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‘Look, look! Admire the beauty! Florence is the capital!’ was the joke that escaped Matteo Renzi’s lips during Angela Merkel’s recent visit to Florence. Italy’s prime minister has a ...
Jacopo Rosito is a Florentine with San Franciscan dreams and a talent for mixing cocktails. Rosito was the mixologist at the Four Seasons Florence hotel before spending a year in ...
Well known for being tricky, rife with double meanings and open to various interpretations, the Italian language never ceases to surprise and delight me. What do Michelangelo’s 20 seated nudes, ...
The day has finally come to say goodbye to the last guests, fold the blankets and stack the mattresses, clean, cover and close. The last day of the season and time to say goodbye to my window view of cypress trees and green hills. Incredible, how fast six months have
I will go jogging along the Arno for an hour every day. I will go to the gym five days a week. I will learn to play the guitar. I will keep casa mia cleaner. I will eat less pasta and more salad. How many New Year’
On New Year’s Eve, on Facebook we asked TF readers to share your favourite Florentine memories from 2014. Here’s a sampling of the recollections we received:Roy Scarbrough: I got to meet some of The Florentine staff members. That was one of the
On January 31, Italy elected Sergio Mattarella as its twelfth president. After a fourth ballot and two days of voting, the election shows Italian premier Matteo Renzi in control of his Democratic Party as well as his allies in the ruling majority. With 665 votes going to Mattarella, the poll
VAI ALLA DESCRIZIONE DEL CORSO IN ITALIANO E IL MODULO PER ISCRIVERSI ALLA PRESENTAZIONE DEL CORSO CLICCANDO QUI. TF staff has recently fielded enough requests for English lessons in Florence to warrant arranging a course for friends, readers and fans. We’ve partnered with the newly opened English
The top events for the week of January 29 to February 4, 2015. Download the full list of events in Florence: http://theflr.net/download STYLE / MARKET / Vintage Selection Until February 1, 10am–9pm. Stazione Leopolda, viale Fratelli Rosselli 5, Florence Everyone from the Pitti
The top 5 events for the week of January 22–28, 2015. Download the full list of events in Florence: http://theflr.net/download CINEMA / PREMIERE/ Goltzius and the Pelican Company January 22, 9pm. Odeon Cinehall, piazza Strozzi, Florence http://www.odeonfirenze.com Writer-director Peter
From January 22 to 24, the annual Pitti Bimbo trade show will be held at Florence’s Fortezza da Basso. Now in its 80th year, the tradeshow is one of the most important events on the international youth fashion and children’s clothing fashion scene. Open to
As an initiative to celebrate the 950th year since construction work commenced on Pisa Cathedral and Galileo Galilei’s 450th birthday, Pisa and Tuscany are encouraging Americans to visit and see the sights. With a focus on California’s San Francisco, Pisa and Tuscany are working to attract
If you’re looking for a refined place to eat a stone’s throw away from the Duomo, then D.O.C. Donnini more than fits the bill. Genuine flavours, creative presentation and Renaissance surroundings are all on the menu served up by Mario Castellano in via del
The city of Florence is gearing up for next year?s Universal Exhibition in Milan with a host of events and special projects aimed at attracting some of the 20 million visitors the international fair is expected to draw from May to October. The centerpiece of the city?s promotional
While you can certainly have your fill of exquisite bistecca fiorentina, crostini neri and ribollita in Florence, a new wave of creative culinary excellence is putting the city firmly on the map. Among those who are burnishing the city’s reputation for fine food is Antonello Sardi, the latest
Emma Ferrer and I met on an unseasonably cold night this fall at a charming wine bar near piazza San Marco. Since her recent modelling stint for fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar, Ferrer has been exposed to the unfamiliar limelight of international media attention, a slice of the fame
Photos by Marco Badiani Before the holiday season got underway, The Florentine paid a visit to the recently renovated Palazzo Canevaro to chat with U.S. Consul General Abigail Rupp about life in Florence, the work of the U.S. Consulate and the weirdest thing she has seen in the
Happy New Year! And what a year 2015 is going to be for Florence! As we compiled the events listing for this issue, we saw that the next 12 months are packed with exciting events that promise to put Florence on the global map once and for all. Here is
Visitors of all ages, from all over the world, make their way to the basilica of San Lorenzo, heading for the chapel in the right transept. It contains the late-Roman sarcophagus of Danish doctor, anatomist, geologist, naturalist and bishop Nicholas Steno (in Danish, Niels Stensen), beatified by Pope John
One of the best things about living in Florence is its size. Especially for those living in the city center, it is large enough to be bustling with activity while ...
It is quite the task to fit nine months and four seasons of clothing (and shoes!) into two suitcases, so when the time came to pack for my study-abroad year in Italy, I asked everyone who might be able to help to clue me in on what I should
They say that each of us dies three deaths: the moment when your heart stops, when you are buried and the last time someone says your name. The name of ...
A pizza in central Florence, a bowling night, ice skating in Lastra a Signa: if you’re a single parent, the idea of socializing and starting over may seem daunting and difficult. Thanks to Giuditta Pasotto, a 34-year-old Florentine single mother of two, and her brainchild
If you’re a social media user and a lover of bel canto, Opera di Firenze’s tweet-seat competition is likely to have you singing its praises. The first campaign of its kind in Italy, #neverlandOF offers 10 opera lovers/Twitter users the chance to live tweet
