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Galileo Notes Found in Ptolemy’s Almagest in Florence

A 1551 printed edition of the astronomical work contains handwritten annotations believed to date to Galileo’s early teaching years in Pisa.

Investigations, petitions and new luxury student residences have turned urban planning into one of Florence’s most contested issues.

Work on the Arno riverbed will last around four months and aims to clean and consolidate the medieval stone structures.

The incident occurred outside the cathedral, where performances are banned. Onlookers backed the singer.

It falls on 10 February and commemorates the victims of the foibe killings and the post-war exodus of Italians from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia.

The initiative is part of the city’s new Green and Open Spaces Plan.

Prosecutors are questioning officials over alleged violations in the former Teatro Comunale redevelopment.

From European media rules to the daily work of newsrooms, an academic meeting in Florence on food and wine journalism.

Heavy snowfall has hit Tuscany’s mountain areas above 1,000 metres, with accumulations of up to 47 centimetres on Mount Amiata.

The attack happened late on Friday night in Via Valfonda, steps from Santa Maria Novella station.