Pitti W N.9, the Pitti Immagine fair-event devoted to special projects for women’s fashion will be held in Florence from 10 to 13 January 2012, concomitantly with Pitti Uomo 81.
Read moreMonth: January 2012
Consistory: red hat for archibishop Betori
To help the Church in its mission the Holy Father announced a consistory for February 18th next, during which he will create 22 new Cardinals. One of them is archibishop of Florence, Italy, Giuseppe Betori.
Read moreSales and Magi on Epiphnay
Shopping and historical events on Epiphnay in Florence, Italy. Even this year to celebrate the feast, January 6, the Opera of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence (Italy) organizes a reenactment of the Magi. It’s a shopping day too.
Read moreRicci and Vettriano, the new man collection
The beaches of Versilia and Atlantic Ocean are the backdrop to the works of Jack Vettriano and the clothes of the new collections of Stefano Ricci. The Florentine fashion house of haute couture, 40 years in business, own 22 boutiques in the world, presents the new catalog in view of Pitti Immagine Vettriano’s paintings.
Read moreScience, Russian quasi-crystals have alien past
Russian quasicrystals may have an alien past. “We present evidence that a rock sample found in the Koryak Mountains in Russia and containing icosahedrite, an icosahedral quasicrystalline phaseis part of a meteorite, likely formed in the early solar system,” said Luca Bindi, who works at the University of Florence, Italy.
Read morePitti Bimbo, elegance and tradition
Over 510 collections, more than 200 of which are from abroad, 8,300 buyers and a total of over 10,000 visitors at the last winter edition: these figures confirm Pitti Bimbo’s role as the only trade fair in the world that presents a complete overview of children’s fashions.
Read moreFalling debris in the tunnel at Fortezza, road closed
From this morning has been closed a roadway in the tunnel under Viale Fratelli Rosselli, near to the Fortezza da Basso, where the event Pitti Uomo will begin Tuesday, January 10th.
Read moreADF, almost 2 million passengers in 2011
Growth in passenger traffic in December at the airport of Florence. The performance of the number of passengers showed a positive 4.5%, compared to the same period of 2010. A total of 1,906,099 passengers recorded in 2011, up almost 10% over the previous year.
Read more“Italian-Kuwaiti” against Iranian provocations
The Kuwaiti-Italian Friendship Society has urged the Italian government to take a political action at the European level about the Iranian provocations causing instability in the Arabian Gulf, asserting its solidarity with Kuwait.
Read moreA big stone falls down from the Column of the abundance
A stone of about 80 pounds and 50 inches in diameter fell off the Column o abundance that supports the statue in piazza della Repubblica in the center of Florence. At the foot of the column, there is usually a step where tourists and florentins stop. Because of the rain, at the time of falling down there was no one.
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