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Opera, concerts + more: 2025 season announced at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Florence’s cutting-edge theatre and opera house aims to attract quality audiences through advance cultural planning.

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Mona Lisa and Sant’Orsola

Article by Martin Kemp + Giuseppe Pallanti

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Jeff Goldblum jazzes up Florence

The Jurassic Park and Netflix Kaos star will perform with his jazz band at Teatro Niccolini on September 20 and 21.

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The Decameron: Netflix v. the book

Just how close is the new series to Boccaccio's 14th-century masterpiece?

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Teatro Niccolini: A theatrical renaissance in Florence

Don't miss Jeff Goldblum at Teatro Niccolini on September 20, 2024.

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Fashion Museum reopens at Palazzo Pitti

A style encyclopedia from the 18th to the 21st century

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Isabelle Huppert appointed president of the International Jury at the Venice Film Festival

French actress to preside over judges awarding the Golden Lion for Best Film.

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Daisy’s Dining: an evening of fine dining + entertainment

Starting at 8pm, this weekly series of special dinner shows is bringing evenings alive in Florence.

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Spring in Florence

The possibilities are endless and you discover the city anew embedded in your soul.

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Festivalino 2024: all stripes of culture

From art to opera and ballet, the Fondazione Mascarade Opera's 2024 "little festival" is as varied as ever.

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Changes at the Uffizi

Paperless ticketing, evening and the occasional Monday openings

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The Devil’s Passion

This March, a remarkable retelling of the Passion of Christ comes to Italy. 

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Behind the scenes of Florence’s hotels in the low season

Low season means maintenance for the city's hospitality industry

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Astronomical traditions in Florence

From historical exhibits to modern scientific breakthroughs

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La Specola reopens in a rediscovery of the natural world

Big animals, minerals from meteorites and Medici gems are among the captivating highlights.

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Banca d’Italia: above and below the vaults

From a striking staircase to original parquet floors and frescoed ceilings, Florence's Bank of Italy is a cultural treasure trove.

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Contemporary cultural salons

The tradition of literary and artistic collaboration live on.

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Archea: world-class architecture made in Florence

Florence is home to Archea, a world-class architecture firm helmed by Marco Casamonti.

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Luisa Vertova: Florentine art historian working in a world of “Mad Men”

The Florentine academic who succeeded in her fight for recognition

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Honoring heroes of the past

Learn the backstory of "Heroes, a True Story" based on courageous real-life events in Fiesole during the Second World War.

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Bronze statues discovered in Tuscany rewrite Etruscan and Roman history

Fifty years after the discovery of the Riace bronzes in 1972, the exceptional state of conservation of the statues found in San Casciano dei Bagni show the shift between the Etruscans and Romans in Tuscany.

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Women advancing the arts in Tuscany

Three conversations with women in Tuscany about their cultural endeavours.

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New European cultural heritage research hub at Manifattura Tabacchi

Advanced technologies for the study and conservation of cultural heritage homed in the Renaissance city.

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