Exhibitions and Museums

The Great Synagogue of Florence was opened in 1882, several years after the Emancipation of Italian Jews in 1861 with the proclamation of the unification of Italy. And ‘one of the best examples in Europe of exotic Moorish style. The need for adequate Temple to Florentine community began to discuss at the end of 1847, but the difficulties of having sufficient funds blocked for several decades any initiative. Decisive, in 1868, was the testament of Cav. David Levi, who tied his wealth to build a “temple worthy monuments of Florence.” In November 1870 they were in charge of the project architects Falcini, Treves and Micheli.

Italy in the 1930s, when Fascism ruled the country, was the scene of an extremely vigorous artistic battle in which every style or trend, from classicism to Futurism, from expressionism to abstract art, and from monumental art to decorative painting for the bourgeois home was involved.

Booking a room at Rivoli Hotel you will have the exclusive opportunity to visit the Vasari Corridor with a guide.

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From 14 to 22 April 2012, there will be the Culture Week. Ministry of Cultural heritage has organized a special event to increase the value of Italian heritage.

• 2 nights in double room Florence
• Passport to Americans in Florence
• Free entrance for two people at the exhibition “Impressionist Sargent and the New World”

From 1 March to 2 September

Dinosaurs in flesh and bone is the “giant” exhibition at the Florence Museum of Natural History. The big predators inhabit the Botanical Garden where they appear along with tree branches of ancient trees and in the halls of the Museum of Paleontology.