Easter Week in Florence, 2025

Upcoming & Ongoing

  Easter week in Florence brings time-honored traditions: a dessert treat baked in the shape of a dove (colomba, pictured above); the ORT Easter concert and the Scoppio del Carro (Explosion of the [...]

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Sunday, April 20, 2025

EASTER DAY Holy Eucharist.  10:30 am Come and celebrate the biggest day in the Christian calendar, followed by Bring-and-Share Lunch (bring some food and drink to share Easter Sunday, April 20: SCOPPIO DEL [...]

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Florence Holy Week Church Services in English, 2025

Here is a complete list of worship in English at Florence churches the week before Easter as well as Easter Sunday. April 17: MAUNDY (or: HOLY) THURSDAY Mass of the Lord’s Supper.  Santi Apostoli Catholic [...]

World Art Day Walking Tour in English

Good Deals

Liberation

For World Art Day on Tuesday, April 15, all are welcome to join a walking tour in English of major landmarks mainly in Florence’s Oltrarno neighborhood starting at 7:45 pm. From the starting point for [...]

PizzAgricola: Florence’s New Biodiverse Pizza

Food in Florence

Of high quality and low environmental impact, PizzAgricola is an innovative project developed by Florence’s Bellagrò restaurant (piazza Ravenna 11) and supported by the Tuscany Region through funds from the Rural Development Programme (RDP) that [...]

‘The Big Event’ to Clean the Streets of Florence

Student Events

‘The Big Event’ initiative is part of a well-established tradition of volunteer work by American university students in Florence and Tuscany, in collaboration with neighbourhood, local, and territorial volunteer associations. This year’s cleanup will be [...]

Florence Talk by Pulitzer Winner Nathan Thrall

Events

Avid readers will be excited to learn that Florence will play host to one of the most mature and thoughtful voices in sociopolitical writing this week. On March 25, Pulitzer-prize winning author Nathan Thrall will [...]