Fortezza da Basso
Viale Filippo Strozzi 1 50129 Firenze Florence , Italy
Tel: +39 0 55/49721
Website: http://www.welcometuscany.it
The monumentale complex of the Fortezza da Basso, built on the outskirts of a mediaeval city from a design by the great architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, with the help of Pierfranceco da Viterbo, is now the main exhibition centre in Florence, where all the most important trade fairs and shows are held.
A cyclopic building with powerful bastions bristling with turrets, full of narrow passages, parapet walks and secret passages, the Fortress of San Giovanni Battista (called after St. John the Baptist, the Patron Saint of the city), is also a wonderful example of Renaissance architecture: built on a pentagonal plan, the shape of a human figure can be perfectly inscribed within its perimeter. The facade of the outer walls is carried out in round diamond-pointed projecting stone ashlars, perhaps inspired by the coat of arms of the Medici family, who ordered its construction.
A cyclopic building with powerful bastions bristling with turrets, full of narrow passages, parapet walks and secret passages, the Fortress of San Giovanni Battista (called after St. John the Baptist, the Patron Saint of the city), is also a wonderful example of Renaissance architecture: built on a pentagonal plan, the shape of a human figure can be perfectly inscribed within its perimeter. The facade of the outer walls is carried out in round diamond-pointed projecting stone ashlars, perhaps inspired by the coat of arms of the Medici family, who ordered its construction.
Past Events
PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO
This is the world’s most important platform for men’s clothing and accessory collections and for launching new projects in men’s fashion. Exhibition..
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January 7 - 10, 2020
Pitti Immagine Filati
New fashion and lifestyle trends start here.The main international event for the knitting yarn industry, a research lab and an observatory on global..
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January 24 - 26, 2018
WCO-IOF-ESCEO Florence - World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
After a huge success for the 16th edition of the WCO-IOF-ESCEO Congress: - 3817 delegates took part in the largest event in the field of osteoporosis,..
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March 23 - 26, 2017
Pitti Immagine Filati
New fashion and lifestyle trends start here.The main international event for the knitting yarn industry, a research lab and an observatory on global..
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June 28 - 30, 2017
ICS - International Continence Society Annual Meeting
The 2017 Scientific Committee is planning sessions on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of incontinence and other dysfunctions of the..
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September 12 - 15, 2017
PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO
Contemporary Global LifestyleThis is the world’s most important platform for men’s clothing and accessory collections and for launching new projects..
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January 9 - 12, 2018
immagine italia & co. - International Home Textiles Trade Fair
This exhibition has been conceived and organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Pistoia, which has succeeded in giving shape to a fair intuition;..
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February 11 - 13, 2017
Pitti Immagine Filati
Pitti Filati 76 | 28-30 Jan 2015
New fashion and lifestyle trends start here.
The main international event for the knitting yarn..
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January 28 - 30, 2015
immagine italia & co. - International Home Textiles Trade Fair
Type: Exhibition
Target: Operators
Free admission
Price: Admission reserved for traders
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February 6 - 8, 2015