modern, communicative and international.

The first edition of BICIFI, the Florence Bike Festival, will be held in the city in the same year as the World Cycling Championships, which will be located right here in Tuscany. 
BICIFI is a trade show but also a series of sports events in Florence on schedule during this three-day event, from the 1^st to the 3^rd of March.

With this exhibition in Fiesole, Sicilian artist Tano Pisano is back in Tuscany. It is a series of watercolour paintings, all on the theme of flowers depicted in a delicate, light way.

The International Handicrafts Trade Fair has taken place in Florence in spring since 1931. In the very central fortress called Fortezza da Basso, the Trade Fair is the place where culture and art, artisan tradition and new creative flairs meet and take shape to become unique.

Italy boasts one of the world’s oldest traditions in the fields of meteorological and seismological observations and, in the middle of the seventeenth century, Florence saw the birth of the first meteorological network, which gathered monitoring stations in Italy and abroad in a first but not rudimentary effort to systematically collect the descriptive and instrumental data coming from different geographical places.

Christmas is approaching and in both Florence and its province the squares are teeming with markets. Once the prerogative of the northern countries, Christmas street markets are now a big success here as well, and there are numerous to choose from for gift shopping or to see the towns in the territory in an unusual and charming light.

A weekend dedicated to Italian artistic and natural heritage.

On the 23^rd and 24^th of March 2013, the FAI – Italian Environmental Fund will invite citizens and tourists to the 21^st FAI Spring Day, an initiative that takes place all over Italy and that this year has a special Renaissance path.

The winter edition of Pitti Uomo is accompanied by a photography exhibition at the National Museum of Photography in Florence, as a tradition that complements the fashion show.  In fact, the exhibition is called A message for you by a fashion photographer called Guy Bourdin.

At the Medici Riccardi Palace in Florence, it will be possible to admire many works of art by the world’s most famous surreal artist, Salvador Dalí.

Dal 20 al 28 Aprile 2013 si terrà Casa Dolce - Design e Alta Pasticceria si incontrano per un caffè in occasione alla Fortezza da Basso, luogo dove durante la Mostra dell'Artigianato cultura e arte, tradizione artigiana e nuove creatività si incontrano e prendono forma per diventare esclusività.

Body, memory and identity: the exhibition Francis Bacon and the Existential Conditions in Contemporary Art presents work by artists who examine the existential state of contemporary society's collective mindset, exploring the kind of questions man asks himself in his relationship to his interior being and the outside world.

Collecting toy soldiers characterizes two aspects of the city of Calenzano, which is west of Florence: first of all, because in the upper and medieval part of this city stands the beautiful Municipal Museum of  Historical Figures, organized with accuracy, remaining faithful to history; then, because a very special exhibition regularly takes place twice a year.

The expo of Artisan Chocolate returns to Florence – this time with a new name Fi.nalmente cioccolato and in a new setting, the central piazza Santa Maria Novella. From February 8 to 17, forty selected Italian and foreign chocolatiers show and sell their delicacies.

C'è una Firenze del '900 con percorsi di visita alternativi e interessanti. Strutturarli, farli conoscere, e soprattutto formare persone - cioé guide turistiche - in grado di spiegarli è il progetto a cui ha lavorato l'APAB . Adesso questi 16 itinerari sono pronti e verranno presentati e discussi il 5 dicembre, in un momento formativo presso Palazzo Medici Riccardi.

Il mese di dicembre vedrà una nuova esposizione di Daniela Corsini nella suggestiva cornice del convento francescano di Bosco ai Frati, nei pressi di San Piero a Sieve.  iniziatrice e figura più influente del Filtrismo®, movimento di fotografia pittorica sviluppato a Firenze alla fine del '900.

Akiyoshi Ito is the oriental artist that the Alinari Museum of Photography (MNAF) proposes from September. Ito's exhibition is a true declaration of love for the sea, its beauty and its richness.

An international public is expected in the world capital of art restoration. Florence is the only city that could hold the Salone dell’arte e del restauro (Art and Restoration Show) from November 8 to 10.

An autumn of walks through history along the Festival of the Roman Pilgrimage Routes: from September 8th to November 18th, every Saturday and Sunday, a trekking proposal that is worth trying.
The Roman Pilgrimage Routes are the old routes along which the pilgrims used to travel to the Christian sacred sites – in the Tuscan territory, the routes leading to Rome were, besides the urban itinerary in Florence, Via Bolognese, la Via Sanese and Via Pisana - Via Francigena Nova.

The 2012 edition of Chianti d’Autunno (“Autumn in Chianti”) has just begun. This event is the result of a collaboration between the provinces of Florence and Siena, involving the eight municipalities which form the Chianti district in a rich programme of events.

The first World Bach Fest takes place in Florence, three days dedicated entirely to Johann Sebastian Bach. This festival was born from Mario Ruffini’s and Ramin Bahrami’s desire and promoted through the social network Facebook, it is a highly innovative event.
The three days will have three main venues in the city, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio and the Cinema Teatro Odeon.

Desire for the countryside and rural nature in the large Cascine Park in Florence, that is how to spend three days in the country while staying in the city.

The production of ceramic items has always been influenced, through Spain, by Islam. The project Sea between peoples is two-year-long and aimed discovering the Mediterranean Sea as a communication element between the cultures who inhabit it.

In occasione dell'Antica Fiera di Mezzagosto a Lastra a Signa viene inaugurata una mostra fotografica dedicata a due campioni del ciclismo italiano: la coppia Coppi-Bartali.

The tourism in art cities is an important income of the general touristic budget, both in a region such as Tuscany and in a country like Italy. But a totally dedicated art-tourism fair has never taken place.

It is time for EFC 2012 and Florence hosts and celebrates football with an exhibit The Origins of Football dedicated to the worldwide history of ball games.

L'aggettivo liquido che ne compone il nome deriva dalle riflessioni di Zygmunt Bauman sulla nostra attuale società occidentale.

Liquid.Lab è un laboratorio-workshop, fatto di incontri, luoghi, topics diversi.

The new exhibit by the museum of Casa Buonarroti reconnects the relationship between Andrea Commodi, Florentine painter, and Michelangelo´s art.

In the20s of the XVII century after a long stay between Rome and Cortona, he decided to come back definitely  to Florence, where he started associating with Casa Buonarroti.

Three locations in prestigious museums of Florence are chosen for the exhibition called Japan. The land of enchantment, opening on 3rd April in Florence. Antique and modern Japan art and Italian pieces of art of Japanisme  recreate atmosphere and landscapes, through  impeccable works of art and artistic perfection.

La matematica strizza l'occhio a Firenze con un festival aperto agli studenti e a tutti gli interessati.

Il Festival della matematica è organizzata dalla Provincia di Firenze in collaborazione con il Giardino di Archimede – Un museo per la matematica.

A Tuscan artist well appreciated on an international level. Venturino Venturi died in 2002; three exhibits want to remember him for this anniversary.

An exhibition about infancy is being hosted by the Florentine institution which most represents children: the Istituto degli Innocenti.

Figli d’Italia, Children of Italy, looks at the first fifty years of Italy as a united nation from a new point of view. This was a time when themes related to children and their care became part of the newly-born social politics of the united nation.

Gioventù ribelle (rebel Youth) is an exhibition that illustrates ideas and actions of a group of people, usually quite young, that spend their lifetime seeking to realize an idea of freedom that arose from cultural philosophy, the literary Enlightenment as well as Romanticism.