Moments of fear in Piazza della Signoria, Florence, for a runaway horse that launched into a gallop, dragging a carriage behind it that crashed into a car escorted by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese.
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Author: Editorial Staff
Italy performs first heart transplant from Covid positive donor
Italy has performed the world’s first heart transplants from COVID-positive donors to virus-negative recipients in Bologna and Rome. A 15-year-old boy received a new heart at Rome’s Bambino Gesù Hospital at mid-May and a 64-year-old man got a new heart at Bologna’s Sant’Orsola Hospital at the end of April.
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Polimoda: open call for models
Open call for models casting for the Polimoda Final Graduation Show 2021 during Pitti. Polimoda in Florence searching for models who currently live in Florence or Tuscany of diverse backgrounds and genders for their upcoming fashion show. They are looking for individuals who are both beautiful and edgy.
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The Concept Context Content exhibition opened in Florence
The Concept Context Content exhibition opened in Florence on 7 June. It’s set up at the Limonaia of Villa Vogel, Via delle Torri in collaboration with the District 4.
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Zubin Mehta with the Orchestra del Maggio in concert at the Athens Acropolis theater
On June 14 in Athens, for the Megaron Gala, maestro Zubin Mehta with the Orchestra del Maggio and violinist Pinchas Zukerman was in a concert at the Acropolis at the Odeon Herodes Atticus theater.
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The pic of the week: a little girl getting a drink of water in Rome
The pic of the week is a little girl getting a drink of water in Rome in 2014, sent by Lynda C. Magliochetti.
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Cannes 2021: Italian film is running for Palme D’Oro
Nanni Moretti’s new film, Tre Piani, will be among the contenders for the Palme d’Or at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, organisers announced on June 3. The film, is an adaptation of Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo’s novel Three Floors Up.
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COVID 19, the last Covid department closes also at the Torregalli hospital
The hospital Santa Maria Annunziata (Ponte a Niccheri) remains the only Covid hospital in the Florentine area. Yesterday afternoon the department of Covid at the San Giovanni di Dio hospital (Torregalli) has closed.
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Mayor Nardella will be a tour guide in Florence to encourage tourism
To encourage tourism to return to the city the mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, has decided to take the field personally. He will be an exceptional tour guide for tourists. Nardella announced it during the presentation of the Destination Florence Plus web platform.
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Basilica of San Lorenzo: visitors return
Over two thousand two hundred visitors in five days. This is the balance sheet of the first week for the basilica of San Lorenzo which reopened its doors in June full prepared with anti-Covid legislation.
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