Uffizi Gallery Director Eike Schmidt has proposed a tax on street-food vendors in Italy’s art cities because of the cost of cleaning up the streets after such food is eaten.
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Costa Firenze departed for her maiden cruise. The ship inspired by the Renaissance
The Italian company’s new ship, Costa Firenze, was presented in the port of Savona. The ship is inspired by the beauty of the Renaissance. Built by Fincantieri in Marghera, the Costa Firenze departed on July 4 for her maiden cruise, which will be entirely devoted to Italian destinations.
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The pic of the week: so sweet in Florence
The pic of the week a photo taken in the Oltrano of Florence in May 2015, by Lynda C. Magliochetti.
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The story of Nicola Tanturli, the two-year-old boy who disappeared in the Mugello mountains
The story of the two-year-old boy lost in the woods near his home in the Mugello mountains, outside Florence, and found two days later by rescuers is a story with a happy ending, but it is a story that has also opened a debate on where the law should be pushed to legislate on parental control over sons.
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Italy removes masks on June 28
From June 28 in the white zones in Italy is no longer mandatory to wear a mask outdoors. After the research of the Scientific Technical Committee, the confirmation comes from the Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza: “The obligation will be overcome, always in compliance with the precautionary indications of the CTS”
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Fishing: Rookie Jacopo Gallelli from Florence is the first European to earn victory in the United States
Rookie Jacopo Gallelli of Florence, Italy, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday weighing 20 pounds even to win the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by Bad Boy Mowers, Federal Ammunition Stop 5 Presented by Lucas Oil at the Potomac River. Gallelli’s four-day total of 20 bass weighing 65 pounds, 3 ounces earned him the win by a 2-pound, 5-ounce margin over pro Michael Neal of Dayton, Tennessee, and the top prize of $100,000, making him the first European to ever win a professional bass-fishing event in the United States
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Horses, IHP launches a petition to stop the carriages in Florence
IHP, Italian Horse Protection, the first Italian association for the protection of horses, today launched a petition on the Change.org platform to collect signatures in support of the proposed abolition of horse-drawn carriages for tourist use, advanced to the Municipality of Florence. The initiative comes following the accident which took place on June 14 when a carriage collided with two parked cars in Piazza Signoria, including that of the Italian Minister of the Interior.
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90 masterpieces of the Medici family at the Met Museum NY
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, with 90 masterpieces of the Medici family will be inaugurated June 26, 2021. Some of the greatest portraits of Western art were painted in Florence during the tumultuous years from 1512 to 1570, when the city was transformed from a republic with elected officials into a duchy ruled by the Medici family.
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The pic of the week: Valdorcia landscape
The pic of the week is a Tuscany landscape, sent by Carla Grotteschi. You can send us your pictures and at the end of the week our team will choose one.
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June 21: Tuscany enters the white zone
A free region, Tuscany enters the white zone from Monday June 21. The numbers of the positive cases confirm this decision, today (June 18) there were 66 positives cases. Here is what you can do when Tuscany enters the white zone.
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