Former Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died at the age of 95.
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A square in Florence dedicated to Oriana Fallaci
Florence City Council approved the naming of the square in front of the Fortezza da Basso and the extra stop of the tramway to the Florentine journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci, ten years after her death.
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Remembering Sept. 11 in Florence… 15 years later
The city of Florence and the New York University Florence have joined together to organize the commemoration of September 11, 2001 with a celebration of peace, on September 12, 2016, followed by the lighting of a candle.
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Professor Ennio Di Nolfo dies at 86 in Florence
Ennio Di Nolfo, one of the most established international relations professors, dies in Florence at 86.
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A walkway over the Arno river along the chasm
The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, aims to finalize the Arno walkway created few days ago to help to restore Lungarno Torrigiani, where a 200-meter-long hole opened up May 25, 2016.
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Black David unveiled in wake of Nice attack
A black lying copy of Michelangelo’s David statue was unveiled in Florence’s Piazza della Repubblica to symbolize the suffering in the aftermath of the Nice attack.
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Nice attack, Florence mourns the terror victims
Tonight July 15, 201 at 7 pm the Florentines will be in Piazza della Signoria, for Nice, for a free world. #PrayforNice.
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Michelangelo’s David to support #remain in EU campaign
While in London took place the debate on Brexit organized by BBC, in Florence Michelangelo’s David wore a British coat.
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#WithRefugees Campaign arrives in Florence
To remember the 2016 Refugee Day, the Arnolfo Tower of Palazzo Vecchio was illuminated in blue.
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Famous for playing Shakespeare, Albertazzi dies at 92
The Tuscan actor and director Giorgio Albertazzi died Saturday May 28, 2016 in his native land. He was 92. He is famous especially for playing, well into old age, Shakespeare’s masterpieces.
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