Florence Daily News

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.
The Strange Seriousness of Eurovision

The Festival di Sanremo chose Sal Da Vinci with a neomelodic tune; Italy now wonders if this is the right image for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Florence’s Sant’Orsola complex to be fully accessible by 2028

New spaces for artisan workshops and neighbourhood services are expected to open in the short term.

Vespucci, Hillary Clinton’s letter to the Mayor

Saturday, March 3, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

The United States of America are proud to join in the commemoration of Florence and Italy Amerigo Vespucci. These are the words of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a message sent to the Mayor of Florence, Italy, Matteo Renzi at the opening of the exhibition “Americans in Florence” opened a few days ago at Palazzo Strozzi.

“Vinbledon”, the match point is… wine

Friday, March 2, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

A tournament dedicated to selecting wine bottles with the best quality-price ratio. Sunday, March 4th, the AC Hotel in Florence will host the 6th edition of “Righteous Wines”, organized by Guido Ricciarelli. It’s a classic counter tasting open to the public by Tuscan companies selected according to recurrence patterns in reports of goodness and value by guides and magazines.

Tuscan wines, open day on Monday

Friday, March 2, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

An event to bring together the producers of quality wine with the main restaurants, wine bars and wine of Tuscany. Monday, March 5 from 14 to 20, “Partesa for Wine” is organizing an Open Day wine tasting at the Hotel & Golf Resort Pelagone (Gavorrano, province of Grosseto) in the south of Tuscany.

Mercatale, the best agricultural products

Friday, March 2, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

Saturday, March 3 in Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, Italy, back “The Mercatale of Florence,” to learn about and buy the best agricultural products of Italy. The market is composed by 84 producers from Florence and Tuscany (27 companies produce organic food), presenting the best of vegetables, seasonal fruit, cheese, olive oil, jams, sauces and juices, bread and cakes, honey, biscuits and wines.

Uffizi, Italian chiaroscuro woodcuts open ’til April 22

Thursday, March 1, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

«As if Made with the Brush» Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcuts from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century goes on. The exhibition at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, should have closed on 11 March, but – given the success – has been extended until April 22, 2012.

Scientists from all over the world at USISTF workshop

Thursday, March 1, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

The U.S-Israel Science and Technology Foundation, in partnership with the Florida International University, the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and the Technion, convened an international science workshop that brought together an international assembly of medical and computer scientists focused on how to use knowledge mining and bioinformatics tools to advance personalized diagnostics and therapeutics.

“Americans in Florence”, a tribute to Vespucci

Thursday, March 1, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

The exhibition “Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists”, 2 March – 15 July 2012 at Palazzo Strozzi, explores the American impressionists’ relationship with Italy, and with Florence, 500 years since the death of Amerigo Vespucci. The exhibition is designed to celebrate the strong ties linking the Old and the New World, and the cosmopolitan ambiance transmitting European culture to America.

Trenitalia, new tickets certified by FSC

Thursday, March 1, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

Trenitalia has taken another step towards sustainability: the month of March will begin to print your train tickets on paper certified by the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests.

Three days of tasting and lifestyle experiences

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

Pitti Immagine presents the seventh edition of “Taste. In viaggio con le diversità del gusto”, at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence from 10 to 12 March. Taste, dedicated to excellence in tastes, and food lifestyles and the child of Pitti Immagine and gastronaut Davide Paolini, is the Italian parlor for good eating and good living.

Famous frieze restored in Villa Medici

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 17 will be opened and presented to the public the new exhibition hall of the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano with the famous frieze in terracotta glazed. The new Hall of Frieze is dedicated to the famous frieze of the late fifteenth century commissioned by Lorenzo the Magnificent inspired by the classical myths and allegories interpreted as the Platonic myth of the soul.