Florence Daily News

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.

Tuscan producers to Olio Capitale 2014 Fair

Friday, March 7, 2014 Editorial Staff Travel

Olio Capitale 2014 confirms the key international event for quality oil, demonstrated by the presence of the Ambassador of Japan Masaharu Kohno and Curtis Cord the director of the American publication Olive Oil Times. The stand of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence was one of the most visited during the first day.

Corporacion America to buy Florence and Pisa airports

Thursday, March 6, 2014 Editorial Staff Business

Argentina’s Corporacion America has launched takeover bids for the companies that manage Italy’s Florence and Pisa airports. On Feb. 27 it acquired a 33.4 percent stake in ADF, the company that manages the Florence airport, for 40 million euros.

MTV Awards 2014 will be back to Florence

Thursday, March 6, 2014 Editorial Staff Life

MTV Awards 2014 will be back to Florence. The new edition of the Italian MTV show will no longer be at Piazzale Michelangelo but inside the Cascine Park.

Pitti Taste 9: the excellence in food lifestyles

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Editorial Staff Life

From 8th to 10th March 2014, the Stazione Leopolda in Florence will once again host Pitti Taste 9, the fair dedicated to excellence in taste with 300 exhibitors for three days of tasting, discoveries, shopping and special events.

Treasures from the Archives and Libraries of Florence

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Editorial Staff Arts

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.

Giglio Island and Great Beauty Oscar win

Monday, March 3, 2014 Editorial Staff Life

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.

Lazio vs. Fiorentina, one goal is enough for the visitors

Monday, March 3, 2014 Editorial Staff Sports

Lazio claimed their second straight Serie A victory with a 1-0 win over Fiorentina at Stadio Artemio Franchi.

The International Women's Day Marches are now on line too

Writers Marathon to commemorate Women’s Day

Sunday, March 2, 2014 Annalisa Rossi Life

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.

Pontormo & Rosso fiorentino at Palazzo Strozzi

Friday, February 28, 2014 Editorial Staff Travel

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’.

Carnival, the upcoming events in Viareggio

Thursday, February 27, 2014 Editorial Staff Travel

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.