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  • Tourist reported after climbing Florence’s Neptune Fountain

    The 28-year-old woman entered the historic fountain in Piazza della Signoria as part of a premarital challenge. Municipal police intervened on the spot.

  • WWII soldier missing in Tuscany identified after 81 years ahead of Italy’s Liberation Day

    The story of a U.S. soldier missing in the Tuscan mountains since 1944 has been resolved decades later, linking Florence to the wider memory of the Allied campaign that helped liberate Italy.

  • Vespa turns 80: Tuscany celebrates the global success of an Italian icon

    From its first prototype in post-war Italy to a worldwide symbol of design and mobility, Vespa celebrates its 80th anniversary with events in Tuscany and beyond.

  • Florence to mark Liberation Day with official ceremony at Palazzo Vecchio

    The city will commemorate the 81st anniversary of Italy’s Liberation on Saturday, 25 April 2026, with institutional events, memorials and cultural initiatives across Florence.

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Flagship Store Salvatore Ferragamo in Wien

Salvatore Ferragamo reopens its Wien Boutique

Monday, March 17, 2014 Marco Bastiani Business

Salvatore Ferragamo, one of the world’s most renowned luxury brands, announces the reopening of its fully renovated Vienna flagship store.

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Fiorentina 3-1 Chievo

Serie A, Fiorentina 3-1 Over Chievo

Sunday, March 16, 2014 Editorial Staff Sports

Fiorentina recorded their first victory since mid-February over a Chievo side who periodically threatened, though it was a scrappy encounter all-in-all.

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Castello dell'acciaiolo

The FAI Spring Days are coming with 750 treasures

Saturday, March 15, 2014 Marco Bastiani Travel

The FAI Spring Days are coming. On March 22 and 23, 2014 everyone can come into palaces, churches, castles, parks, 750 wonderful treasures in Italy usually closed to the public.

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Michleangelo's David

Michelangelo’s David with Rifle taken out of Circulation

Friday, March 14, 2014 Editorial Staff News

Michelangelo’s David with Rifle advertisement was taken out of Circulation last march. The company said in a statement to ABC News that the ad had been taken out of circulation when a new owner bought ArmaLite.

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Discovering Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Marco Bastiani Travel

Until May 25, 2014, 36 major works from the Dutch Golden Age of the seventeenth century are exhibited at the Palazzo Fava in Bologna, 35 minutes by train from Florence, Italy. The highest attention is paid to the masterpiece by Jan Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring. More than 3,000 people a day and more than 4,000 during the weekends visit the exhibit in Bologna.

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The new Logo of the City unveiled in Florence

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Editorial Staff News

Fabio Chiantini, Florentine graphic, is the winner of the International contest launched in July to create a new brand of Florence.

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Florence, from Palazzo Pitti

Florence wins 14 million Euros of Intl. events

Monday, March 10, 2014 Editorial Staff Business

Italy’s Firenze Convention Bureau has won 17 new international conferences to take place during the next four years.

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Florence blasts Michelangelo’s David holding rifle

Monday, March 10, 2014 Marco Bastiani News

The city of Florence, Italy, blasts Michelangelo’s David holding rifle image. The comments come after the the image by Illinois-based ArmaLite, which uses Michelangelo’s statue to promote the rifle with the tagline “A work of art”.

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FC Juventus 1-0 ACF Fiorentina

Serie A, Juventus beats Fiorentina 1-0

Sunday, March 9, 2014 Editorial Staff Sports

Fiorentina travel to Turin looking for a spark against the hated bianconeri, but Juventus won. The Turin’s team broke the deadlock when Asamoah cut in from the left and carved out space between four Fiorentina defenders before unleashing a stunning effort which took a slight deflection before going in off the inside of the far post.

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The American artist Bill Viola yesterday visited the # CorridoioVasariano and admired his self-portrait "Submerged"

Bill Viola visited his Self-Portrait at the Vasari Corridor

Saturday, March 8, 2014 Marco Bastiani Arts

The American artist Bill Viola yesterday visited the Vasari Corridor inside Florence’s Uffizi Gallery and admired his self-portrait Submerged. In its Uffizi section the Vasari Corridor is used to exhibit the museum’s famous collection of self-portraits.

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Tourist reported after climbing Florence’s Neptune Fountain

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

WWII soldier missing in Tuscany identified after 81 years ahead of Italy’s Liberation Day

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

BUSINESS

Cooking schools, ATMs restricted as Florence rules for centre take effect

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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Sunday, April 12, 2026

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Digital microneedles turn into QR codes for real-time health monitoring

Saturday, April 18, 2026

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Monday, April 13, 2026

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Vespa turns 80: Tuscany celebrates the global success of an Italian icon

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Florence opens Maggio Musicale Festival with The Death of Klinghoffer

Monday, April 20, 2026

SPORTS

Florence Half Marathon draws 6,000 runners through city centre

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Abetone ski lifts to stay open through Easter, season extended to mid-April

Thursday, March 26, 2026

OPINIONS

Greece’s Social Media Ban for Under 15s Signals a Necessary Shift

Greece’s Social Media Ban for Under 15s Signals a Necessary Shift

Friday, April 10, 2026

Artists on the Journalist’s Couch

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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The Nouvelle Carte d’Europe dressée pour 1870

L’Europa come creatura nervosa

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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