The Treasure of Cremlino - An exhibition between Florence and Moscow

When: 27 May – 11 September 2011

Where: Museo degli Argenti (Palazzo Pitti)

Time: Every days from 8.15 a.m. until 6.30 p.m.

Tickets: Full ticket 9€.

The Treasure of Cremlino is the exhibition at Museo degli Argenti, into Palazzo Pitti, on the occasion of the celebration between Italy and Russia 2011. The Exchange forecasts also an exhibition in the same period, in Moscow, into the Cremlino Museum, dedicated to the Medician tresure. It includes a large period, from 12th until 18th century, presenting 150 overcrafts, part of the Cremlino Armeria, a rich collection of real objects, linked to the daily use or to particolar cerimonies, belonged to the big zars of Russia. The armoury was the “room of the tresor” of the zars, in which will be L’armeria era appunto la “stanza del tesoro” degli zar, in which many objects were kept, some of these were presents of foreigner ambassadors: the tecnique used was very refined, in fact there are many jewels made of filigree, enamelled icons, engraved stones, and also clothes made of silver, tipica of the crowning cerimony. In the last Eighteen century, it was also a place of production for fire arms, came from West Europe and in that period there were also clothes and jewels, that had many influence by European taste.