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.
Author: Jamie Lorenzini
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.
A media tablet to discover the Brancacci Chapel
A media tablet to discover the secrets of the Brancacci Chapel frescoes and the cycle of stories of St. Peter of Masolino and Masaccio: this is the “news” already tested successfully in the museum of Palazzo Vecchio, and now, thanks to a resolution proposed by Sergio Givone councilor for culture, is extended to the museum housed in the Carmine.
Florence wins the lawyer congress 2014
The International Union of Lawyers (UIA), the professional lawyers association created in Paris in 1927 and now open to all lawyers of the world, has chosen Florence for the 58th edition of the UIA Congress, the principal UIA event annually held in a different country in order to bring together lawyers from around the world.
New floor and new waste bins in via Martelli
New flooring and new underground waste collectors for via Martelli (Florence, Italy) after the pedestrian street. The inauguration was attended by the mayor Matteo Renzi and the president of Quadrifoglio Giorgio Moretti. The intervention in Via Martelli, at the cost of 800,000 euros, started last February and it is part of the overall redevelopment of the area of the Cathedral after the pedestrianization.
Holidays in Florence for Segolene Royal
Segolene Royal has chosen Florence to leave behind the political disappointments and spend the holidays with his daughter Flora, one of four children born to the union with President Francois Hollande. “An idyllic setting to charge the batteries” writes the magazine Closer, by posting some photos of Segolene.
Pizarro signs, Viviano injured for 2 weeks
Fiorentina have described the deal with the Roma midfielder David Pizarro. The 34 year-old Chilean player is expected to Florence in the coming hours, he’s ready for a two year contract. There is also waiting for the findings goalkeeper Viviano, injured during the game with the club turkish. The first response is that Viviano will be out for two weeks.
Niccolò Campriani received the keys of the city
After the excitement of the Olympic podium with two medals – silver and gold in London 2012 – for the shooter Florentine Niccolò Campriani also the joy of another award: “the Key of the City of Florence”, one of the highest honors the city, that the young champion has received from Mayor Matteo Renzi in the hall Clement VII inside Palazzo Vecchio.