The “Un anno ad arte 2014” exhibition series opens with all this and much more with the show entitled, Once in a Lifetime. Treasures from the Archives and Libraries of Florence, on the calendar from 28 January to 27 April 2014 and hosted in the Sala Bianca in Palazzo Pitti.
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taly was jubilant Monday after its selection for best foreign film, Paolo Sorrentino’s Great Beauty, brought home the Academy Award, its eleventh in history and most ever for any country in the category.
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Lazio claimed their second straight Serie A victory with a 1-0 win over Fiorentina at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
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On March 7, 2014, the Advancing Women Artists Foundation, with the support of Syracuse University in Florence and the U.S. Consulate General in Florence, will commemorate International Women’s Day with a unique event called Women Artists and Wikipedia.
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Palazzo Strozzi will be hosting from 8 March to 20 July 2014 a major exhibition entitled Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. Diverging Paths of Mannerism, devoted to the work of Pontormo and of Rosso Fiorentino, the two painters who were the most original adepts of the new way of interpreting art in that season of the Italian Cinquecento which Giorgio Vasari called the ‘modern manner’.
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The Carnival of Viareggio is one of the most famous events in Italy. It has a 141 years of history, with more than 400 parades and thousands of papier-mâché floats.
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Former captain Francesco Schettino has returned to the Costa Concordia wreck for the first time as part of his manslaughter trial. The Italian ship crashed into rocks and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012. In the disaster died 32 people.
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Chevron Energy Technology Co. and GE Oil & Gas, based in Florence, Italy, have created the Chevron GE Technology Alliance, which will develop and commercialize technologies to solve critical issues for the oil and gas industry.
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Premier Matteo Renzi’s new government gained the backing of parliament on Tuesday when it won a confidence vote in the Lower House, with 378 votes in favor, 200 against, and one abstention.
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The fall of a few small fragments of stone fell from the tower of the Bargello National Museum after the heavy rains of recent weeks and the storm on Saturday afternoon, February 22, 2014. The stones are dropped at the access via the Proconsolo.
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