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Tourists in Florence
Text &Photos: The Florentine staff on the street
It's no secret that Florence is a tourist's town. The heady mix of art, food, wine and natural
beauty lure more than 10 million visitors a year to Tuscany's capital city. We at The Florentine find it
impossible to live here and not be curious about the individual visitors who
make up such a …
Culture & Customs
Good luck guest
by Linda Falcone
Il fatto bello della settimana. Moments from everyday Italy
I have recently been accused of wanting all things in
life to be lovely. And in a country where cynicism is a means of survival and a
way …
Culture & Customs
Florentinisms
by Alexandra Lawrence
Your in-progress dictionary of florentine dialect
Linguists
and scholars agree: the Florentine dialect …
Food & Wine
Date expectations
by Matt O'Leary
The
first time that you cook for a date is, without any doubt, a nerve-wracking and
important occasion. It might seem futile, given that in and around Florence
you can't throw a stone without it ricocheting off the walls of at least three
or four romantic hole-in-the-wall eateries. However, serving something that
you've made yourself is …
Italian Sketches
Achille Lauro
by Deirdre Pirro
The Neapolitan Onassis
In
October 1985, US fighter planes intercepted an Egypt
airliner flying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to freedom
in Tunisia,
forcing it to land in Sicily,
where …
The Arts
The crime of the (seventeenth) century. An English scandal fascinates the Medici court
by Lisa Kaborycha
The Medici Archives
There
is never any shortage of gruesome crimes to occupy the public's imagination. To
be termed a ‘crime of the century', however, a murder must have special
qualities that …
Sport & Leisure News
A new education
Playing football in Parma
Corey
Mazza feels blessed to still be playing football.
The
recent Harvard graduate thought his time in pads had ended as the clock ran out
on his last collegiate game. The game Mazza grew up playing and learned to love
in Thousand Oaks,
CA
was approaching the final scene in what he thought was the last act …
Florence News
Goblets of grievance
Vino Nobile now under scrutiny
The
Tuscan wine scandal continues to unfold. …
Florence News
Easing integration
Tuscan city first to appoint Chinese superintendent
In
a surprise move last week, Campi Bisenzo mayor Andrea Chini appointed a Chinese
native to his city council. Hongyu Lin-Giada to her Italian friends-is the
first Chinese citizen …
Current Issues
Revamping Italy
by Andrew J. Fitch
Berlusconi and the European Union
For
many of us, Italy
is a country of beautiful architecture, beautiful food and wine, and beautiful
lifestyles. However, although people in other Western nations have been
emulating Italian style …
The Arts
Creating culture
by Alexandra Lawrence
NYU Florence brings creativity to life
Have you ever longed to spend warm summer nights lounging in the garden of a world-renowned Tuscan villa overlooking the city of Florence? Have you dreamed …
Top Picks
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Closing Concert
July 1 at 9:30pm Piazza della …Top Picks
Fi-esta 2008
Until September 30
Various locations, Florence
Florence's
summer festival is back with concerts, theatre, ballet, poetry and more.
Program information available at www.fi-esta.it
…
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Florence Youth Festival of Youth Orchestras
June 28-August 2
This
year marks the 10th anniversary this exciting festival that brings together
young musicians from all over the world for a program ranging from baroque to
contemporary. Every year, …
Top Picks
Giovanni da Milano
Until November 2
Accademia Gallery, Florence
‘Foreign'
born painter Giovanni da Milano was one of the protagonists of the
mid-fourteenth century Florentine and Tuscan art scene. He came to the city in
1346 …
Top Picks
L'eredit di Giotto. Art in Florence 1340 - 1375
Until November 2, 2008
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
When Giotto died in 1337, his …
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The Arts
Enigma in Giorgio de Chirico's art
by Brenda Dionisi
Et quid amabo nisi quod aenigma est?
‘One clear autumn afternoon I was sitting on a bench in the middle of the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. It was of course not the …
The Arts
The shape of the book: from the scroll to the codex
by Christopher Saint-Amand
Exhibit Review
Florence is not just a painter’s city. The Renaissance had as profound an impact on the written word. Florence was the center of this great humanist …
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