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Author: Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini
Piece of frame detaches in the centre: no injured
Scared but fortunately no injuries this morning in the center of Florence: around 12, a piece of cornice broke away from a building in Via de ‘Lamberti, in the heart, and fell to the ground.
Discover our new on-line bookstore by Amazon
There’s something new on line. Its name is Florence Bookstore: it offers the best titles on the subject selected by the contributors of Florence Daily News, the number 1 english news site in Florence, Italy. Once chosen, among thousands of titles, you can buy the book and wait for it to your house, thanks to the collaboration between Florence Daily News and Amazon, the largest bookstore in the world.
“Giant of the desert”, hot days in Tuscany
The seventh heat wave this summer 2012 is coming to Italy. The anticyclone “Giant of the desert” coming from the inland Moroccan embraces many European countries. According to the expert Francesco Nucera, it will be an exceptional situation not so much for the intensity but mostly for extent and duration.
25 mln euros for the future of the Cascine
35-specific projects for the future of the Cascine, by 2013 to change the face of the historical park of the city and make it one of the main places of attraction in the Florence area. The City Council approved in its last meeting the resolution that makes 35 proposals integral part of the Masterplan for the park.
Battle of Anghiari, Nat Geo to stop the research
National Geographic notes that the research project for the Battle of Anghiari is suspended “until further notice”. It is what we read in a note of the Nat Geo Society that sponsors the research of the hidden fresco by Leonardo Da Vinci. The research has been conducted by Maurizio Seracini, on the east wall of the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.
Battle of Anghiari, waiting for the Italian government
The mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi is ready to stop work on the research of the Battle of Anghiari, the lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, who may be under a fresco by Vasari, in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio. This was announced the same Renzi, who has now written a letter to the Minister for Cultural Heritage Lorenzo Ornaghi.
A new cafeteria in Palazzo Vecchio
A coffee, a drink, a pause for reflection and refreshment before or after visiting the museum. This feature of the new cafeteria will be built at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, whose final design was approved last session came on a proposal of the Cultural Sergio Givone.
Autumn Arts Festival In Tuscany from October 25
Since 1998, Il Chiostro has celebrated this time of the year in Tuscany with their final workshop program of the year – The Autumn Arts Festival. The Autumn Arts Festival offers 3 separate workshops, Painting, Photography and Tuscan Cuisine, that all overlap during the 10-day celebration of the arts, the harvest, the wine and this wonderful region of Italy.
Unesco status for 14 Medici Villas in Tuscany
Fourteen Medici villas and gardens are included in the Unesco candidacy, which was sent to Unesco offices in Paris this year. Among the villas seeking World Heritage Status are Villa Careggi in Florence, where Lorenzo The Magnificent was born and died and which today is the property of the Tuscan Region.