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Venice seeks sponsors
Rialto bridge needs restoration
Venice officials seem ready to
approve a plan to restore the 400-year-old Rialto bridge. If deemed feasible,
the project would be the first restorative effort in 30 years of the historic
bridge on the Grand Canal.
With some 20
million tourists visiting the city every year, …
Italy News
Suicides of the crisis
'White widows' march in Bologna
Desperation has hit a peak. My husband felt no support
[from the banks or the state]. He would never have done such a thing ... Our
husbands were desperate, not crazy,' said Tiziana Marrone, widow of artisan
Giuseppe Campaniello, from Ozzano Emilia (Bologna), who …
Sport News
Rossi loses his cool
Viola coach sacked for violent outburst
On May 2, head coach of ACF Fiorentina, Delio Rossi,
was fired within hours of attacking one of his players during a high-intensity
Serie A match against Novara. It was an important match for the Viola, which
was desperately looking for a win that …
Sport News
Dive for the ball
Costoli pool hosts underwater rugby tourney
At over 50 years, the sport of
underwater rugby still does not have a high profile in Italy nor has it managed
to grab many national headlines. This has not, however, prevented the sport
from emerging onto the local sporting scene (see TF 143) …
Current Issues
Express yourself
Italy's latest austerity drive seeks citizen engagement-but will it work?
Italy's
technocratic government, led by Mario Monti, seeks to axe the country's public
expenditures, which are estimated at 653.4 billion euro annually, excluding
70.3 billion euro in interest on Italy's debt. To do so, Monti is asking the
nation's citizens for their help.
There has been …
News
Rossi, who?
The changing demographics of Florence
Recent
statistics show that the most common surnames of Florence are no longer
necessarily Italian ones.
Although Rossi, the
most common surname in Italy, is still the most common surname in Florence,
followed by Bianchi and Innocenti, as of 2012 there is a new entry in …
Write the Mayor
Write the Mayor
Dear Mayor Renzi,
I live in the area of Santa Maria
Novella, and I watched all the restoration work that went on for so long to
renew the piazza. I am writing about the lawn. It was fenced in for months to
allow the grass …
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor
inbox@theflorentine.net
‘Friendly Florence'
Dear Editor,
From March 19 to
March 23, 2012, I participated in the meeting Domes in the World, held in
Florence. As a Belgian citizen teaching mathematics in Brussels, the capital of
Europe, I was concerned about visiting Italy because of what movies and …
Florence News
Everything must go!
Prato fashion house Sasch sells off its goods
Over one million garments made by
Prato's low-cost fashion house Sasch will be sold at the company's warehouse in
Campi Bisenzio. With the company in liquidation, the Sasch warehouse sale
features garments and accessories ranging from sweaters and cotton trousers for
men and women to …
Florence News
Vespucci and women artists
Old World welcomes art from the New World
For one week, the echoing halls of
Palagio di Parte Guelfa will be home to the work of women artists from America
who have chosen Florence as their creative home.
Located just behind piazza della Repubblica, the
thirteenth-century palace, with architectural features by both Brunelleschi …
Florence News
Milano25 retires
'Zia' Caterina Bellandi parks her colourful taxi
On April 25, after 10 years of
delivering smiles and being a superhero to sick children, ‘Zia' Caterina
Bellandi retired her colourful taxi, Milano25. Although Milano25 was a ‘normal'
taxi by the standards set by the City of Florence, Bellandi became famous for
providing free …
Florence News
City Angels come to town
Volunteers already on the beat
Florence now has its own City
Angels, a group of a dozen or so volunteers already ‘in service,' announced
Florence councillor for welfare and social policy Stefania Saccardi.
In collaboration with the City of Florence, the
volunteer organization, founded in 1994 by Mario Furlan in …
Florence News
European fashion online ,
Digital database to be compiled in Florence
Florence is the site of a three-year
project to create an online portal for European fashion. Seven hundred thousand
files of fashion-related online multimedia content, including photos and video
of clothing and accessories, from 23 institutions in 12 European countries,
will be accessible on the …
Florence News
TAV drilling to start
Work on the two Florence underground
sections of the new high-speed-train line (TAV) is due to start in mid-May.
The two tunnels for the TAV line will connect Campo di
Marte to Rifredi, totalling some 7 kilometres (see TF 157). The construction,
which is expected …
Community News
Finding 'treasure' in Oltrarno workshops
Richmond University students go on the hunt
In April, study abroad students from
Richmond University in Florence discovered the Oltrarno artisan district in a
unique way: through a caccia al tesoro (treasure hunt).
The treasure hunt was organized by Let's Work
Artisans! Learning Through Experience, a project created by Costanza Menchi and
Debora …
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