Florence Daily News

Ferragosto in Florence: Special Openings and Cultural Events

On Friday, August 15, Florence celebrates Ferragosto with a rich program of special openings and cultural initiatives.
From Runway to Retail: The Italian Airport Paradox

Airports are becoming shopping malls with boarding gates, but passengers still struggle to find a seat, a socket, or a sip of water.
Fiorentina ends English tour with positives despite mixed results

Three matches against Premier League sides brought one draw, one defeat, and a loss on penalties, but also encouraging signs.
Florence Remembers Its Liberation: Honoring the Resistance and Allied Forces

August 11, a day etched in Florence’s history as a turning point in the fight for freedom.

Florence brands celebrate Pitti fashion fair

Thursday, January 9, 2014 Editorial Staff Business

Pucci, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermanno Scervino and Roberto Cavalli are the five Florence-born brands at the centre of events, exhibits and fashion shows celebrating in June the 60th anniversary of the Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana which promotes Italian fashion through biannual international trade fair Pitti.

Pitti Uomo 85, a contemporary global lifestyle

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Editorial Staff Business

Pitti Uomo 85 interprets contemporary menswear and with each edition it redraws the map of the fair, focusing on the products and looks that are leading today’s markets. Pitti Uomo is scheduled in Florence, Fortezza da Basso, 7-10 January 2014.

New Year’s Day 2014 in Florence: ZTL non-stop and shuttles to downtown

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 Editorial Staff News

Night of celebration for the New Year’Eve 2014 in Florence, Italy. Visitors and resident should remember some different rules and restrictions for the circulation.

New Year's Eve with Max Pezzali in Florence, Italy

New Year’s Eve 2014 in Florence, what to do…

Sunday, December 29, 2013 Editorial Staff Life

The city of Florence offers a 2014 New Year’s Eve with music and party in the streets and public places with no fee entrance. The major event is the concert by the Italian pop singer Max Pezzali (former member of the 883 group) on piazza della Stazione, from midnight to 2 am.

Riace Bronzes return to public

Thursday, December 26, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

Splendid warriors from antiquity on display in Reggio CalabriaWorld-famous Riace Bronzes return to public eye. The 2,500-year-old Riace Bronzes are in a renovated Reggio Calabria National Archeological Museum following four years of restoration work stalled.

Pitti Palace, 12 masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

Twelve masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay: this extraordinary event is the result of an exchange between the two important French and Italian museum institutes

Carbon-14 tests could confirm Mona Lisa original model

Saturday, December 14, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

Carbon-14 results on the remains of a woman thought to have sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting are due within days. Art historical scholars now believe that model was Lisa Gherardini, wife to the merchant Francesco Del Giocondo, who died in the Florence convent on July 15, 1542.