Florence Daily News

Winter Sales 2026 Begin on January 3 in Florence and Across Tuscany

For Florence, the start of the 2026 winter sales is not just a commercial date, but a practical moment for residents, students, and visitors to navigate the city’s retail scene.
Sammezzano, the castle starts a new chapter after decades of neglect

The project marks the concrete restart of one of Tuscany’s most unusual historic complexes.
New finds at San Casciano reveal early Etruscan medical centre

The 2025 excavations at the Bagno Grande sanctuary have dated the site to the late 5th century BC, reinforcing evidence of an important Etruscan medical centre.
White Christmas at Abetone as snow falls and ski lifts operate

Snowfall on Christmas Eve has raised hopes in the Abetone and Val di Luce ski area, where facilities are open and visitors are arriving for the holiday period.

Xenophobia, creative urban responses at NYU

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

“Xenophobia urban responses” will be held in Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy. The third annual transatlantic dialogue on immigration will see the participation of Dario Nardella, deputy major of the city of Florence, Badara Seck, singer, Izzedin Elzir, imam in Florence, Muzaffar Chishti, director of MPI office at NYU school of law, Nicola Solimano, Fondazione Michelucci and Fatima Shama, NYC commissioner of immigrant affair.

Domes in the world, the congress soon in Florence

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

“Domes in the World”, the Scientific Congress will be held in Florence, Italy, from 19 to 23 March 2012. The congress is organized with the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. The idea at the basis of “Domes in the World” is to give a substantial contribution to intercultural dialogue through an international and interdisciplinary congress aimed at highlighting the significance of domes and their symbolic value from the perspective of different cultures.

Be the patron for an artwork of the Innocenti

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

Its name is “Adopt a Work of Art”. Everybody can be the patron for an artwork of the Museo deli Innocenti, Florence, Italy. From 2004 the museum of IDI has been undergoing a radical renovation process. For many years a multidisciplinary team comprising art historians and experts in the history of architecture, the history of childhood and museum educators, has prepared the museological project for the MUDI.

Piaggio, the factory bikes inspired by California

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

The Tuscany-based Piaggio Group is to open an Advanced Design Center in the USA, in Pasadena, California. The announcement was made yesterday in Miami by Group Chairman and CEO Roberto Colaninno, during the Piaggio Group Americas convention attended by more than three hundred US and Canadian dealers and the Piaggio Group distributors based in South America.

Watch the city bus ride up to Piazzale Michelangelo

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

A bus ride up to Piazzale Michelangelo gives a superb view over Florence, then we walk down to Ponte Vecchio. Afternoon train ride to Pisa to see the tower and Old Town. Designed in 1869 by Florentine architect Giuseppe Poggi, Piazzale Michelangelo offers panoramic views of Florence and the Arno valley and is a popular spot with locals and tourists.

Leonardo’s colors under the Palazzo Vecchio wall

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

A discovery of black paint similar to that used in the Mona Lisa has spurred fresh hope that Leonardo da Vinci’s fabled lost fresco The Battle of Anghiari may be hidden behind a wall in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio.

A marathon circuit through the heart of Italian cities

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

A weekend on the run? But no stress, for all the family and at very interesting rates? With Starhotels, you have it. The magical cities of Milan, Genoa, Trieste, Venice, Turin and Florence are hosting key marathon events, from 15th April to 25th November. Meaning great opportunities to spend a sporting weekend, full of entertainment and relaxation, with all the family, at rates starting from euro 73.

New research to find a possible Da Vinci fresco

Monday, March 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

Researchers coordinated by National Geographic Society said paint samples drawn from a wall behind Giorgio Vasari’s “The Battle of Marciano” may have the same chemical makeup as pigment used in da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and belong to the Renaissance master’s “The Battle of Anghiari” in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.

Airports, a joint venture with Florence and Pisa

Monday, March 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

To create a third airport core after Rome and Milan, probably with the future project of a joint-venture between Pisa and Florence. The governor of Tuscany, Enrico Rossi, purchased from Monte dei Paschi di Siena the 5% of Airport of Florence share on Friday, just before Stock Exchange closed, spending about 5 million Euro.

Catania 1-0 Fiorentina, hard times are coming

Monday, March 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

Catania beat Fiorentina 1-0 at the Massimino Stadium and the team is now dreaming of the European League. But for the viola team the hard times is coming… In the Serie A ranking, ACF Fiorentina remains at 32 points, just seven points to the last team.