Certaldo (Florence) – After being closed to the public for two years, the house of one of the fathers of the Italian language, Giovanni Boccaccio, is about to reopen in the historical centre of Certaldo in the Province of Florence.
This medieval building had been closed following the need for renovation work which imposed urgent intervention in 2005. Giovanni Boccaccio died in this house on December 21st 1375 and today it is the site of the National Boccaccio Study Centre, a museum and a library.
Boccaccio’s House is reopening regularly to the public this year from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm non-stop daily except Mondays. Entrance to the House will be free of cost for two months, until February 28th, to celebrate the reopening and the 50th anniversary of the “Giovanni Boccaccio” National Association.
Beginning in March, there will again be an entrance fee with the possibility of purchasing a special ticket giving access to the Boccaccio House, Palazzo Pretorio and the Sacred Art Museum.
Visitors can admire this renovated house, go up and visit the tower which had been closed for the last 10 years and see all the various phases of the home, from the 1300s to the 1800s, when Marchesa Carlotta Lenzoni de’ Medici bought the house to make it into a museum and the final reconstruction of the home in 1957 following its destruction due to bombings during World War II.
From: Adnkronos.com
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