Art free in Florence, when?Spring and Summer 2011

The Uffizi Galleri

Following the success of last year's Art Tuesdays, which give residents and visitors further opportunities to enjoy Italy's vast cultural heritage, the Italian ministry of culture is offering once-a-month free entrance during extended evening hours to Italy's state museums. For the rest of 2011, admission is free on the following evenings: April 26, May 31, June 28, July 26, August 30, September 27, October 25, November 29 and December 27. In Florence, the participating museums are the Uffizi Gallery; Galleria dell'Accademia; Bargello Museum; Medici Chapels; San Marco Museum; Museum of Palazzo Davanzati; Gallery of Modern Art and Palatine Gallery, both in Palazzo Pitti.

  Reserve a room at Hotel Mario's, the art Hotel of Florence and enjoy what the real people of Florence can give you.

We are in Via Faenza 89, just across the train station of Santa Maria Novella. We also have an agreement in place with a parking, that is just 50 meter far from the hotel. Choose Hotel Mario's for your visit of the wonderful Florence.

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LORENZO DE' MEDICI, known as THE MAGNIFICENT

Lorenzo by Girolamo Macchietti

MARIO'S HOTEL staff wants to take you into the history of Florence.

Lorenzo de' Medici (January 1, 1449 – April 9, 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. Lorenzo de' Medici is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence.

Lorenzo's court included artists such as Piero and Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Michelangelo Buonarroti who were involved in XV century Renaissance. Although he did not commission many works himself, he helped them secure commissions from other patrons. Michelangelo lived with Lorenzo and his family for several years, dining at the family table and attending meetings of the Neo-Platonic Academy.

Lorenzo was an artist himself, writing poetry in his native Tuscan. In his poetry he celebrates life even while - particularly in his later works - acknowledging with melancholy the fragility and instability of the human condition. Love, feasts and light dominate his verse.

Cosimo had started the collection of books which became the Medici Library (also called the Laurentian Library) and Lorenzo expanded it. Lorenzo's agents retrieved from the East large numbers of classical works, and he employed a large workshop to copy his books and disseminate their content across Europe. He supported the development of humanism through his circle of scholarly friends who studied Greek philosophers, and attempted to merge the ideas of Plato with Christianity; among this group were the philosophers Marsilio Ficino, Poliziano and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.

Pitti Filati 2011 in Florence and at Hotel Mario's

Every 6 months in Florence, at the Fortezza da Basso, only few steps from Hotel Mario's, there is Pitti Filati, more than a simple trade fair for the textile fibers, the next date is in January 2011, from 26th to 28th.
Over 100 exhibitors, the latest products and developments in the industry showcase, etc. Yarn of organically grown raw materials, environmentally friendly production and fair trade.
 If you'll come to this great fair, enjoy the warm hospitality of  Hotel Mario's (www.hotelmarios.com , info@hotelmarios.com ), a very nice 3 stars hotel, located in a perfect position between the Fortezza da Basso and the railway station Santa Maria Novella. The Hotel adress is : via Faenza 89, 50123, Florence

Florens 2010, International Week on Cultural Heritage and Landscape

In November 2010 there will take place in Florence something extraordinary, that is been well presented in New York , last June, in a press conference ( http://www.fc-tv.com/webcast/wmpg/ ).As written on the official website of the event, this opportunity is been created to make "a Florence-based, permanent international lab where main players and decision makers can debate on cultural heritage and landscape as key drivers of economic development and social wealth.
Promote a new model for the valorization of cultural heritage and landscape, and a holistic vision for culture, environment, technology and economy", Florens 2010 will features a host of events that will be held through Florence but also Scandicci, Bagno a Ripoli and Campi Bisenzio.It will cost 2 million of Euro and its media partener will be National Geographic Society.To know wich daily events will take place in Florens 2010 just give a look to the website www.florens2010.com
As central Hotel in the city of Florence, we are pleased to host many visitors from all the world. Hotel Mario's is a small hotel in the area between the market of San Lorenzo and the Raiway station of Santa Maria Novella. We are in via Faenza 89, zip code 50123, Florence. Contact : info@hotelmarios.com tel: +39055216801 www.hotelmarios.com
Hotel Mario's, the right place where to stay in Florence