The city council of Florence decided is requiring shops and restaurants to make sure that 70 per cent of their food comes from the surrounding region.
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Author: Editorial Staff
Restored Paolo Uccello frescoes to go on show
Eight frescoes from Italian painter Paolo Uccello’s Stories from Genesis in Florence’s Basilica of Santa Maria Novella are going on show after a delicate restoration.
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Florence sites to stay open over Easter holidays
Most major Florence museums will be open on Easter Sunday and Monday.
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Easter 2016 with the famous Scoppio del Carro
Security measures across Italy following the terror attacks in Brussels. In Florence more checks are planned at the airport, railway stations and during the traditional Scoppio del Carro.
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Tuscany celebrates its New Year’s Day on March 25
Florence, Pisa and Siena keep alive the long Medieval religious tradition celebrating the beginning of the year on March 25.
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Fountain of Neptune lit up in Belgian colours
Florence’s Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria lit up in the black, yellow and red of the Belgian flag.
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Italy on alert after Brussels terror attacks
Italy is on maximum alert after at least two terror attacks in Brussels. “It is an attack comparable to what happened in Paris”, mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, said.
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Italy mourns the lives of 7 Italian students in Spain
Italy mourns the lives of seven female Italian students among the 13 young people killed in Sunday’s bus crash in the Catalonia region of Spain.
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From Kandinsky to Pollock at Palazzo Strozzi
Opening 19 March 2016, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence presents masterpieces of European and American art of the 1930s to the 1960s from the collections of Peggy Guggenheim and Solomon R. Guggenheim.
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Florence to host the Italy-Great Britain Forum
The Italy-Great Britain Forum in Florence (March 21, 2016) aims to analyse the business models as best practices for the economic development.
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