Pope Francis, Pablo Picasso, Dante Alighieri, Botticelli’s Venus depicted in series Art can swim: An anonymous artist plasters city walls with portraits in diver masks.
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Handicrafts at the Fortezza da Basso: feels like Home
The 78th International Handicrafts Trade Fair starts today. The Fair will host over 800 exhibitors inside the charming premises of the Fortezza da Basso from the 24th April to the 1st May 2014.
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On early May, discover ice cream on Gelato Festival
It’s almost time of Gelato Festival, in Florence. The first step of the event will start on May 1st from Florence and will follow up to a tour through ten stages in Italy and five in Europe . The whole event, scheduled until August, will see together more than one hundred ice cream’s makers ready to compete in creativity and taste tournaments in the most beautiful european squares.
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Read, Eat and Dream in piazza della Repubblica
Read, Eat, Dream ( Red ) in Florence, Italy. The new bookstore in the central piazza della Repubblica was opened last Tuesday by Feltrinelli.
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From vineyard to cellar: the Museum of Wine
A permanent exhibition dedicated to the work cycle of vine and wine, with more than 500 objects , starting with some authentic Etruscan and Roman relics: “WinEx” shows all the elements that lead from the vine to the bottle of wine
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Artimino holds “Salotti del Gusto”, the parlor of food excellences
On 25th and 26th April, the “Villa dai Cento Camini” (One Hundred Chimneys’s Villa) will open its gates to welcome thousands of gourmands from all over Italy, offering to wine enthusiasts a synthesis between history, art, nature and gastronomic Made in Italy: it’s “Salotti del Gusto” by Raffaella Corsi Bernini.
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The Florentine craftsmanship comes into the homes of Americans
The Florentine craftsmanship comes into the homes of Americans, and it does so through the students who come to Florence to study, thanks to the project “I Like florentine crafts” sponsored by Syracuse University in collaboration with the Foundation of Florence for the arts and crafts and the Chamber of Commerce of Florence.
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Middle East Film Festival 2014 has just started
Middle East Now has just started in Florence, Italy. The festival (April 9-April 14, 2014) presents the contemporary Middle East and North Africa, through cinema, documentaries, art projects, music, food and special events.
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Cooking… Uova in Camicia (Poached eggs)
Usually to make the poached eggs should boil water with a little of vinegar and once that boils water to create a vortex would touch the egg and stuffing them continuing to turn.
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Children’s Festival: play and fun in Florence
From April 4 to 6 , Florence will host free events suitable for children with an eye to their world, their expectations and expressions at the Children’s Festival.
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