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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (English: Florence Musical May) is an annual Italian arts festival in Florence, including a notable opera festival, under the auspices of the Opera di Firenze. The festival occurs between late April into June annually, typically with four operas.
May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) ... 1174 – Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118) 1268 – Peter II, count of Savoy (b. 1203)
The Teatro della Pergola (Italian: [teˈaːtro della ˈpɛrɡola]), sometimes known as just La Pergola, is a historic opera house in Florence, Italy. It is located in the centre of the city on the Via della Pergola, from which the theatre takes its name.
The following is a list of the churches in Florence, Italy. For clarity, it is divided into those churches that are north and south of the River Arno . North of the Arno
Giovanni Battista Foggini Design for a Sarcophagus for the Church of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence. Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church and a former convent located in Borgo Pinti in central Florence, Italy.
Cosimo I de' Medici was the Duke of Florence from 1537-1569 and responsible for a vast number of architectural and artistic elements in Florence that still exist today. The fountain was designed by Baccio Bandinelli, but created by Bartolomeo Ammannati with the assistance of several other artists between 1560 and 1574. It incorporates a series ...
The Squadra Rialzo building and the water tower also are part of the plan around the new station and designed by Mazzoni. The heating plant and main controls cabin of Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station were planned between 1927 and 1929, before the construction of the new station from 1933.
The Teatro Comunale di Firenze was an opera house in Florence, Italy. It was originally built as the open-air amphitheatre, the Politeama Fiorentino Vittorio Emanuele, which was inaugurated on 17 May 1862 with a production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and which seated 6,000 people. It became the focus on cultural life in the city.