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May 23, 2013

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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 …
Florence News

Top of the list

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 …
Florence News

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 …
Florence News

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 …
Florence News

From prison to house of freedom

Human rights activists find home in Florence
by Brenda Dionisi
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 Centre of Justice and Human …
Florence News

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 …
Florence News

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, …
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 test: the city remained untouched, …
Florence News

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 …
Tuscany News

Waste management, Tuscan style

Palestine city adopts regional methods
A delegation from Hebron recently travelled to Tuscany as part of a project in which the Palestine city will adopt an eco-friendly ‘Tuscan model’ for waste disposal. …
Italy News

Where blue flags fly high

248 beaches in Italy recognized
There has been an increase in the number of Italian beaches raising the Blue Flag, the seal of approval from the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) Italia. With two more beaches added to the list this year, 248 beaches across Italy  have now met FEE’s standards …
Italy News

Tax tabled

IMU payments suspended until September
One of the first decrees to get approval from Italy’s new cabinet, led by the centre-left and Enrico Letta, was the suspension of the June payment …
Italy News

The New World revealed

Earliest European depiction of American Indians
Officials at the Vatican recently showcased what they believe to be the earliest European depiction of Native Americans. During a cleaning of Pinturicchio’s Resurrection of Christ …
Sport News

Mission complete

Fiorentina to play European football
by Sam Lawley
ACF Fiorentina were within minutes of qualifying for the Champions League until results elsewhere in Serie A conspired against them, leaving them with a place in …
Best Events

Summer Walks and Visits

So you think you know Florence? TF's editor-at-large and licenced guide Alexandra Lawrence will take you to hidden corners, helping you to discover the 'real' Florence beyond the Uffizi and the Duomo.   Thursday, June 13, 4:30pm Dante's Florence Meeting point: Piazza Santa Croce, in front of the Dante statue   Tower …
Movie Reviews

Movie reviews - May 23 to June 6

by James Douglas
THE GREAT GATSBY Odeon: June 2-7 Opening this year’s Cannes Festival Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated (and possibly much dreaded) adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘unfilmable’ Jazz Age …
Best Events

The don't miss list - May 23 to June 6

by Rose Mackworth-Young
Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment. This is a selection of the best of …
Best Events

Savour the spring

Wine festivals in Tuscany
by Rose Mackworth-Young
Tuscany is renowned the world over for its grapes, and May and June are the months for both connoisseurs and novice wine enthusiasts to enjoy the …
Places + Travel

A matter of taste

Three ways to experience the Tuscan Chianti
by Sam Lawley
The Chianti area in central Tuscany is synonymous across the world with characteristic undulating countryside, slow-cooked foods and delicate red wines. Indeed, the recent lavish wedding …
Florence News

Online in Florence

TF teams up with LdM
When the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute (LdM) in Florence wanted to launch an online news and lifestyle channel, who better to approach than the city’s longest-running …
Community News

Reaching for the top

Invisible Women docufilm up for Emmy
A PBS television special, Invisible Women, based on Jane Fortune’s book Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence, published by The Florentine Press in 2009, has been …
Florence News

Dan Brown reads The Florentine!

Professor Robert Langdon looks for local news in TF
Robert Langdon, the central character of The Da Vinci Code, which sold over 80 million copies worldwide and was made into a Hollywood movie starring Oscar winner Tom Hanks, goes on his latest adventure in Florence in Dan Brown's latest book, Inferno, inspired by Dante Alighieri's …
Exhibit Reviews

Beholder beware

Are today's artists falling again for beauty?
by Martin Holman
Beauty is a concept not immediately associated with visual art in the modern era. Although some artists pioneered the sublime detachment of abstraction, others appeared more …
Tuscany News

Caravaggio in Siena

Special display in the cathedral's crypt
Until August 18, 2013, an Italian masterpiece from Rome will be on display in the crypt beneath the Siena Duomo. St. John the Baptist by Michelangelo …
Exhibit Reviews

Striking a balance

The Uffizi's latest show offers a focused alternative to the blockbuster
by Martin Holman
In the late 1960s, the modern blockbuster art exhibition arrived and changed the museum landscape. Pioneered by such major institutions as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, these ambitious shows combined the art-world equivalents of Cinemascope, Technicolor, surround sound with a touch of Barnum and Bailey …
Exhibit Reviews

The Renaissance starts here

It's sculpture, not painting, that started it all
by Alexandra Korey
Palazzo Strozzi’s lastest exhibit, Springtime of the Renaissance, takes on a double challenge: explaining the roots of the Renaissance, topic of extensive historiography, and convincing the …
Exhibit Reviews

Time up for Dali

Why does the Spanish artist still draw crowds?
by Martin Holman
There is no doubting Salvador Dalí’s popularity. His work continues to please, shock and titillate, generating food for thought and queues at the ticket office. The …
The Arts

Spring into art

Ten major exhibits to welcome the season
by Haley Brucato
EXHIBITS IN FLORENCE As winter gives way to spring, the city bursts into bloom with art. From the great masters of the Renaissance to the most daring …

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