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The Florentine
News from Florence, Italy, focusing on art and culture, food and wine, and more.
A wave of tit-for-tat executions has recently engulfed Naples, southern Italy’s main metropolis. The Camorra, the mafia-like criminal organization that controls large swathes of the city and other towns in Campania has been wracked by internal conflict since a splinter group of “Scissionisti”
In pursuit of her favourite pastime – swimming, Mary Lokken, an American and long-time resident of Florence, has created an annual event that unites swimmers for a challenging non-competitive swim across the Strait of Messina. In 2004 Mary decided she wanted to swim across the Messina Strait,
This year, the VII annual “Settimana della cultura” of Florence is dedicated to the art and culture of the 20th Century. An array of events will be held from Monday, May 16th to Saturday the 21st, with the highlight being an exhibition on writer and politician, Giuseppe Mazzini,
A part of Via dei Servi, between Piazza Santissima Annunziata and Via del Castellaccio, is now only open to foot traffic. The City of Florence decided to close the street to automobile traffic in an attempt to give new value and to make more accessible the lesser known works of
The President of the Tuscany Region, Claudio Martini, who was re-elected in April’s Regional elections, has appointed his Councillors and held the first inaugural session last week. President Martini, of the centre-left party Democratici di Sinistra (DS) is now serving his second term as President
