Laura Pausini, musicians, technicians and all the staff have estimated that it could not proceed with work because deeply affected by the disappearance of his colleague and friend Matteo, who died tragically on the night of March 4 and March 5.
Month: March 2012
Tricolor rose for the Int’l Women’s Day
Rose tricolor planted in Florence on the occasion of International Women’s Day to say no to all forms of violence against the female gender. The flowers, a special variety invented last year by the florist Antonio Marchese to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian women, will be planted on 8 March.
Removed the disputed fountain in Piazza Signoria
This morning it was dismantled and taken away the liberty fountain for natural water in Piazza della Signoria. The Superintendence for the artistic and architectural heritage has requested the removal considering it ugly, unattractive in the context of the magnificent location.
Uffizi, free entrance for women on March 8
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8: free entrance for women to all public art sites as Uffizi or Galleria dell’Accademia. But from 17 January 2012, for a period of approximately three months, the Chapter Room, in the Uffizi gallery, with the fresco of the Crucifixion by Beato Angelico, will be closed to the public for extraordinary maintenance work.
New monitoring for the “Rapt of the Sabine”
From next Monday, March 12, 2012, starts the new monitoring session on “The Rapt of the Sabine”, Giambologna’s sculpture placed under the Loggia dei Lanzi and the competence of Superintendence for the Historical, Artistic and Ethno-anthropological Heritage and the Museums of city of Florence.
A classic concert in Palazzo Davanzati
A new concert into the historic walls of Palazzo Davanzati in Via Porta Rossa 13, Florence, Italy. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, at 16, when there will be a concert of music from the eighteenth and nineteenth-century composer Filippo Gragnani from Livorno and Genoa’s famous artist, Niccolò Paganini.
Beyonce and Gwyneth, a yoga break in Tuscany
Beyonce and Gwyneth Paltrow are planning to take a yoga-based break with their kids in Tuscany, Italy. The news was reported today by The Sun and some American newspapers and websites specializing in music and entertainment. Beyonce could travel with the two months-old daughter Blue Ivy, while 39-year-old Gwyneth will come to Tuscany with the daughter Apple.
Debating Europe, German Minister of Finance at EUI
On 7 March Wolfgang Schäuble, German Minister of Finance, will give a lecture on “Europe – Economic and Institutional Perspectives”. The lecture and debate are organised in the framework of the EUI’s Debating Europe series and will take place in the Refectory of the Badia Fiesolana, on Wednesday 7 March at 19:15.
Terra futura, the “good practices” fair
Terra Futura is a fair-meeting organized in a exhibition area, getting bigger and more articulate every year, and in a very high level program of cultural initiatives, meetings, seminars, workshop; and also laboratories and shows. This year the fair will be held in Florence, Italy, at Fortezza da Basso, May 25-27, 2012. Free entrance.
Fiorentina woke up vs Cesena, Jovetic injured
It ends 2-0 the match Fiorentina vs Cesena at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, Italy. The viola team come back to the victory afyter suffered 3 consecutive defeats. To decide the match were needed Moras’s own goal and the goal of Nastasic. With Boruc holding the ball safely in the final minute of the match, Fiorentina took the 3 points and moved out to the relegation zone.