CASCINE
24 mt
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Running, cycling or a simple walk. The Cascine Park urban trekking trail, which connects Ponte alla Vittoria bridge with Ponte all'Indiano, passing through the most attractive areas of the park, is su [...]
CASCINE
24 mt
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Did you know that “Cascine” simply means “cacio” or cattle for the production of cheese and butter.? And that already in the 1800s it was completely crossed by the tram? This vast area of 160 [...]
CASCINE
119 mt
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Set in the green Cascine Park and founded over one hundred years ago, the tennis club is one of the oldest and most renowned in Italy. In addition to being a perfect place for sports, it is also a ple [...]
CASCINE
228 mt
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145 years old and still going strong! C.S. Firenze is a Florentine sporting landmark; in fact, it was the first club founded in Florence. It is a multi-sports club resulting from the merger of Veloc [...]
CASCINE
818 mt
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Those who enjoy music concerts certainly know about this space within the Cascine Park. Since 2015, in fact, it has been hosting live concerts by the greatest national and international singers and th [...]
CASCINE
1.1 km
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An interesting example of Italian Rationalist architecture, this building, inaugurated in 1940, began life as a social club for the employees of Manifattura Tabacchi. After the war, it was used as a b [...]
CASCINE
1.1 km
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A center outside of the city center. Located near the Cascine Park, the imposing trapezoidal Manifattura Tabacchi complex- designed by Pier Luigi Nervi in the 1930s in true rationalist style- is the s [...]
CASCINE
1.1 km
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It is a little-known fact that Florence, in particular, the Quercione park, was home to Italy's firsthorse race, Corsa dell'Arno, established in 1827 by a group of gentlemen. After exactly twenty year [...]
CASCINE
1 km
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Florence's largest open-air market and a chance to do some shopping while taking a walk through a historic park. The many stalls offer nearly everything imaginable, from fruit and vegetable to clothin [...]
CASCINE
1.2 km
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Officially named the "Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences of the University of Florence" in 1936, its roots date back to the immediate post-Union of Italy period, when Tuscany was mainly fou [...]
CASCINE
1.8 km
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It is the Air Force Academy, which is based in a monumental complex within the Cascine Park. Dating back to 1930s, the building has preserved its original interiors. Worth noticing is the commemorativ [...]
CASCINE
2.4 km
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In the western part of the Cascine Park there is a small amphitheatre carved out of a sand quarry in the 1970s, next to which stands the “Guard's House” designed in the 18th century by Giuseppe Ma [...]
CASCINE
3.1 km
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This delightful little villa was built in 1871 as a café at the eastern end of the Parco della Cascine, close to the monument to the Indian prince, Rajam Chuttraputti, Maharajah of Kolhpaur, who had [...]
CASCINE
3.1 km
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Located at the east end of the Cascine Park is a small, Oriental-style and dome-like monument, the work of British sculptor Carlo Francesco Fuller. It was built in 1870, when the young Indian Prince [...]
