The George Washington University Department of Athletics and Recreation announced today that the men’s basketball team will travel to Italy from August 15-26, 2012 to serve as ambassadors of the sport of basketball and to play five games against Italian professional competition.
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A video homage to Gilardino by AC Fiorentina
A video to say goodbye and thanks to Alberto Gilardino. In the day of the official transfer for 8 million to Genoa (the deal was finalized in
Read moreHarvard brings in Florence the “Missa Florentina”
Will be performed for the first time in six hundred years, in extended version, the “Missa Florentina”, a liturgy composed entirely of fourteenth-century by Florentine authors.
Read morePitti 2012, the pre-view event program
Pitti Uomo will come back with an edition showcasing 1060 brands at the Fortezza da Basso. The event will take place from the 10th to the13th January 2012. Today was released the un-official event program.
Read moreWinter sales in Tuscany begin on January 5
Begin on January 5 in Florence and in the entire Tuscany the winter sales. Do not miss the opportunity to visit the showrooms in the city center and take advantage of discounts and deals offered by factory outlets and the outlets of the great designers.
Read moreThe Magi come to town with 700 listed
Even this year to celebrate the feast of Epiphany, Friday, January 6, the Opera of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence (Italy) organizes a reenactment of the Magi.
Read moreThe most beautiful cribs in the city
Exceed the 3000 partecipants “Capannucce in città”, the tenth edition of the event to reward all children and young people who build or help to make at home, in the parish or school, the crib, “the true meaning of Christmas.”
Read more100,000 people in the streets to celebrate 2012
There were approximately 100,000 people in the streets of Florence to celebrate New Year’s Eve. On the stages, free and open air, singers and musicians as Brunori SAS and Caparezza, a live gospel choir, a jazz band and a concert inside the new Opera House conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Read moreFlorence parties, tonight is the night
For New Year’s Eve in Florence there are some free open air shows to celebrate the new year; big parties in the main piazzas include Italian rapper Caparezza, gospel music, classical music, jazz and folk and disco music.
Read moreOne million euros for Via Tornabuoni
The restoration of pavement and the project to replace asphalt with stone, the widening of sidewalks and the reconstruction of underground services.
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