“Soon there will be flowers,” commented Piero Bargellini, former mayor of Florence, in the aftermath of the 1966 flood. As we emerge from the health emergency to face the social and economic crises, we treasure Bargellini’s words and strive to seize the strange opportunity provided by the Covid-19 pandemic to reshape a citizen-centric, greener and more intelligent future for Florence. “Soon There Will Be Flowers” is the fitting title of the June Issue of The Florentine.
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