English News Magazine in Florence

October 23, 2020

Free parking within blue lines for residents

Permit costs 12 euro

The measure is being trialled from October 19, 2020 to December 31, 2021.

Editorial Staff

October 23, 2020

Florence-made space technology lands on asteroid

OSIRIS-REx probe lands on Bennu asteroid

A piece of Florence has landed on Bennu, an asteroid currently two billion kilometres from Earth.

October 15, 2020

Draw strength from beauty

Editor's letter, October 15, 2020

October 23, 2020

Uffizi: three more paintings attributed to Cristofano dell’Altissimo

The paintings belong to the Giovio Series

The paintings of Sulla and Henry VIII have only just been ascribed to the hand of Cristofano.

October 21, 2020

Covid-19: no loitering rule issued in Florence

Certain streets and piazzas patrolled at weekends

Those found to be in breach of the city ordinance could be fined a minimum of 400 euro.

October 18, 2020

Covid-19: new rules in Italy (October 18)

Mayors now have the power to impose localized curfews

Schools will remain open for lessons

October 15, 2020

Draw strength from beauty

Editor's letter, October 15, 2020

October 14, 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

Covid-19: no loitering rule issued in Florence

Certain streets and piazzas patrolled at weekends

Covid-19: new rules in Italy (October 18)

Mayors now have the power to impose localized curfews

Draw strength from beauty

Editor's letter, October 15, 2020

Move fast: immigration quotas for Italy now open for 2020

Student-work conversion visas + self-employed visas

LIFESTYLE

A thing of beauty

November 2020 Issue of The Florentine: out on October 29

How to take a sabbatical in Florence

Make the most of a year out in Italy

What’s new at Europass Italian Language School in Florence

An interview with Rafael Tronquini

Schiacciata on the streets of Florence

The other food beginning with “p”

A guide for non-EU citizens who enter Italy

Visas and permits

Buy a house for 1 euro while saving on taxes

A unique opportunity for foreigners in Italy

Canadian School of Florence expands to Fiesole

An interview with Gary O’Meara

FOOD + WINE

Truffle hunting in Tuscany

San Miniato + the Mugello

Where to eat and drink in Fiesole

A foodie's guide to the hilltop town

Il Dek Prato: fish charcuterie and colourful characters

Carefree and considered dining in Prato's showcase piazza

Florence Restaurant Weeks: summer bites

A crowdsourced guide by The Florentine readers

MerendaCinema film + picnic nights by Ruffino

Culture and cuisine every Tuesday until the end of September

Panzanella: a midsummer night’s meal

A summer recipe from Tuscany

Salvatore Ferragamo on wine

Il Borro wine and organic farm box project

CULTURE

Florentine sculptures in Louvre exhibition

A synopsis of Italian Renaissance sculpture

Bronzino’s Dante at Florence Certosa

Poetic portrait on show in the Galluzzo chapterhouse

Why is a IED Master’s different?

Innovative courses in the heart of Florence

Artemisia at London’s National Gallery

Curator Letizia Treves shares her insights with AWA and The Florentine

The Dream of Lady Florence Phillips in Siena

Masterpieces from the Johannesburg Art Gallery on show at Santa Maria della Scala

Historic quarantine in Livorno

A Saint's Husband and the San Jacopo Lazaret

Travel

Truffle hunting in Tuscany

San Miniato + the Mugello

Never-ending renaissance along the Etruscan Coast

Costa degli Etruschi

A summer staycation in Florence

The best holidays don’t need to be far away

Finding Machiavelli in Sant’Andrea in Percussina

Machiavelli’s hell is a small paradise

Balena Baths in Viareggio

An Art Deco stroll

From towers to palaces: a walk through history

500 years in 500 meters

Geocaching in Italy

Dante and Arno caches in Florence

VIDEO

TF Together | Christobel Kent with Kamin Mohammadi

For Your Eyes Only: Tuscany in the movies

TF Together | Gabrielle Taylor

Rental Diaries by Mary Gray

TF Together + Lungarno Chats | Benjamin V. Wohlauer

TF Together | Elizabeth Connolly

Rental Diaries: The Book

TF Together | Hershey Felder