A European project with a 5 million euro budget aimed at safeguarding traditional Mediterranean products has kicked off. The project is called MedDiet and, starting from Italy with Unioncamere – which groups the country’s chambers of commerce, industry, craft and agriculture – involves Greece, Spain, Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon.
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A Florence animal reserve said on Monday that a rare mix between a zebra and donkey born several days earlier is in good health. The zonkey named Ippo is the foal of an endangered donkey breed from Amiata and a zebra that was adopted by the center after it was confiscated from a failing zoo.
Read moreToday, at the event #repidee2013 in Palazzo Vecchio, Brown paid tribute to the city and its most famous son, mediaeval poet Dante Alighieri, whose work “The Divine Comedy inspired me for Inferno.In some ways I think Dante invented hell,” Brown said.
Read moreThe importance of Arts for Florence is an essential element to understand the development of the city. Between the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the ancient guilds managed a part of the power together with the commission of figurative themes.
Read moreA spring and summer 2013 filled with music in Tuscany. Andrea Bocelli will be performing in July, on the 13th at Teatro del Silenzio. On July 16, Skunk Anansie will be at the Obihall.
Read moreThe Notte Blu di Firenze 2013 is an event which is part of the initiatives of Festival, moment of reflections about the future of Europe, laboratory of communication between the European Union and the citizens, window of the activities of the Union and its Member States.
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The Studio art Department at Syracuse University to present the solo exhibition “Private geography: art as a materla epiphany” by the artist Caterina Sbrana and curated by Paola Bortolotti on March 25th, 2013.
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Marrying in Florence is the dream of many foreign people like Americans, British, Japanese, South Americans who come to Florence to legally marry. Now it is possible to legally wed open air and in the magnificent Garden of the Roses and in other beautiful places in the heart of the Tuscan city.
Read moreNew York University Florence in collaboration with the Assessore of Youth Policies of the Comune di Firenze presents the sixth film series dedicated to Italian Cinema focusing on contemporary Italian Identity. Cinema Giovane is an insightful way to study the evolution of Italian culture, history, and society.
Read moreChocolate is in the square. The expo of Artisan Chocolate returns to Florence. This time this special event will be marked with the brand new name “Fi.nalmente cioccolato”. It will be in a new setting, the central piazza Santa Maria Novella, from February 8 to February 17.
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