Posts in the "Russia" Category

  • Shall we dance?!

    What a mervelous night that was….  During the event ‘Pushkin and its epoch’ There was a Dance party at Poggio Imperiale in Florence. It was the first time for me to see and try the historic dance. I think that dancing is  a useful tool to communicate among nations ,  generations, and languages.
    Azusa, Japan

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  • Breath of the Past

    Fresco ['frɛskəʊ] (frescoes or frescos) a painting done rapidly in watercolour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colours penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries .  This method of painting was used in Roman times and by the great masters of the Italian Renaissance including Giotto, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
     Origin: late [...]

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  • A clock tower. Counting centuries

    Palazzo Vecchio clock counts quarters, halves, hours, days, months, years, centuries…
    Mary, Russia

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  • Knowledge is power

    Florence National Library.
    So many books and cultures, so much knowledge and history.
    Michael, Russia

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  • Daily Mirror

    A ready-made picture in a carved wooden frame! Sorry, we sell a frame and a reflecting glass ONLY.
    Mary, Russia

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  • Lights of the epoch

    Streets of Florence can tell an attentive tourist a lot of interesting facts from History. A house. His story will be about streetlamps. Many centuries ago, when there were no lamps invented and they used torches to light the rooms and halls of palazzi (palaces) & castelli (castles) the streets were lit with torches too. [...]

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  • Those evening bells…

                                                                                
    text by Thomas Moore
    Those evening bells! those evening bells!
    How many a tale their music tells
    Of youth, and home, and that sweet time
    When last I heard their soothing chime.
    Those joyous hours are passed away;
    And many a heart that then was gay
    Within the tomb now darkly dwells,
    And hears no more those evening bells.
    And so ’twill be [...]

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  • So pretty duck!!

    so cute duck!!

     Local Florentine confectionery.
    In this show window,  there are a lot of  beautiful, pretty and delicious sweets. We can enjoy not only eating, but also looking!!  This window shows food heritage; it is one of the most important heritage for me!!! 
    Azusa, Japan

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