From the word go, the priority of the Concordia removal project has been to protect the environment of Isola del Giglio, Costa Concordia said in a statement.
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The Porretta Soul Festival (July 17-20, 2014), founded by Graziano Uliani, is in its 27th year. The town is between Florence and Bologna.
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The Costa Concordia’s refloating operation can be divided into 4 separate stages. Follow the live twitting operations.
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The court cloak of Donna Franca Florio presents the restoration of a sumptuous court cloak in ivory-coloured satin created by the Worth fashion house of Paris for Donna Franca Florio, who had that same year been appointed lady-in-waiting to Queen Elena, the wife of Victor Emmanuel III.
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The salvage team have confirmed that the Concordia refloating operation is set to go ahead starting on Monday, July 14.
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The city of Florence will host an exciting international sporting event: the Final Six of the world championships of men’s volleyball in the Mandela Forum, from July 16 to 20, 2014.
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The fortunes of the Primitives, Art treasures from italian collections between the XVIII and XX Century (Accademia Gallery, until December 8, 2014) is the first ever dedicated to the topic as a whole.
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A tuscan team records for the first time the precious unpublished (1883) by Livorno composer Pietro Mascagni, which incorporates – in Italian – Schiller’s ode that inspired the “Hymn to the Joy” by Beethoven.
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The Tower of San Niccolò has reopened to the public on June 24, the day of San Giovanni. Guided tours will be available until September 30th from the hours 17 to 20.
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Italia Convention Bureau was founded in Florence, Italy. The bureau was constituted as a network of companies, promoted by all the associations representing tourism and congress companies.
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