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The most beautiful car race returns to Florence

TF x Mille Miglia
by Sponsored Page 
Defined by Enzo Ferrari as 'the world's greatest road race,' the Mille Miglia ('Thousand Miles') features 375 vintage cars on the road from Brescia to Rome. It will leave Brescia on May 17 and tour through six regions, including Tuscany, to Rome and back in 36 hours. This year the race celebrates its 30th anniversary of the recreation of …
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The don't miss list - May 10 to 24

by Alexandra Korey
  Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment; this is a selection of the best of them.   EU/Notte Blu May 12 to 13, around Florence This May, Florence celebrates Europe and its post-war success with its many Maggio d'Europa events, and even Italian prime minister Mario Monti is stopping by for the fun! …
Expats in Florence

Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell

A bicycle built for two
by Deirdre Pirro
There is a charming drawing, Leaving Montepulciano, in the current exhibition, Americans in Florence: Sargent and the American Impressionists, at Palazzo Strozzi (see TF 159). One of the eight …
Travel

Women with a mission

Expats unite to help rebuild Cinque Terre
by Joanna Sandager
On October 25, 2011, a devastating combination of heavy rainfall and seismic landslides hit over 10 towns between lower Liguria and Northern Tuscany (see TF 152). Among those affected the most were the seaside villages of Monterosso and Vernazza, which received more than 20 inches of rain in under four hours, about one-third of the average total annual rainfall. The catastrophic …
News - Florence

Maggio sings the blues

Financial crisis put opening at risk
The May 4 opening show of the 75th season of the Festival del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino was a success, despite the threat of strike from opera employees, who …
Filming Filippo

Clocks, sunsets and towers

Brunelleschi's solution
by David Battistella
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about …
Vespucci Year

Simonetta Vespucci

A model of Renaissance female beauty
by Cristina Acidini
During 2012, The Florentine and the city of Florence are celebrating the sesquicentennial of Amerigo Vespucci's death. But what of the famed woman who also carried this last name?   In the middle of the sixteenth century in Florence, a group of scholars, philosophers and artists-actors in the extraordinary cultural scene of Lorenzo ‘il Magnifico' de' Medici-attempted, with words and images, to define a …
The Arts

Orient expressed

When the West went overboard for Japanese art
by Martin Holman
As well as looking west in commemoration of Amerigo Vespucci's donation of his name to America, ambitious thematic exhibitions in Florence this summer are also looking east. At the …
The Arts

Festival for foodies

TF x Tuscun Sun Festival
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For its 10th anniversary, the Tuscan Sun Festival is introducing new culinary traditions of excellence. From June 11 to 18, the festival will bring the world's best chefs, …
Food + Wine

The sweetness of spring

Cherry lovers flock to festival in Lari
by Emiko Davies
There is nothing like a warm weather sagra, and the annual cherry festival in the town of Lari (Sagra delle ciliegie a Lari) is a great excuse to get out and celebrate the season's sweetest bounty: cherries.   Located about 30 kilometres from Pisa, the hilltop town of Lari resonates strongly its medieval past and narrow winding streets that lead up to …
Movie Reviews

Movie reviews - May 10 to 24

by James Douglas
  Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.it For showtimes, see the events listing.     May 10 THE AVENGERS Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The …
News - Florence

We want writers!

The Florentine is looking for new talent
Do you have a flair for the written word? Do you blog or take photos? Would you like to help chronicle daily life and the unique experience of …

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