Events in Tuscany
Leonardo Da Vinci's machines on display in Florence
from 30/05/2009 to 31/12/2010
The members of the Niccolai family have so far developed 150 different models, based on the Da Vinci codes and on historical documents using the materials of Leonardo’s time
Christmas in the World in San Giovanni Valdarno - Arezzo
from 10/01/2010 to 01/11/2010
About 1000 nativities, created in various types and models and in most different materials, from modest paper to precious silver
Tuscany Walking Festival
from 02/04/2010 to 31/10/2010
The Tuscany Walking Festival will take place from April 2nd to October 2010 under the sign of conviviality
The Macchiaioli in Montepulciano - Siena
from 24/04/2010 to 26/09/2010
On show until September 26th seventy works that once belonged to the most prestigious Macchiaioli collectors of the early twentieth century
Vesna Pavan exhibition in Florence
from 24/04/2010 to 24/09/2010
Pavan can be considered an eclectic and complete artist from all points of view, since she asserts her attention to the Life Style contemporary tendencies
Paola Staccioli's Living Ceramics in Florence
from 30/04/2010 to 03/10/2010
The articles displayed in the show combine reduced dimensions with a potent magnetic presence and a throbbing physicality that emerges from who knows what psychic recesses
Caravaggio and the Caravaggesques in Florence
from 22/05/2010 to 10/10/2010
Florence and Caravaggio:sound like a gamble? Did Caravaggio actually come through Florence? Did he see, as some would claim, the wonderful botanical watercolours by Jacopo Ligozzi in the Medici collection?
The Prato Project, exhibition by Thom Puckey and Jan van der Ploeg
from 29/05/2010 to 09/01/2011
The two artists, both of whom live and work in Amsterdam, have been invited to set up a joint project on the ground floor of the Pecci Centre, combining a series of Puckey’s latest marble statues with the monumental wall-paintings of Van der Ploeg
Volterrarte 2010: contemporary art exhibition in Volterra - Pisa
from 04/06/2010 to 31/10/2010
International artists will be showing their most recent work in exceptional locations: from historical buildings to an alabaster laboratory, to agritourism holiday farms to small villages scattered over the Tuscan hills
The Virtues of Love in Florence
from 08/06/2010 to 01/11/2010
The bedroom was the fulcrum of the Renaissance home: the most intimate and protected place where the wedding was consumed, children were born, and one died
XIV International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara
from 26/06/2010 to 31/10/2010
The theme of this edition will be the monument, or rather that radical process of de-monumentalisation which has freed sculpture from any celebratory, encomiastic function
Paris is Well Worth a Mass! in Florence
from 15/07/2010 to 02/11/2010
The fulcrum of the exhibition consists of the 19 monochrome canvases that Cosimo II de' Medici commissioned to Florentine academic painters to celebrate a funeral service for Henry IV with great pomp on September 16, 1610 in the Basilica of San Lorenzo
Vinum Nostrum in Florence
from 20/07/2010 to 15/05/2011
From Mesopotamia to our tables, from the rite of communion to avoidable drunkenness, from distasteful habit to gate of spirituality, wine and the grapevine are the protagonists of the exhibition
Montecatini Opera Festival 2010
from 17/08/2010 to 12/10/2010
8 great events with international outstanding artists, who have performed in very famous concert halls and theatres with the greatest conductors
Grape Festival in Montemurlo - Prato
from 25/08/2010 to 05/09/2010
XXV edition of the festival, which will once again entertain visitors with fine gastronomy, handicraft and dances
Diotto 2010 in Scarperia
from 26/08/2010 to 25/09/2010
The city celebrates the foundation by the Forentine Republic on the seventh of September 1306 with an annual festivals on the eighth "The Diotto", the dì otto (day 8th)
September fest 2010
from 28/08/2010 to 11/09/2010
The festival, located in the Fair complex of Marina di Carrara, is in perfect german-bavarian style with different type of beers, music, folk shows, typical food and more, and hosts more than 120 thousand visitors every year
Degustando Prato 2010
from 01/09/2010 to 30/09/2010
First edition of a brand-new festival dedicated to the re-discovery of tastes and typical dishes of Prato traditional cuisine, with special menus in restaurants and wine tours in the estates of the province
Palio of the Cerro in Cerreto Guidi - Florence
from 02/09/2010 to 04/09/2010
A traditional pageant as well as ancient trials of strength and ability are held at the bottom of the Medici's Villa
Murabilia 2010, Garden Show in Lucca
from 03/09/2010 to 05/09/2010
The show has become one of the most important in Italy
Festival of the Crostini toast in Santa Brigida
from 03/09/2010 to 12/09/2010
Nineteenth edition for the Festival of toast, where thousands of visitors will be entertained, as always, with 7 days of shows and dances, and also delicious food
Ficattola Festival in Bientina - Pisa
from 03/09/2010 to 05/09/2010
The event, arranged by the Contrada Quattro Strade at the "Risorgimento" club, will offer music nights with orchestras and, obviously, gatronomic stands where visitors will have the chance to taste the delicious "ficattola", a typical Tuscan focaccia bread at the heart of the festival
Cetona between art and gastronomy
from 03/09/2010 to 05/09/2010
The main focus of the event is once again to highlight the art and gastronomy excellencies of Cetona territory and its fascinating hills
The Willos live at Chianti Sculpture Park
on 03/09/2010
They'll present a repertoire of Folk songs, an alchemical formula mixing traditional Irish and American styles, Mediterranean sounds, original ideas and jazz. A music that is difficult to label, always different and full of surprises, but perfect for any audience
Fierucola del pane - Bread Fair in Florence
from 04/09/2010 to 05/09/2010
On its 27th anniversary, the fair still offers organic food and local handcrafts. There will be also entertaining events, meetings and small exhibitions dedicated to the importance of bread.
