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Locals warm up to Tramvia
Passenger rates up since launch
More Florentines are leaving their cars at home and riding the tram. The number of passengers using Tramvia's Line 1 since it began operation on February 14, 2010 has surged from 25 passengers a day to 40,000 in the past eight …
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Poverty dynamics
Annual studies conducted by Caritas Florence
For each of the last three years, local non-profit association of volunteers Caritas Florence has published a report titled Fragile Profiles, the result of an annual study on poverty in Florence, with analysis of information gathered by Caritas through its services …
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Investing in India
Locals look to Asia in wine-making endeavour
Two brothers from Tavarnelle, in the Florence Chianti, have decided to take their wine-making aspirations to India. Alessio and Andrea Secci have team up with longtime family friends from India to grow grapes and produce wine in the Indian city of …
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Polo Museale Fiorentino on YouTube
Following Queen Elizabeth II's recent foray into the popular video-sharing platform YouTube, the Polo Museale Fiorentino has also embarked on a multimedia journey. On November 17, superintendent of the Polo Museale, Cristina Acidini, inaugurated the institution's YouTube channel with a set …
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Texting for tickets
Ataf and Fipark will soon start selling bus and parking tickets through text messages, much like the service already offered by Trenitalia. Ataf users can purchase tickets by sending a text message with a credit card number; Ataf responds in a …
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Perugino under new light
After a period of restoration, Perugino's extraordinary fresco, Crucifiction and the Saints, will once again be placed on public display. The restoration, which was carried out to better conserve the monumental work, was possible thanks to funding by the Friends of …
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New foodie guide
A group of young Florentines and Milanese had the winning idea: a guide to Italy's restaurants containing user generated reviews by foodies of different backgrounds and ages, instead of those by expert food and wine critics. Recently presented in Florence, Spagoguida …
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Ten Rules
Ten Rules
With
the goal of encouraging good manners and civil behaviour by tourists,
foreign students, long-term visitors and residents alike, the
Consular Corps of Florence recently published a manifesto. Signed by
the 58 honorary and official consulates in the city, the document is
a reminder to …
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Painless parking
The rules simplified around the city
Florence has just
introduced new parking measures meant to simplify the lives of those
driving in Florence.
The main changes involve
the five camera-monitored Ztls, the limited traffic zones in the
historic centre, where only residents of the centre can enter and
park with a specific permit, …
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Tintoretto in a touch
Over 1,000 of the Uffizi's works to explore
Until November 30,
a collection of high-resolution digital versions of masterpieces from
Florence's Uffizi gallery, including Sandro Botticelli's The
Birth of Venus and the Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci, are now available to touch at Florence's
Palazzo Giovane (via Santa Maria Maggione 1).
The cutting-edge
interactive software, …
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Fashion revives Sant'Orsola
Abandoned complex comes alive for two days
From November 18 to
21, during Florens 2010, Polimoda and Project Mod'a will transform
the former convent of Sant'Orsola into the site of a fashion event
entitled Reflections on the Future of Fashion. During the four-day
exhibit, Sant'Orsola's halls will be filled with sound, images,
fashion …
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Finding fault
Cyclists lash out at regional administration
Citing
years of ‘promises never fulfilled' from the regional
administration, cyclists recently wrote a general letter to municipal
officials expressing their grievances.
Among their principal
complaints is the lack of a regional network of bike paths, the
absence of a municipal office dedicated specifically to cycling
traffic, and …
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Doing a good turn
Help for seniors at family home
A new centre
for seniors and their families with limited means has opened in
Florence. Called the Casa delle famiglie (Home for Families), the
centre offers a variety of services, including psychological and
physical counselling, legal consulting and expense-management
services, and basic company for seniors who qualify …
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No Zeffirelli archives in Florence
Internationally
acclaimed film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli recently
announced that he will not open an archive of his life's work in the
city of Florence. The 84-year-old, who currently lives in Rome, wrote
to Florence mayor Matteo Renzi saying that due to health issues, …
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Meet and eat Florence!
To introduce foreign
students to Florence and its people, as well as the region's food
and wines, a series of tastings will soon be offered at the Casa
della Creatività. From December 2010 to June 2011, the Casa della
Creatività (in Palazzo Giovane, vicolo Santa …
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