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  • New Florence bridge to honour Georgofili victims Caterina and Nadia Nencioni

    New Florence bridge to honour Georgofili victims Caterina and Nadia Nencioni

    The name received the most votes in a public online poll launched by the city’s mayor.

  • Florence court ruling paves the way for recovery of former Le Mulina site in the Cascine

    A regional administrative court has upheld Florence’s decision to revoke the concession for the former Le Mulina racecourse.

  • Voices festival on media freedom returns to Florence

    The third edition of the European journalism festival will take place from 10 to 12 March at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

  • Palazzo Strozzi unveils 2026 programme, from Rothko to “Broken”

    Major exhibitions dedicated to Mark Rothko and to the theme of the fragment will headline 2026 in Florence, alongside new contemporary installations in the courtyard and Project Space.

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Hard Rock's smoked month in Florence, Italy

Hard Rock Florence to announce the Southern & Smoked Month

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Editorial Staff Life

Hard Rock International is turning up the heat to announce the arrival of “Southern & Smoked Month” at Hard Rock Cafe Florence in Italy. Until Monday 30 September, all visitors to the Hard Rock restaurant will be encouraged to wrap their lips around a smokin’ hot selection of Smokehouse menu options.

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Concordia, the parbuckling operation has been successfully completed

Costa Concordia, the parbuckling operation has been completed

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Editorial Staff News

At 4 am Cet the parbuckling operation has been successfully completed. The wreck is now upright and resting safely on the specially built artificial sea bed, at a depth of approximately 30 meters. 

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Costa Concordia salvage operation live

Costa Concordia salvage: wach the 8 hours long operation

Monday, September 16, 2013 Editorial Staff News

Follow developments as the Costa Concordia, thanks to RT RUSSIA watch cameras.

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Concordia wreck removal project

Costa Concordia, the parbuckling project

Saturday, September 14, 2013 Editorial Staff News

The Concordia wreck removal is an extremely complex technical engineering feat – considered the biggest salvage ever attempted on a ship of its size – with the deployment of the finest international expertise, state-of-the-art technology and unprecedented financial resources.

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Uffizi's Botticelli Annunciation not going to Israel

Uffizi Gallery’s Botticelli Annunciation not going to Israel

Thursday, September 12, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

Sandro Botticelli’s famous Annunciation of St. Martin alla Scala will not be travelling to Israel for a planned months-long exhibition as previously announced, the culture ministry said last week.

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UCI Road World Championships Toscana 2013 are approaching

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Editorial Staff Sports

The UCI Road World Championships taking place between the 22nd and the 29th of September are the most important sport event in Italy for this year. Fans of cycling will have the opportunity to see the different races (Road races and time trials) and assist to the endeavours of the cycling champions.

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Villa La Pietra (Sailko - CC)

La Pietra Dialogues, read the new season debates

Monday, September 2, 2013 Editorial Staff News

LPD convenes some of the world’s foremost scholars, policy makers, practitioners, business leaders, public intellectuals and artists whose ideas and work have made a significant cultural or intellectual contribution to global society and the revival of the spirit of humanism for which Florence is known.

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The Italian association Città dell'olio

Food: six countries join forces for Mediterranean diet

Sunday, August 25, 2013 Editorial Staff Life

A European project with a 5 million euro budget aimed at safeguarding traditional Mediterranean products has kicked off. The project is called MedDiet and, starting from Italy with Unioncamere – which groups the country’s chambers of commerce, industry, craft and agriculture – involves Greece, Spain, Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon.

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Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa - PD

Florence tomb opened in bid to find Mona Lisa model

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

Scientists in Florence cracked open the family tomb of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the beguiling model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa portrait. They hopes to compare her son’s DNA to that of a skeleton believed to be her own.

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American doctor snapped finger off statue

Saturday, August 10, 2013 Editorial Staff News

An American tourist broke a finger off a 500-year-old statue in a Florence museum. He is an emergency-room surgeon in Connecticut and he was arrested in front of his family after accidentally snapping the finger of a statue when he touched it.

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New Florence bridge to honour Georgofili victims Caterina and Nadia Nencioni

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Florence issues 30 fines in first weeks of new outdoor dining rules

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

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Friday, February 27, 2026
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TourismA returns to Florence with restored Etruscan urn

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

A Country of Dialects, Now Speaking Italian. And English

Friday, February 20, 2026

SPORTS

Ben Stiller’s Super Bowl ad features an 80s dance track born in Tuscany

Monday, February 9, 2026

A love song born in Florence becomes the soundtrack of Milano Cortina 2026

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

OPINIONS

The Festival di Sanremo crowned Sal Da Vinci in 2026 with Per sempre sì

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Monday, March 2, 2026
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Europe as a Nervous Organism (1870) – and America Watching

Sunday, February 15, 2026

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Il rischio idrogeologico divide Regione Toscana e Comune a Signa

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