Salvatore Ferragamo, one of the world’s most renowned luxury brands, announces the reopening of its women’s flagship store on via Montenapoleone, Milan, following a complete refit with an entirely new concept.
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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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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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Follow developments as the Costa Concordia, thanks to RT RUSSIA watch cameras.
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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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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.
Read moreThe 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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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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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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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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