Giostra del Saracino: 120th Joust of Saracen in Arezzo
on 05/09/2010
Second annual edition of the ancient knights' tournament which has its roots in the Middle Ages
Display of the Sacred Girdle
on 08/09/2010
The display takes place late in the afternoon, around 6 p.m., when trumpeters, musicians and the historical parade march through the city centre
The Large Bronzes of the Baptistery: Leonardo and Rustici in Florence
from 10/09/2010 to 10/01/2011
This is the first exhibition ever dedicated to Giovanfrancesco Rustici, whose focal point is Rustici's masterpiece, the Sermon of Saint John the Baptist
Ante diem Sanctae Crucis in Lucca
from 10/09/2010 to 12/09/2010
A journey back in time to the Middle Ages, with markets, military encampments and celebrations through the city centre streets
Baroque Festival 2010 in San Gimignano
from 11/09/2010 to 26/09/2010
For its second edition, the festival will present unpublished, or little known music, recently discovered and brought to the public after more than three hundred years of oblivion.
Anima Mundi 2010
from 15/09/2010 to 01/10/2010
Sir John Eliot Gardiner has developed a programme which will cover five centuries of church music, in a wonderful journey through masterpieces, new music and revivals, telling us about the endless evolution of their expressive forms and artistic results
Renaissance banquet dinner in the Medicean Villa of Poggio a Caiano - Prato
on 17/09/2010
A perfectly re-enacted Renaissance banquet to recreate the joyful, cultivated and aristocratic atmosphere of the nobility which actually accompanied the celebrations for the historic marriage between Francesco de Medici and Princess Johanna of Austria
Signori in carrozza! Carriage crossing in Poggio a Caiano
from 17/09/2010 to 18/09/2010
Joanna of Austria's historical journey by carriage from Innsbruck to Poggio a Caiano will be re-evoked by the annual costume commemoration that officially opens the celebrations of the Siege of the Villa in Poggio a Caiano
Siege of the Villa in Poggio a Caiano - Prato
from 17/09/2010 to 19/09/2010
A commemoration of the stop made by the retinue that accompanied Princess Joan of Austria on her way to marry Grand Duke Francesco de’ Medici in 1565
Fortezza Antiquaria in Florence
from 18/09/2010 to 19/09/2010
The fair comes back in its original setting: indeed, in the last four years, it took place on Piazza Indipendenza
Antique and Artisan fair in Certaldo - Florence
on 19/09/2010
The fair will take place on the main square of the town, Piazza Boccaccio
Benvenuta Vendemmia 2010: Wine tastings in Tuscany
on 19/09/2010
Welcome Harvest takes place at a strategic and highly significant moment in the wine season
Bronzino. Artist and Poet in Florence
from 24/09/2010 to 23/01/2011
The show will bring together a wide variety of Bronzino’s masterpieces, some of them displayed together for the first time
Collezionare in Piazza: antiques in Prato
on 26/09/2010
The stalls will sell antiques, handicrafts items, collectible objects, furnitures, mineral stones and more
Vetrina Antiquaria: Antiques in Scandicci - Florence
on 26/09/2010
The town hosts about 200 exhibitors coming from all over Italy
Joan Miró. Miths of the Mediterranean at Palazzo Blu - Pisa
from 08/10/2010 to 23/01/2011
After the successful Marc Chagall exhibition, Pisa will be hosting at Palazzo Blu the next stop in its suggestive route through art, culture and the Mediterranean Sea: "Joan Miró. I miti del Mediterraneo", a retrospective on the works of the great, polyhedric Catalan artist
Vasco Rossi live in Florence
from 12/10/2010 to 13/10/2010
The italian rock singer will be in concert at the Mandela Forum for the Europe Indoor Tour “Vasco indoor”
Lucca Marathon 2010 - 2nd edition
on 24/10/2010
The marathon will be run on a 42.195 kms path and will be valid as a regional championship of the Sport Veterans' Marathon
Sting live in Florence
on 25/10/2010
The Symphonicity tour (with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra) will find Sting performing his most celebrated songs re-imagined for symphonic arrangement
Japan Anime Live in Florence
on 11/11/2010
Japan Anime Live is a fast paced pop opera that gives a third dimension to a world of fantasy and its heroes. A time-space gate that connects the fans with the dreamland of Anime
International Florence Art and Restoration Fair 2010
from 11/11/2010 to 13/11/2010
This is an extremely important cultural event for the preservation of tangible and intangible heritage across the world
Firenze Marathon 2010 - 27th edition in Florence
on 28/11/2010
This is ever more an extraordinary showroom for Florence, thanks to its ability to unite a grand sports event and tourism
Pisa Marathon 2010 - 12th Edition
on 19/12/2010
The Marathon wil start from Pontedera, and finish in the suggestive Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa
Angry young men: Picasso, Miró, Dalí in Florence
from 12/03/2011 to 17/07/2011
The exhibition is dedicated to the early work of Picasso, Mirò and Dalí, which played a decisive role in the beginning of modern art in Spain
Money and beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the bonfire of vanities in Florence
from 23/09/2011 to 22/01/2012
On display masterpieces by Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, Beato Angelico, Paolo Uccello, Donatello, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Domenico Veneziano and Lorenzo di Credi
