Birthplace of Carlo Collodi

A must-visit for those who enjoy the children’s novel

Carlo Collodi is the Florence author who created Pinnochio in 1881, whose nose famously grew longer each time he told a lie. He was born in 1826 at 21 Via Taddea, Florence. A stone plaque sits above t...

Birthplace of one of Italy's literary giants

Few characters of Italian literature have been as extensively translated around the world or adapted for film and television as Pinnochio. Right here on a narrow street in Florence it all started as t...

Simple and touching

Original Text

It was touching to hit the house where Carlo Lorenzini (better known as his pseudonym Carlo Collodi), the author of “Le Avventures di Pinocchio”, “Pipi, the pink monkey”...

Where was the author of Pinocchio born

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In a simple palace of the Taddea (at n.21) you can see a marble rock that reminds that Carlo Lorenzini, firstborn of Domenico Lorenzini, was born here, but more known as Carlo Col ...