Art Apartment Ghibellina Suite

A great traveler,a lover of art in general ( music, cooking , painting, sculpture ...... ).I am a chef graduated from the Cordon Bleu in Paris.I traveled a lot in recent years: 1 year St. Croix ( USVI ),3 years Los Roques (Venezuela ), 1 year Mallorca, 7 years Paris, where I was the owner of the " Caffè Boboli " renowned sea restaurant, 4 years Valencia where I created a restaurant at the port and worked for the 32 America 's Cup.I have three children, all born in a different country and a beautiful German wife, who lived 13 years in Paris, where we met and get married. She's a painter (whose works adore some apartments) and former fashion manager at Christian Dior and Ferragamo. We live in Chianti, near Florence.

Santa Croce is one of the four historic districts of Florence, along with Santa Maria Novella, San Giovanni and Santo Spirito and takes its name from its icon, the Franciscan Basilica of Santa Croce, commonly referred to as the "Temple of the Italian Glories" for the great names that are buried inside it, including Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Galileo. Home to famous frescoes by Giotto, the honorary tomb of Dante, the Annunciation by Donatello and other works of art, the Santa Croce complex is one of the places to visit absolutely for those who come to Florence. But beyond the much renowned Basilica there is an entire district to discover. One of the pearls of the district, if you are an art lover, is the Horne Museum, inside Palazzo Corsi. Once the home of Herbert P. Horne (1864-1916), a Renaissance scholar with English origins, passionate about art, today it is the museum that houses his collection. Upon his death in 1916, Horne left his collection (which includes over six thousand works) to the Italian state, creating a foundation intended "for the benefit of studies". Today the Horne Museum presents itself to visitors as the English collector wanted it: a refined treasure chest of masterpieces of painting and sculpture, but also and above all a house, furnished with precious pieces from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. Another treasure of Santa Croce is the Casa Buonarroti. If seeing Michelangelo's tomb, rightly, moved you, this is an almost obligatory stop. A museum and monument at the same time, this place represents the memory and celebration of the genius of Michelangelo, one of the greatest sculptors of all time. Don't miss the first masterpieces of his youth (two marble reliefs, one of which reflects Donatello's impact on his art), and the collection of drawings and mementos related to the Buonarroti family.