Florence Daily News

Muti calls for Florence’s Maggio theatre to be named after Vittorio Gui

Conductor Riccardo Muti has urged Florence to rename the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino after Vittorio Gui, the founder of the Maggio festival.
Work begins on the €31 million redevelopment of Florence’s Sant’Orsola complex

Major restoration works have begun at the former convent, one of Florence’s largest and most complex historic sites.
Scandicci are volleyball world champions: a club from Florence’s outskirts makes history

Savino Del Bene Volley Scandicci have won the FIVB Women’s Club World Championship at their first attempt.
Florence’s oldest municipal police horse retires after a decade on duty

After ten years of service on the streets and in parks across Florence, Egidio has left the municipal police stables and moved to a social cooperative.

Women's experiences of the migrant and asylum seeker crisis in Europe and the Middle East are the focus of a new photo exhibition that opened in Florence on Thursday May 6, 2016

ANSA photos on display at Palazzo Strozzi

Sunday, May 8, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

Women’s experiences of the migrant and asylum seeker crisis in Europe and the Middle East are the focus of a new photo exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi.

#SOU2016 in Florence, live streaming and twitting

Thursday, May 5, 2016 Editorial Staff News

Live streaming and twitting of The State of the Union conference, #SOU2016, organised by the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.

The State of the Union to be held in Florence

The State of The Union conference sixth edition

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Editorial Staff News

Between 5 and 7 May the city of Florence will host the renowned annual conference on The State of the Union, now in its sixth edition.

Matteo Renzi and Shinzo Abe in Florence (Source: Governo italiano)

Palazzo Vecchio hosted the Abe-Renzi meeting

Monday, May 2, 2016 Editorial Staff News

Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi met Japanese premier Shinzo Abe during the Italian-Japanese bilateral meeting in Florence, Monday May 2, 2016.

The hi-tech orchestra in piazza Signoria

An hi-tech orchestra takes over Piazza Signoria

Monday, May 2, 2016 Editorial Staff Tech

One of the most remarkable free concerts ever staged took place recently at Florence’s Piazza della Signoria, an L-shaped square in front of the historic Palazzo Vecchio.

Costa Concordia, 27 years asked for its capitain

Friday, April 29, 2016 Editorial Staff News

A Florence prosecutor asked an appeals court to sentence former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino to 27 years for the 2012 shipwreck that left 32 dead off the Isola del Giglio, a Tuscan island.

Karl Lagerfeld (Source: Siebbi via Wikimedia)

Karl Lagerfeld photography shows in Florence

Thursday, April 28, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

On the occasion of Pitti Immagine Uomo 90, the exhibition Karl Lagerfeld – Visions of Fashion will open on 14 June at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

Uffizi Gallery to host a selection of the the Spring Plant and Flower show

Plant and Flower Show decorates Uffizi Gallery

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

Florence is hosting the Spring Plant and Flower Show with an outstanding news: a selection of plants and flowers decorates the loggia of the Uffizi Gallery.

Strozzina to host Liu Xiaodong's exhibition

European migrations seen from a Chinese artist

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Editorial Staff Travel

The Strozzina area of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence is hosting a major one-man show devoted to the work of Liu Xiaodong, one of China’s most important and original contemporary artists.