The restoration of the world’s famous statue “Perseus with Head of Medusa” by Benvenuto Cellini began this morning in Florence, Italy. . The statue was wrapped in a white cloth in its usual position under the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria.
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Libya, 100 scholarship winners on their way to Italy
One hundred Libyan students have won bursaries provided by the Italian government to study in Italy during the 2013/2014 academic year.
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The official mascot of Expo 2015 will be sketched by Disney
The official mascot of Expo Milano 2015 will be sketched by Disney Italia. The news has been announced this afternoon in New York by Expo Milano 2015 CEO Giuseppe Sala during his mission in the US.
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Turkish tourist fined 160 euros for defacing the Old Bridge in Florence
A tourist was forced to clean nail polish off Florence’s Ponte Vecchio Wednesday after she was spotted by municipal police writing names on the historic bridge.
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Florence, World Capital of Art and Handicrafts by Cinzia TH Torrini (VIDEO)
In Florence, on Monday, October 14, the video directed by Cinzia TH Torrini was presented to the public by Fondazione di Firenze per l’Artigianato Artistico, funded in full by the Chamber of Commerce of Florence. Watch it now.
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Florian Café opens contemporary art collection in Florence
A symbol of Venice, Cafe’ Florian which opened a Florence branch in 2006, is showcasing its contemporary art collection in the Tuscan city starting Friday October 11.
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Parish priest and Clerk honoured as war heroes
A parish priest and a clerk were honoured Tuesday in Florence by Jerusalem’s Shoah institute for their efforts to help a young Jewish family escape Nazi-Fascist soldiers in 1943.
Read morePortugal’s Rui Costa to victory on UCI World Championship
Portugal’s Rui Costa to victory today (Sunday, SEptember 29th) in a rainy UCI World Championship held in Tuscany with the final part of the circuit in Florence.
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Knox, Sollecito retrial starts on Monday in Florence
The first hearing in the new appeals trial of former American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, which sees the two being retried on murder charges for the death of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007, opens on Monday in Florence, with a verdict expected by Christmas.
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The Grand Prince Ferdinando De’ Medici at Uffizi
To mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici (1663-1713), the Galleria degli Uffizi is planning to devote a celebratory exhibition to this key figure who was one of the most important collectors and patrons of the arts in the entire history of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
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