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Italy’s cabinet recently approved a controversial package of budget measures, introduced by the emergency government led by premier Mario Monti, that aim to raise 30 billion euro. The Italian ...
Connecting the Ducal Palace and the prison of the Doges, the Bridge of Sighs is so called because convicts headed to incarceration would have gotten their last glimpse of ...
According to the local press, the sky-high price of gold has pushed an English mining company to start searching for the precious mineral in Tuscany’s mining areas in the ...
With 13 concerts in 12 different Tuscan cities, this year's Tuscany Gospel Festival promises to be the best yet. A one-of-a kind in Italy, the Tuscany Gospel Festival fosters relations between different nationalities and introduces an important part of American culture to Tuscany. For the first
In a few months, a comprehensive virtual tour of Santa Croce, one of Florence’s most famous churches, will be available to visitors on a large touch-screen located in the ...
A group of international art experts have signed a petition to halt the search for Leonardo da Vinci's fabled painting, Battle of Anghiari, fearing irreversible damage to Giorgio Vasari's representation of the Battle of Scannagallo. Believed to be in Palazzo Vecchio's Salone de' Cinquecento, the lost
A city known for its centuries-old buildings and landmarks, Florence will soon step into the modern age with the opening of a sleek new opera house. Located on viale Fratelli Rosselli, next to the Stazione Leopolda, the Teatro dell'Opera di Firenze will open its doors for a
Held annually on December 8, the American International League (Onlus) Christmas Bazaar is actually a year-long project for league members, with lots of organization behind it! Members propose charities and their needs, which are then voted on in a certain order. There is no question that decisions in 2011
Saffron has long been one of the world’s most expensive foods. The carefully picked red stigmas of the lilac-coloured crocus flower have been cultivated, fought over and treasured for ...
Millions of tourists arrive in Florence every year, eager to explore the city's rich heritage of art and architecture, many doing so as part of a guided tour. Having to wade through or around tour groups almost all year round, most locals assume they will need at least an
Once abandoned, Castelfalfi, an 800-year-old Tuscan village, is being reborn. A German travel company purchased the town and began renovating it, with plans to make it a thriving town and resort. The project, one of the largest such in Europe, promises to bring the village ‘back to
Together with four other filmmakers, Sarah Marder is producing a feature-length documentary film set in the Tuscan town of Cortona, called The Genius of a Place. The film captures the transformation of this small-town community, which has found itself suddenly grappling with a massive influx of tourists, and
