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Holocaust hero honoured
Recognition for WWII archbishop
Former
archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Elia Angelo Dalla Costa, has been recognised
as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem
for his important role in the rescue of hundreds of Jews during the World War
II.
‘Cardinal
Dalla Costa,' said Yad Vashem …
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Stanford's new home
Palazzo Capponi open for lectures, events
For
nearly the last 20 years, Palazzo Tempi (also known as Palazzo Baragli
Petrucci) served as the Stanford Breyer Center for Overseas Studies in
Florence. For two decades, it garnered the affection of generations of students
as the Stanford ‘home away from home.' However, at …
Florence News
Support Emergency
Florence-born
Emergency, an association of volunteer medical professionals, has opened 12
pop-up stores in 12 cities across Italy to support the construction of a
medical and pediatrics centre in Goderich, Sierra Leone. Open only until
December 24 and located on via de' Ginori 14, the …
Florence News
Skate and ski along the Arno
Through
to January 27, visitors and residents alike will be able to ski and skate along
the river Arno, along a stretch of Lungarno Aldo Moro, near the Obihall. The
800 metre skating rink and 70 metre x 12 metre ski and snowboard track …
Florence News
Blind baseball champs
The
members of Fiorentina BXC, Florence's blind baseball team, were crowned
national champions this year. In acknowledgment of their achievement, the
members of the team, which is composed of 10 blind players and 4 sighted
assistants, received a commemorative medal from the City of Florence. …
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Works on Tram, TAV next year
Florence
local councillor of transport and mobility Massimo Mattei recently announced
that work on tramvia lines 2, from the airport to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
(SMN), and 3, from SMN to Careggi, will begin next spring. The delay in
construction was caused by the dire …
Florence News
Restaurant reservations online
Tables
at 20 restaurants in Florence can now be reserved online using the MiSiedo
website. Visitors to the site can check to see whether tables are available and
book them with a click. Registration and bookings earn points that can be
redeemed with gift vouchers …
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Welcome home, Ariadne!
Statue returns to Uffizi after two centuries
Following
a 220-year absence and a recent and extensive restoration, the statue Sleeping Ariadne (also called Cleopatra) has returned to the Uffizi
Gallery. A third-century B.C.E. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture, it was greatly
admired by, among others, Michelangelo. Weighing two tonnes, the …
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Medici exhumed
Surprising finds in Medici crypt
An
exhumation of the body of the great Florentine condottiero, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, has suggested that he may
not have died exactly as historians had believed. He was injured in battle in
1526, and his leg was reportedly amputated. Experts thus believed that …
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Language is alive
Accademia della Crusca goes social
If
Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio and Francesco Petrarca were alive today,
there is a good chance that they would be in the thick of the digital
revolution, tweeting, posting and uploading videos on YouTube.
The
Accademia della Crusca, the centuries-old institution for study and research of
the …
Florence News
Back to glory
Restoration of Baptistery doors continues
Now
that the restoration of the Baptistery's Gates of Paradise is complete (see TF
168) work will begin on the Baptistery's north doors, also made by Lorenzo
Ghiberti, between 1402 and 1424.
Replicas
of the doors will be made and placed on the Baptistery, and the …
Tuscany News
Brunello attack
Six vintages of wine destroyed
On
the night of December 2, unknown vandals devastated the Montalcino cellar of
Brunello-producer, Case Basse, destroying more than 62,000 litres of wine.
The
boutique estate lost all of its vintages from 2007 to 2012 in the unprecedented
attack, in which vandals deliberately emptied the 10 …
Tuscany News
Taxes reduced
Relief for residents in flooded areas
A new
regional bylaw was recently passed by the Tuscan Region reducing the rates of
water service by 50 percent for the victims of the November floods. The measure
applies to all regional areas affected by the natural disaster, among them
Grosseto and Massa-Carrara, as well …
Tuscany News
Smiling Siena
Best quality of life in the region
Siena offers the
second-best quality of life in Italy, following the northern city of
Bolzano, according to a recent survey by Italy's leading finance and business
daily, Il Sole 24 Ore.
Other
cities in the top 10 in the 32nd annual ranking are Trento, Rimini, Trieste,
Parma, …
Tuscany News
Capraia goes 'off-grid'
Island takes part in pilot project
Those
wanting to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels should consider living on the
island of Capraia, where an innovative pilot project is currently allowing
private homes and entire villages the chance to shun public utility services
and live ‘off [the power] grid.'
Independent
homes and villages …
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