12/08/2022
The nativity scene is back in front of the Florence Cathedral.
For the twelfth consecutive year, the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore has created a nativity scene with life-size terracotta statues in the courtyard of the Florence Cathedral which will be blessed on the morning of 8th December, at 10.15 am, by Cardinal Giuseppe Betori before the celebration of the Holy Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (beginning at 10.30).
The statues were handmade by the craftsman Luigi Mariani from a historic Impruneta furnace and donated by him to the Opera. Another nativity scene will also be created inside the Cathedral which will be visible from 15 December.
Sadly, the "Cavalcata dei Magi" will not be held again this year, a choice dictated by the fact that we want to avoid health risks and in line with the measures also adopted by other Florentine institutions.
From 17th December in the Cathedral of Florence (free admission) it will be possible to admire, after their restoration, the two monumental frescoes of the legendary leaders, Giovanni Acuto and Niccolò da Tolentino, masterpieces by the great Renaissance artists Paolo Uc***lo and Andrea del Castagno.
In the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, the exhibition La Pietà by Michelangelo will remain von show until 9th January 2023. Finally, in the new Brunelleschi Library (Piazza San Giovanni 7) you can visit the exhibition (until 8th January, free admission) of 22 drawings by the architect and university professor Roberto Corazzi entitled Journey inside the Cupola.
