Florence Daily News

Florence to mark Liberation Day with official ceremony at Palazzo Vecchio

The city will commemorate the 81st anniversary of Italy’s Liberation on Saturday, 25 April 2026, with institutional events, memorials and cultural initiatives across Florence.
Florence opens Maggio Musicale Festival with The Death of Klinghoffer

The contemporary opera by John Adams inaugurates the 88th edition of the festival, drawing attention for its subject and staging.
Crowds gather across Florence to watch Frecce Tricolori flyover

Thousands gathered along the Arno as Italy’s national aerobatic team crossed the city in a reduced formation to mark the oath of 33 students at the Giulio Douhet Air Force school.
Digital microneedles turn into QR codes for real-time health monitoring

Researchers in Pisa have developed minimally invasive biosensors that convert biochemical data into a scannable QR code, opening new possibilities for personalised and wearable diagnostics.

The Diocese to stop the Leonardo’s research

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

The risk is to “destroy the overall effect of the Hall of the Palazzo Vecchio, which is one of the masterpieces of Florentine Mannerist decorative second ‘500”. The warning came from the historian, Monsignor Timothy Verdon, Director of the Office of Religious Art and Cultural Heritage of Ecclesiastical Diocese of Florence.

Casentino golf club will be implemented

Monday, March 19, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

Casentino Golf Club, on the boarders of the Casentino National Park, one hour by car from Florence, will be implemented. Works are in progress on the hole 3, 4, 9 and 10. They will be ready for seeding at the end of August 2012. Golfers will play these holes next spring 2013. The course to that date will be made by 15 holes.

Galleria dell’Accademia, Art returns to art

Monday, March 19, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

Art returns to Art is an expression as the title of an exhibition to be held at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence (May 8th -November 4th) means embracing the principle whereby, though occurring with different modalities through time and despite the inevitable fractures that mark its development, all of art unfolds from a single root which is articulated in the different territories of our culture.

Uffizi, the tapestries and the precious fabrics

Saturday, March 17, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

The tapestries exhibition (20 March – 3 June, 2012) purposes to acquaint Uffizi Gallery goers with a precious section of its collections, one whose old and noble fame has been declining due to a decades-long absence from areas open to the public. Much more than other manufactures, tapestries are works of art relentlessly consumed by time.

Fiorentina ko, hundreds of fans contesting managers

Saturday, March 17, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

Hundreds of Fiorentina fans gathered outside the Franchi stadium, the height of the grandstand, contesting team and purple managers after the defeat against Juventusto 0-5. Ahead of them fed the deployment of police in riot gear. The fans are chantingchants against the team and the Della Valle family. Launched smoke bombs, firecrackers and objects.

Paul Fryer at the Gucci museum ’til September 4th

Saturday, March 17, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

Paul Fryer, 17th March – 4th September 2012 at the Gucci museum in Florence, Italy. The Contemporary Art Space is where art works selected in collaboration with the François Pinault Collection will be exhibited. The adjacent room will feature video and film installations from the most original productions of “movie art.”

Pisa airport, growth of passengers and earnings

Friday, March 16, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

The results 2011 by SAT (Galileo Galilei-Pisa’s airport management society) have been presented at Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati, headquarters of Tuscany Region in Florence. “Galilei” has showed a new absolute historical record in 2011 for passengers traffic, overpassing the 4,5 millions, with a growth of 11,3%, superior of the average of national airports (+6,4%) and European ones (+7.3%).

Juventus, the definitive test after a bad season

Friday, March 16, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

This is what coach Delio Rossi had to say in his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s match against Juventus. How are Behrami and Jovetic? “We’ll see after the last training session, but more no than yes,” said Rossi.

UNA golf cup 2012 will tee off in Tuscany

Friday, March 16, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

UNA Hotels & Resorts presents the 2012 UNA Golf Cup tournament competition that will be played on ten of Italy’s finest golf courses. Now in its third edition, the tournament organized by UNA, will tee off in Tuscany on 15 April at the Golf Club Montecatini in Pistoia. The next round will be played at the Golf Club Bologna, starting on 28 April.

Battaglia di Marciano and the hidden Leonardo Da Vinci

A new evidence of Leonardo fresco

Thursday, March 15, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

There ‘s another clue that would indicate traces of colorbeneath the Battle of Scannagallo of Vasari’s Palazzo Vecchio inFlorence, are the traces of the Battle of Anghiari by Leonardo da Vinci. The new evidence is explained by Maurizio Seracini, head of research at the Master’s lost painting of Vinci, on the Italian web site of the National Geographic Socieity.