Florence Daily News

White Christmas at Abetone as snow falls and ski lifts operate

Snowfall on Christmas Eve has raised hopes in the Abetone and Val di Luce ski area, where facilities are open and visitors are arriving for the holiday period.
Christmas and New Year openings at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence

Special holiday openings are planned across Florence’s main state museums, with full closure only on 25 and 29 December.
Marino Marini: a painter rediscovered in Pistoia

A major exhibition at Palazzo Fabroni focuses on the painted work of one of Italy’s leading 20th-century artists, best known internationally for his sculpture.
Florence may extend short-term rental limits beyond historic centre

Mayor Sara Funaro said the city is considering new restrictions in residential areas outside Florence’s historic centre.

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.

Thousands of people joined the Pitchfork Movement

Thursday, December 12, 2013 Editorial Staff News

Thousands of people joined the so-called Pitchfork Movement to block or slow transportation in Florence and other cities in Italy. A group of truckers taking part in the nationwide strike to protest heavy taxes and high fuel costs.

Israeli Righteous among Nations award to Florentine women

Friday, December 6, 2013 Editorial Staff News

A Florentine woman who hid and fed a fugitive Jewish family for a year during World War II was formally honored Thursday with the Righteous Among Nations award from Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial organization.

Fire at a Chinese-owned clothing factory killed 7 workers

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Editorial Staff News

Fire at a Chinese-owned clothing factory killed at least seven workers on Sunday in the city of Prato, Tuscany. Prosecutors in Prato were preparing a manslaughter investigation.

Michelangelo’s David to be symbol of Expo 2015

Monday, December 2, 2013 Editorial Staff News

A copy of Michelangelo’s statue of David will be the symbol of the Italian Pavilion at Milan Expo 2015, pavilion chief Diana Bracco said Wednesday in a meeting in Florence, Italy.

Restoration work uncovers more carved doors in Florence

Saturday, November 30, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

he bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, dubbed the “Gates of Paradise” by master Michelangelo, have equally ornate mates now being restored.

BTO, Buy Tourism online presents its programme for 2013

Monday, November 25, 2013 Editorial Staff Life

Few days from its sixth edition, BTO – Buy Tourism Online reveals its 2013 program me to the public. Online is a detailed line up of the international event dedicated to the world of Travel 2.0, which lands at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence this upcoming 3 and 4 December.