Tesla’s guru in town with his family: the visit to the Uffizi, the interview with Nardella and a Fiorentina: I’ve never eaten such good meat
Elon Musk landed in Florence. Perhaps the emotion was not like seeing the Earth from space or enjoying the alien landscape of Mars, but, in the words of Mr. Tesla, the Tuscan experience was a marvel. He was catapulted into that amazing time machine that Palazzo Vecchio, Leonardo dreamed of in the Salone dei Cinquecento, fell in love with the secret and alchemical study of Francesco I de ‘Medici.
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And, immediately after, he crossed the mythical Vasari Corridor which, like a spaceship, took him to the treasures of the Uffizi Gallery. but yet the encounter that made him cry with joy was the one with a Fiorentina, not a lady, but a steak cooked with art by the chef of Buca Mario, the restaurant a stone’s throw from the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. Never eaten such good meat, exclaimed the South African businessman and naturalized American tycoon from $ 182.1 billion in assets.
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In Tuscany Musk, 50 years old at the end of June, arrived with family: Comrade GrimesCanadian musician and singer with children, relatives, friends and quite a few bodyguards. The architect of his visit to Tuscany was Fabrizio Moretti, secretary of the Antiques Biennial of Palazzo Corsini.
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To welcome Musk to Palazzo Vecchio was the mayor Dario Nardella. After a first hangover of beauties (Musk had never visited Palazzo Vecchio), Elon then tackled several overwhelmingly topical issues with Nardella. AND focused on environmental sustainability, even in the details. Nardella asked him for information on the photovoltaic tiles that Musk is producing and which could solve the problems of the impossibility of placing panels on the roofs of Florence due to aesthetic problems. And again the two discussed possible projects to green the fleet of taxis and public transport. Then a compliment that perhaps the tycoon did not expect. Somehow she, a bit like a modern-day Leonardo, Nardella told him with a smile.
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At the Uffizi, through the Vasariano (the corridor that connects Palazzo Vecchio to the gallery) the entrepreneur arrived at 8 pm. He still had some jet lag – says director Eike Schmidt – but he was very concentrated. He visited our rooms for more than an hour and a half, appreciating even the lesser known works.
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Like The Virtues of Pollaiolo and Botticelli and above all the Triumph of the Virgin by Beato Angelico, a masterpiece that represents figures in the absence of gravity. He was also very interested in the Hellenistic sculpture of Alexander the Great, one of the favorite historical figures. That we should call Alexander the Maximus, because no one like him, he told Schmidt. Who then greeted him with a joke: When building the space station on Mars, you leave us a room for some of our works that we have begun to export with the Uffizi Diffusi project. Smiles and handshakes.
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Finally the last stop, at the Buca Mario restaurant. In a private room, Elon tasted a porcini mushroom salad, Tuscan cold cuts, pasta with truffles, fried pasta with wild boar and finally the legendary Fiorentina. All bathed in Chianti Poggio Rosso. Musk would leave yesterday with his private plane, the Guffstream G650. But only a hypothesis. There are those who say that the tycoon had business meetings at the nearby headquarters of Leonardo (closed for holidays), a company that also operates in the space sector. No confirmation. All top secret. The only certainty was Musk’s wonder for Beauty and Fiorentina.
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August 11, 2021 (change August 11, 2021 | 22:18)
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