Florence Daily News

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.
Uffizi Galleries reopen restored Lorena Staircase after eight years

The historic entrance to the museum’s exhibition route has been consolidated and reinstalled as it appeared in 1769.
Florence issues 30 fines in first weeks of new outdoor dining rules

Checks in the Unesco-listed historic centre targeted unauthorised structures, plastic covers and advertising. Businesses have until 30 April to apply for new concessions.

Battle of Anghiari, waiting for the Italian government

Monday, August 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

The mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi is ready to stop work on the research of the Battle of Anghiari, the lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, who may be under a fresco by Vasari, in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio. This was announced the same Renzi, who has now written a letter to the Minister for Cultural Heritage Lorenzo Ornaghi.

A new cafeteria in Palazzo Vecchio

Monday, August 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

A coffee, a drink, a pause for reflection and refreshment before or after visiting the museum. This feature of the new cafeteria will be built at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, whose final design was approved last session came on a proposal of the Cultural Sergio Givone.

Autumn Arts Festival In Tuscany from October 25

Monday, August 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

Since 1998, Il Chiostro has celebrated this time of the year in Tuscany with their final workshop program of the year – The Autumn Arts Festival. The Autumn Arts Festival offers 3 separate workshops, Painting, Photography and Tuscan Cuisine, that all overlap during the 10-day celebration of the arts, the harvest, the wine and this wonderful region of Italy.

Unesco status for 14 Medici Villas in Tuscany

Sunday, August 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

Fourteen Medici villas and gardens are included in the Unesco candidacy, which was sent to Unesco offices in Paris this year. Among the villas seeking World Heritage Status are Villa Careggi in Florence, where Lorenzo The Magnificent was born and died and which today is the property of the Tuscan Region.

A media tablet to discover the Brancacci Chapel

Sunday, August 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

A media tablet to discover the secrets of the Brancacci Chapel frescoes and the cycle of stories of St. Peter of Masolino and Masaccio: this is the “news” already tested successfully in the museum of Palazzo Vecchio, and now, thanks to a resolution proposed by Sergio Givone councilor for culture, is extended to the museum housed in the Carmine.

Florence wins the lawyer congress 2014

Friday, August 10, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

The International Union of Lawyers (UIA), the professional lawyers association created in Paris in 1927 and now open to all lawyers of the world, has chosen Florence for the 58th edition of the UIA Congress, the principal UIA event annually held in a different country in order to bring together lawyers from around the world.

New floor and new waste bins in via Martelli

Friday, August 10, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

New flooring and new underground waste collectors for via Martelli (Florence, Italy) after the pedestrian street. The inauguration was attended by the mayor Matteo Renzi and the president of Quadrifoglio Giorgio Moretti. The intervention in Via Martelli, at the cost of 800,000 euros, started last February and it is part of the overall redevelopment of the area of the Cathedral after the pedestrianization.

Holidays in Florence for Segolene Royal

Friday, August 10, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

Segolene Royal has chosen Florence to leave behind the political disappointments and spend the holidays with his daughter Flora, one of four children born to the union with President Francois Hollande. “An idyllic setting to charge the batteries” writes the magazine Closer, by posting some photos of Segolene.

Pizarro signs, Viviano injured for 2 weeks

Thursday, August 9, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

Fiorentina have described the deal with the Roma midfielder David Pizarro. The 34 year-old Chilean player is expected to Florence in the coming hours, he’s ready for a two year contract. There is also waiting for the findings goalkeeper Viviano, injured during the game with the club turkish. The first response is that Viviano will be out for two weeks.

Niccolò Campriani received the keys of the city

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

After the excitement of the Olympic podium with two medals – silver and gold in London 2012 – for the shooter Florentine Niccolò Campriani also the joy of another award: “the Key of the City of Florence”, one of the highest honors the city, that the young champion has received from Mayor Matteo Renzi in the hall Clement VII inside Palazzo Vecchio.