National Geographic notes that the research project for the Battle of Anghiari is suspended “until further notice”. It is what we read in a note of the Nat Geo Society that sponsors the research of the hidden fresco by Leonardo Da Vinci. The research has been conducted by Maurizio Seracini, on the east wall of the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.
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Battle of Anghiari, waiting for the Italian government
The mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi is ready to stop work on the research of the Battle of Anghiari, the lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, who may be under a fresco by Vasari, in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio. This was announced the same Renzi, who has now written a letter to the Minister for Cultural Heritage Lorenzo Ornaghi.
A new cafeteria in Palazzo Vecchio
A coffee, a drink, a pause for reflection and refreshment before or after visiting the museum. This feature of the new cafeteria will be built at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, whose final design was approved last session came on a proposal of the Cultural Sergio Givone.
Unesco status for 14 Medici Villas in Tuscany
Fourteen Medici villas and gardens are included in the Unesco candidacy, which was sent to Unesco offices in Paris this year. Among the villas seeking World Heritage Status are Villa Careggi in Florence, where Lorenzo The Magnificent was born and died and which today is the property of the Tuscan Region.
New floor and new waste bins in via Martelli
New flooring and new underground waste collectors for via Martelli (Florence, Italy) after the pedestrian street. The inauguration was attended by the mayor Matteo Renzi and the president of Quadrifoglio Giorgio Moretti. The intervention in Via Martelli, at the cost of 800,000 euros, started last February and it is part of the overall redevelopment of the area of the Cathedral after the pedestrianization.
Holidays in Florence for Segolene Royal
Segolene Royal has chosen Florence to leave behind the political disappointments and spend the holidays with his daughter Flora, one of four children born to the union with President Francois Hollande. “An idyllic setting to charge the batteries” writes the magazine Closer, by posting some photos of Segolene.
Florence is hot until the mid-August
The southeast of Europe remained hot at the end of July and in the forst days of August. Temperatures climbed above 35 degrees in southern and central Italy. In the major city, Florence included, is weather alert.
The environmental in the Mediterranean on TV
Cement blocks on the seabed of Talamone, in Tuscany, against the trawling which damages the area’s resources, is a project for the environment and an environment-friendly tourism. The project is aimed mainly at realizing 12 television and internet documentaries devoted to the environmental challenges in the Mediterranean.
Migliori elected president of OSCE PA
Riccardo Migliori, a Florentine member of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, today became the first Italian elected president of the 56-country OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Migliori, 60, immediately assumes the top elected position of the Assembly for a one-year term. “I am honored to have the trust of my colleagues and look forward to working with delegations across our region to tangibly strengthen our commitments to human rights,” said Migliori.
“Charon” does not belie the promises
A hot day across Italy and much of eastern Europe. Brisk west winds will be blowing through the Straits of Gibraltar with a strong north wind through the Aegean Sea. Hot and dry as well across into Italy, Corsica and Sardinia follows on Monday. “Charon” does not belie the promises and is now at full power: is pushing very hot air to Italy and especially to the Central-South regions and Emilia Romagna. In Florence the maximum temperature is forecast to 39 °C.