An eight-ton gilded bronze door so splendid Michelangelo dubbed it the “Door of Paradise” will be unveiled to the public again after 27 years of restoration work. But Lorenzo Ghiberti’s 15th-century door which bears scenes from the Old Testament won’t be going back in its place on the baptistery of Florence’s duomo, or cathedral. Instead, starting on Sept. 8, it will go on display in a case at a Florence museum, the Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, to preserve it from renewed damage.
Author: Jamie Lorenzini
Makeovermania, courtesy of Starhotels
Starhotels is offering an extraordinary package for people intent on designer shopping at discount prices, on finding a personal style by riding the emotional waves of a city where the terms beauty and harmony were coined. The special rate is 280 euros a night, in a junior suite for two at the Starhotels Michelangelo in the heart of Florence.
Tuscan beaches are getting better
The 2012 edition of Bandiere Blu awarded 246 beaches with the flag, which is 13 more than 2011. The beaches that received recognition in Tuscany include the area of Versilia, with Forte dei Marmi, Pietrasanta, Camaiore and Viareggio. The scores are awarded by Fee the Foundation for Environmental Education in collaboration with Enel Sole, and were awarded in Rome.
Two professors as councilors for mayor Renzi
The economist Alessandro Petretto is the new councilor to the budget of the City of Florence. Sergio Givone also enters in the council, with the delegation to the culture. This was announced by Mayor Matteo Renzi, on the sidelines of the Confindustria Firenze. Petretto replaces Claudio Fantoni, who resigned last Friday in a dispute with the mayor sounded the alarm on the budget of the Palazzo Vecchio.
Tuscan Sun Festival, the newly film program
The Tuscan Sun Festival and Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival foRobert De Nirounded by , Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in lower Manhattan in 2002, announced today the list of world-class films to be featured as part of the film initiative, Tribeca Firenze. The newly established film program will have screenings 13 – 17 June in Florence’s Odeon Cinema, one of Italy’s most elegant and historic art noveau cinema-theatres located in the Palazzo Strozzino.
Madonna and the Boss, the concerts at the stadium
The American popstar Madonna will be in concert in Florence, Italy, on Saturday, June 16th. Madonna has been in concert in Florence just one time before the Wordl tour 2012. She performed the evening of September 6, 1987 at the Artemio Franchi stadium during the “Who’s That Girl Tour.”
Maggio Musicale on the theme of travel
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino helds its 75th edition on the theme of the voyage. Theatre, performers, and audience from Mitteleuropa to the important tour in South America (7-21 August 2012) in this year of the celebrations for Amerigo Vespucci on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of the Florentine explorer (1454 – 1512).
Pitti Uomo 82, the best brands at the Fortezza
Pitti Uomo 82 will be held in Florence, at the Fortezza da Basso, 19-22 June 2012. There will be around 1020 brands at the Fortezza da Basso, plus another 70 women’s collections at Pitti W at the Dogana. The fair’s place as the key reference on the international fashion scene is confirmed by the figures.
Uffizi Gallery, watch the new spaces
The Uffizi Gallery will shortly open ten new spaces, dedicated to 16th-century painters, mainly from Tuscany, from Andrea del Sarto to Bronzino and Raffaello. There will also be a gallery with Hellenistic sculptures. The new spaces, a statement reads, will open ”in the coming months.”
Wonderfood Pitti, this edition’s theme
WonderFood Pitti is the key theme for the forthcoming edition of Pitti Immagine’s shows…simply because, now more than ever, we are all talking about food. It is a theme close to contemporary lifestyle issues and Pitti will tackle it with “deeply rooted” irony: starting from the land where food is grown and produced. Culture, love and a taste for what we eat “via nature” and not via “star chefs”.