Venue · Florence, Italy
Fortezza da Basso
Also known as Fortezza da Basso fairgrounds · Fortezza da Basso Firenze Fiera S p A
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About the venue
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.
From the bvents archive. Halls and facilities may have changed.
Events held here
2020
- 7–10 Jan 2020
2018
- 24–26 Jan 2018
- 9–12 Jan 2018
2017
- 12–15 Sep 2017
- 28–30 Jun 2017
- 23–26 Mar 2017
- 11–13 Feb 2017
2015
- 3–5 Jul 2015
- 17–19 May 2015
- 20–28 Apr 2015
- 6–8 Feb 2015
- 28–30 Jan 2015
- 8–11 Jan 2015
2014
- 2–4 Jul 2014
- 17–19 May 2014
- 23 Apr – 1 May 2014
- 7–9 Feb 2014
- 22–24 Jan 2014
2013
- 3–5 Jul 2013
- 3–5 Jul 2013
- 17–19 May 2013
- 20–28 Apr 2013
- 1–3 Feb 2013
- 23–25 Jan 2013
- 17–19 Jan 2013
- 7–10 Jan 2013
2012
- 15 Nov 2012
- 15 Sep 2012
- 15 Jul 2012
- 4–6 Jul 2012
- 25–27 May 2012
- 5–9 May 2012
- 21–29 Apr 2012
- 3–5 Feb 2012
- 25–27 Jan 2012
- 19–21 Jan 2012
- 10–13 Jan 2012
2011
- 3–11 Dec 2011
- 15 Nov 2011
- 22–24 Sep 2011
- 15 Sep 2011
- 8–11 Sep 2011
- 5–7 Jul 2011
- 5–7 Jul 2011
- 5–7 Jul 2011
- 23–25 Jun 2011
- 14–17 Jun 2011
- 20–22 May 2011
- 30 Apr – 8 May 2011
- 4–6 Feb 2011
- 26–28 Jan 2011
- 26–28 Jan 2011
2010
- 15 Nov 2010
- 1–4 Oct 2010
- 10–12 Sep 2010
- 15–18 Jul 2010
- 6–8 Jul 2010
- 24–26 Jun 2010
- 24 Apr – 2 May 2010
- 15 Feb 2010
- 5–8 Feb 2010
- 12–15 Jan 2010
2009
- 3–6 Dec 2009
- 7–15 Nov 2009
- 25–28 Sep 2009
- 11–13 Sep 2009
- 7–9 Jul 2009
- 4–6 Jul 2009
- 16–19 Jun 2009
- 29–31 May 2009
- 25 Apr – 3 May 2009
- 5–8 Feb 2009
2008
- 15–23 Nov 2008
- 26–29 Sep 2008
- 25–27 Apr 2008
- 25 Apr – 4 May 2008