Whistles and white handkerchiefs greeted players from both sides at the start of this evening’s match between Parma and Fiorentina (final score 2-2), the result of tensions that have accumulated in Parma since the defeat at home to Napoli and, earlier still, away to Genoa.
Author: Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini
A risky heart operation in the last Perugini’s book
“A Tear in the Heart” (Con un buco nel cuore) by Sasha Perugini is the story of a woman who plays tough: never afraid, never complaining, not even when faced with a significant heart operation. The author, director of Syracuse University in Florence, Italy, tells her experience in Italian with self-irony and lightness even in the most dramatic moments.
Laura Pausini has rescheduled the concert
Laura Pausini, musicians, technicians and all the staff have estimated that it could not proceed with work because deeply affected by the disappearance of his colleague and friend Matteo, who died tragically on the night of March 4 and March 5.
Tricolor rose for the Int’l Women’s Day
Rose tricolor planted in Florence on the occasion of International Women’s Day to say no to all forms of violence against the female gender. The flowers, a special variety invented last year by the florist Antonio Marchese to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian women, will be planted on 8 March.
Removed the disputed fountain in Piazza Signoria
This morning it was dismantled and taken away the liberty fountain for natural water in Piazza della Signoria. The Superintendence for the artistic and architectural heritage has requested the removal considering it ugly, unattractive in the context of the magnificent location.
Uffizi, free entrance for women on March 8
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8: free entrance for women to all public art sites as Uffizi or Galleria dell’Accademia. But from 17 January 2012, for a period of approximately three months, the Chapter Room, in the Uffizi gallery, with the fresco of the Crucifixion by Beato Angelico, will be closed to the public for extraordinary maintenance work.
New monitoring for the “Rapt of the Sabine”
From next Monday, March 12, 2012, starts the new monitoring session on “The Rapt of the Sabine”, Giambologna’s sculpture placed under the Loggia dei Lanzi and the competence of Superintendence for the Historical, Artistic and Ethno-anthropological Heritage and the Museums of city of Florence.
A classic concert in Palazzo Davanzati
A new concert into the historic walls of Palazzo Davanzati in Via Porta Rossa 13, Florence, Italy. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, at 16, when there will be a concert of music from the eighteenth and nineteenth-century composer Filippo Gragnani from Livorno and Genoa’s famous artist, Niccolò Paganini.
Beyonce and Gwyneth, a yoga break in Tuscany
Beyonce and Gwyneth Paltrow are planning to take a yoga-based break with their kids in Tuscany, Italy. The news was reported today by The Sun and some American newspapers and websites specializing in music and entertainment. Beyonce could travel with the two months-old daughter Blue Ivy, while 39-year-old Gwyneth will come to Tuscany with the daughter Apple.
Debating Europe, German Minister of Finance at EUI
On 7 March Wolfgang Schäuble, German Minister of Finance, will give a lecture on “Europe – Economic and Institutional Perspectives”. The lecture and debate are organised in the framework of the EUI’s Debating Europe series and will take place in the Refectory of the Badia Fiesolana, on Wednesday 7 March at 19:15.