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In 2012, the Uffizi Gallery counted 1,770,356 visitors, placing it, once again, at the top of the list of Italy's most visited of state museums. Only the archaeological sites of the Colosseum and Pompeii get more visitors (5.2 million entered the …
Write the Mayor
Matteo Renzi answers a reader's query about improving Florence's parks
Dear Mayor Renzi,
I am a Florentine and a mother here in Florence. I am happy to raise my son here. I was a little shocked to read your post in TF 181 about your program regarding city greenery and parks.
It makes …
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Dan Brown reads TF!
Robert Langdon looks for local news online
Inferno, the latest novel from Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, mentions The Florentine!
The action-packed novel set in Florence features fictional art and history sleuth Robert Langdon, who solves yet another mystery, one revolving around Dante Alighieri’s fourteenth-century masterpiece, …
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No more points, penalties!
All new Patto della Notte for local bars
The new Patto della Notte, or Night Pact, between the City of Florence and the bars located along via de’ Benci will no longer include penalties for transgressors.
Last year, the city council was forced to introduce strict regulations in response to …
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From prison to house of freedom
Human rights activists find home in Florence
It’s the first of its kind in the world: the RFK International House of Human Rights recently unveiled by local officials at the Le Murate complex will truly bring the world to Florence. Opened and managed by the Robert F. Kennedy …
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Art & lit recovered
Cultural thefts fell by 8 percent in 2012
Among the stolen artworks recovered last year by the Carabinieri’s Unit for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage in Florence are priceless manuscripts by Dante and Boccaccio.
Led by Christian Costantini, the team reclaimed eight manuscript sheets attributed in part to the …
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Royal babysitter
Tuscan takes over for Will and Kate
Fair, honest and trustworthy: these are the qualities most appreciated by the British Royal family, and Antonella Fresolone has them all. From a small Tuscan village, Fresolone has been a trusted maid of the queen for 13 years.
The 42-year-old Tuscan was …
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Florence strikes
Italy meets Cuba in Renaissance city
International volleyball returns on June 16 at the Mandela Forum, after Florence was named among the cities to host the home matches for the 2013 calendar year.
Italy’s national team, fresh from an Olympic bronze medal in London, will meet the Cuban …
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MTV Italia Awards come to Florence
Thirty musical artists are competing in 16 categories for the approval of the Italian public at the upcoming MTV awards, which will take place in Florence. It is the first edition of the MTV Italia Awards, to be broadcast live on …
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Ten Uffizi works in sign language
Giotto’s Madonna Enthroned, the Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano, Leonardo’s Annunciation, Boticelli’s Birth of Venus and Primavera, the Doni Tondo by Michelangelo, Raphael’s Madonna del Cardellino, Caravaggio’s Medusa, and Jean-Baptiste Chardin’s Boy Playing Cards and Girl with Racket …
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MaggioDanza cut
Protests from Milan’s La Scala Theatre to Naples’ Teatro San Carlo have resonated throughout Italy since a recent cost-cutting decision will soon leave the entire dance troupe, MaggioDanza, out of work. Special commissioner of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Foundation, Francesco Bianchi, …
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The republic of ideas
Italian daily La Repubblica has organised an ‘invasion’ of Florence from June 6 to 9: a series of talks and events throughout the city, such as an interview with The Da Vinci Code’s Dan Brown in Palazzo Vecchio (June 6, 6pm) …
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EU archives go digital in 2014
The Historical Archives of the European Union, managed by European University Institute and conserved in Florence at Villa Salviati, will be digitalized and accessible to the public online by 2014. While the fifteenth-century villa is currently under restoration, there is a …
Tuscany News
Celebrating 500
Lucca hosts a year of commemorative events
Starting in October 2013, the medieval Tuscan town of Lucca will kick off yearlong celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of the city’s defense walls.
First built in 1513, Lucca’s walls, built to protect the city-state from intruders, were never put to the …
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Among Italy's best loved
Enrico Rossi has 58.8 percent approval
The first of Datamonitor’s three regional surveys in 2013 has revealed that Nicola Zingaretti, the new president of the Lazio region, elected from the Democratic Party (PD); Enrico Rossi (PD), president of the Tuscan region; and Luca Zaia, of Veneto (Northern …
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Thursday, May 23, 2013