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Staying and studying in Florence, the most important city of art in the world.
Staying and studying in Florence, the most important city of art in the world.
The school inherits the Renaissance spirit of the region, but that important lesson from the past has been re-launched. The teaching staff keep up to date with changing customs, with the changing historical and social conditions and the needs of their students who come from every corner of the world, and with the continual, constant evolution of the concept of jewellery.
Studying in Florence is a really special experience. The intrinsic beauty of the city, the number and quality of its museums, the craftsmanship and artistic traditions which make it special, take the mind, spirit and eyes to new levels daily.
The homeland of artists and craftspeople who have made it famous worldwide, the Tuscan region is still rich in artisan excellence, and preserves a human dimension which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world.
Since 1985 LAO has had its main premises in the heart of the historical centre of Florence, in the S. Spirito/San Frediano quarter, also known as “Oltrarno”, a short walk from the Chiesa del Carmine with its frescoes by Masaccio, from the silverwork museum, and from the Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitt and the famous Ponte Vecchio.
Studying in Florence is a really special experience. The intrinsic beauty of the city, the number and quality of its museums, the craftsmanship and artistic traditions which make it special, take the mind, spirit and eyes to new levels daily.
The homeland of artists and craftspeople who have made it famous worldwide, the Tuscan region is still rich in artisan excellence, and preserves a human dimension which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world.
Since 1985 LAO has had its main premises in the heart of the historical centre of Florence, in the S. Spirito/San Frediano quarter, also known as “Oltrarno”, a short walk from the Chiesa del Carmine with its frescoes by Masaccio, from the silverwork museum, and from the Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitt and the famous Ponte Vecchio.
The school has six workshops for practical activities, five classrooms for theoretical lessons and a CAD classroom. The workshops contain a lot of equipment, tools and materials for students’ work.
Students and teachers also have a very well-stocked library available; the collection of books, manuals, catalogues and magazines from all over the world numbers more than 2,000.
Free connection to the Internet is available to students in all the school’s premises
The main school building is in via dei Serragli, which contains the offices, some of our classrooms and the 3 workshops of goldsmithery and wax working. In the same street, a few metres away, there are the engraving, stone-setting, fired enamel and lost-wax casting workshops.
All the workshops for the practical activities are fantastically well-equipped, with individual workstations, tools, machinery, stations for soldering and casting, laser soldering, press and an enormous quantity of materials of all types to satisfy the curiosity and needs of all students.
The main school building is in via dei Serragli, which contains the offices, some of our classrooms and the 3 workshops of goldsmithery and wax working. In the same street, a few metres away, there are the engraving, stone-setting, fired enamel and lost-wax casting workshops.
At Palazzo Bardi in piazza S. Spirito. LAO has premises for lessons and student exhibitions.
All the workshops for the practical activities are fantastically well-equipped, with individual workstations, tools, machinery, stations for soldering and casting, laser soldering, press and an enormous quantity of materials of all types to satisfy the curiosity and needs of all students.
