GIFTS FOR HISTORY LOVERS

 The best gift ideas for those who love history, the past and the culture of Florence and of Italy.

The footsteps of Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Cimabue, Taddeo Gaddi, Arnolfo di Cambio, Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Donatello, Giotto, Masaccio, Leonardo still echo in the streets and squares of Florence.

Take a look to our handmade crafts, all hanmade in wood and leather, reminder of a glorious past and perfect reproduction of the ancient models of Middle Ages, Renaissance and Liberty Times.

We have reproduct all the Florence art and creativity history. 

"Fiorenza" founded by Romans in 59 BC Craft and commercial city since the dawn it has continued to prosper even with the invasions but it is with to he Lordships of the Middle Ages that the power and fame of Florence grows between 1000 and 1400; a great number of craftsmen thrive: blacksmiths, leather workers, carpenters, shoemakers, weavers, goldsmiths. The guilds (including the Ciompi, the most modest and hardworking) are born. Guelfi and Ghibellini and then the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany and for 3 centuries Florence reached its maximum artistic and commercial splendor. 1700 the Lorraine for another 2 centuries until annexation to the Kingdom of Italy in 1860 

What to give to a professor of history and a lover of culture. Each article that we propose is steeped in the of the Middle Ages and Renaissance history , they recall it in their symbols, the stories narrated and the ancient and wise manufacturing techniques.