Florence’s Middle East Now festival returns from 6 to 11 October with 33 films and documentaries exploring migration, conflict and personal and collective change.
Michelangelo’s San Lorenzo façade drawing goes on display before restoration
One of Michelangelo’s earliest known designs for the unfinished façade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo is being shown at Palazzo Corsini.
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New art venue opens on Lungarno with 250 works from the Casamonti Collection
Around 250 works spanning more than a century of Italian and international art will go on display in 28 rooms.
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The Silent Movements of the Middle East
Florence’s Middle East Now festival returns from 6 to 11 October with 33 films and documentaries exploring migration, conflict and personal and collective change.
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Autumn Festival Brings 226 Events Across Florence
Concerts, theatre, contemporary dance and performances will spread across Florence’s neighbourhoods in October and November 2026.
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Petrol at €1.99 a litre in Italy: where drivers can find the capped price
Italy’s government pushes fuel companies to contain costs.
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Michelangelo’s San Lorenzo façade drawing goes on display before restoration
One of Michelangelo’s earliest known designs for the unfinished façade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo is being shown at Palazzo Corsini.
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More than 44,000 join Corri la Vita, raising over €1 million for breast cancer projects
The 24th edition of the charity run and walk brought thousands of people onto the streets of Florence on Sunday.
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Luxury watch robberies put visitors on alert in Florence and Tuscany
A series of robberies involving watches worth tens or hundreds of thousands of euros has been reported in Florence and other parts of Tuscany in recent weeks.
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New art venue opens on Lungarno with 250 works from the Casamonti Collection
Around 250 works spanning more than a century of Italian and international art will go on display in 28 rooms.
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International Galleries Gather in Florence for the 35th Antiques Biennale
Around 80 galleries will take part in the 35th edition of BIAF, running in Florence from September 26 to October 4, 2026.
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Palazzo Strozzi examines why fragments have shaped the history of sculpture
Broken: more than 80 works from ancient Greece to the contemporary art come together in a major exhibition.
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US tourist targeted in Florence luxury watch robbery, two arrested
Two men have been arrested in Florence after a luxury watch worth around €88,000 was snatched from the wrist of an American tourist near Ponte Vecchio.
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