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Novoli is Viola's new home
Palazzo Vecchio has officially started the process of
exploring the northern suburb of Novoli as a site for a new stadium complex for
the ACF Fiorentina. The process includes examining urban planning ordinances,
an environmental assessment, analysis of traffic patterns and public transit
capacity, and …
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Greener than ever
20-million-euro overhaul of Cascine park
Loved by the
people of Florence and a key part of its history, Cascine park is showing the
signs of years of decline and neglect. However, now that the city's new opera
house officially opened in December (see TF 155), members of the local
administration …
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Seek and you shall find
2012 is the year of Amerigo Vespucci
Florence
mayor Matteo Renzi recently announced that for Florence, 2012 will be the year
of Amerigo Vespucci, the Florentine explorer (1454-1512), one of the European
discoverers of the New World, and who gave ‘America' its name.
Renzi
announced during his Christmas speech that 2012, which marks …
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Urban revolution
Starting
2013, Florence residents will no longer have to move their cars for weekly
street cleaning, but instead move them just once a month, the mayor recently
announced. One of the results of a new accord between the City of Florence and
the Quadrifoglio, the …
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Tax evaders targeted
Spot checks lead to fines for dodgers
According to
the national statistics institute Istat, the annual rate of tax evasion in
Italy is estimated from 255 billion to 275 billion euro ($337 billion to 363
billion), accounting for 16.3 to 17.5 percent of the gross domestic product.
As part of
the national government's …
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Bilancino running dry?
Lake
Bilancino, the basin that supplies Florence and its surrounding areas with
fresh water, is at 50 percent capacity and will likely not reach normal levels
in the spring, officials warn. ‘We are at the lowest levels in the last
century,' said president of Publiacqua, …
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Doubling parkers beware
‘As of
February, the municipal police will be patrolling the city with cameras, and
will be giving out parking fines to those who double park,' said Florence mayor
Matteo Renzi in an interview with RadioToscana. As soon as local police see a
double-parked car, they …
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Talani at the Port of Miami
A statue by Tuscan artist Giampaolo Talani was
recently installed in Miami, Florida (USA). Talani's 18-metre-high bronze Sailor, which stands at the seaside,
between the commercial and tourist areas of Miami, was chosen as a symbol of
the twinning between the port of Livorno …
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Twelve million nights in Florence
Recent statistics show that Florence continues to improve on its own record for tourism. A magnet for culture- and art-seeking travelers from around the world, the province of Florence was especially popular in 2011, with tourisms levels up by many measures. …
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Betori makes the cut to Cardinal
Pope Benedict XVI announced during the annual Epiphany mass that he will appoint 22 cardinals next February 18 at a conference known as a consistory, which be held in the Vatican City. Seven of the new cardinals are Italian, among them …
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On the silver screen
Machiavelli focus of new film
Five hundred years after The Prince was drafted, Florentine director Lorenzo Raveggi will start shooting a film on the book's author, Niccolo Machiavelli. Entitled ‘Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince of Politics,' shooting will end in 2013.
The film is the result of historical …
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BM bookshop saved!
TF helps find a buyer
‘When I read in the pages of The Florentine about the possible closure of BM Bookshop if a buyer could not be found, I contacted the owners' agent and within days we had struck a deal. It all happened quite fast,' …
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Word play
Do a rebus from the 1800s
Among the paintings, photographs, drawings, furniture and everyday objects belonging to the Savoy family, which are now on display at Villa Petraia in Castello, is an absolute rarity: a rebus letter puzzle that dates back to December 25, 1872. The rebus, …
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Electric Florence
Mayor scraps gas-guzzlers for two green machines
‘The City of Florence's [three] cars that used to be at the disposal of council members are no more; now there are only two eco-friendly cars that do not pollute,' said Mayor Renzi, who recently received the first Nissan Leaf, which …
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Leonardo inspiration,
Florentine fashion house turns to da Vinci
Gherardini of Florence, a luxury Florence-based brand, recently released a limited-edition handbag inspired by a drawing by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. The new bag, presented during Pitti Uomo 81, is named La Pretiosa. Designed by Carla Braccialini, the bag is …
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