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The first thing done in Italy’s Olympic shooting gold Niccolò Campriani was a visit to relatives in Emilia affected by the earthquake. The Olympic champion has made a break with her parents near Carpi (Modena) where there are some cousins of his mother, who were the first to see the medals won by the close in London.
It’s a boom of visitors in the Tower of Arnolfo in Palazzo Vecchio: over 22 thousand people in a little more than a month. The tower, 95 meters high, was open to the public for the first time since June 24, Midsummer Day, and will remain open until the entire month of September.
Florentine’s Niccolo Campriani won shooting gold Monday in the men’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions, while Matt Emmons of the United States earned the bronze medal. The 24-year-old Italian won his second medal of the London Games, setting Olympic records with his total and qualifying scores to add gold to the silver he won last week in the 10-meter air rifle.
Alberto Aquilani spent his first hours as Fiorentina player undergoing medicals, signing his new contract and shaking hands with Fiorentina directors. In the fact, ACF Fiorentina signed Italy midfielder Alberto Aquilani from Liverpool on Friday.
The southeast of Europe remained hot at the end of July and in the forst days of August. Temperatures climbed above 35 degrees in southern and central Italy. In the major city, Florence included, is weather alert.
The need for congress attendees to move quickly and at reasonable prices has pushed Florence Convention Bureau to forge a partnership with Terravision, the European leader in airport connecting services. The partnership will give all delegates arriving in Florence a lot of new services.
Shooting for his home country of Italy, former West Virginia University student-athlete and Florentine native Niccolò Campriani won the Silver medal in the men’s 10m air rifle, today, inside the Royal Artillery Barracks, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Florence Convention Bureau continues its monitoring activities on meeting industry thanks to the work of Congress Observatory, an organization born out of collaboration between FCB and the Centre for Tourism Studies of Florence to perform market analysis on the Florence territory, by using the online mapping of FCB and the Promotion of Tuscany.
An efficient integration between the train and one of the major elements of a national transportation system is the result of an agreement between Trenitalia and the taxi company Florentine SOCOTA thanks to Florence Convention Bureau, which favored the meeting between the two companies.
The University of New Haven plans to open its first international satellite campus this fall in Prato, Italy, The Hartford Courant reports. The UNH Tuscany Campus will be housed in an old villa on Prato’s historic town square, near the Cathedral of St. Stephen. The university plans to enroll about 35 students this fall and 60 students in the spring of 2013.