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Find out the latest news from Florence, Italy, with a particular focus on all the cultural ongoings in the Renaissance capital. We take you through art, food and wine, latest openings, changes to the city’s contemporary landscape, and updates on Covid-19 as well as everything else you need to know.
This month, the restored San Nicola di Bari in Gloria will be returned to the Church of San Niccolò.
Explore the creative process of the artist Tony Cragg at an exhibition opening at the Museo Novecento.
Austrian artist Erwin Wurm's Salsiccia Fat Bus in piazza Santa Maria Novella is a clever, albeit provocative draw to the main show at nearby Galleria Poggiali.
Colour, water and light focused works dialogue with the Renaissance palazzo.
50 years after the memorable exhibition at Forte Belvedere, Florence once again displays sculptures by the British artist.
The newly launched service will take tourists and residents on boat trips across the river Arno.
Estonian Robert Marrandi makes Nordic buns all day long in his newly opened Oltrarno bakery.
Established in Florence in 1932, the gelateria is storming the UK market with nine stores and more in the pipeline.
Cosimo I is dismounted from his horse in piazza Signoria for the first time since the Second World War.
Piazza Santa Croce in Florence fills with the carefully crafted creations by skilled artisans for two fairs this season. The International Ceramics Fair will be held from October 1-2, followed ...
Six women in Florence discuss their work with sustainable textiles, clothing and home décor in Florence and environs.
Tuscany is a home to life sciences, which generate 8.8 billion euro in turnover.
New Yorker Cassandra Kane has opened Zer0lab in Scandicci in the heart of the leather accessories industrial area on the fringe of Florence.
The venue for congresses, conferences, conventions and more inaugurates redeveloped space.
Now that the summer is here, the time has come to preserve our water supplies.
The Italian Wine Crypto Bank was established to capitalize on digital wine collecting as NFTs become an ever-growing presence in the investment sector.
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