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.

Record growth for Ferragamo Group

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

As of 31 December 2011, the Salvatore Ferragamo Group has posted Total Revenues of 986.4 million Euros, a 26.2% increase, at current exchange rates, over the 781.6 million Euros recorded in FY 2010, showing significant growth in all geographical areas, product lines and distribution channels. Revenue growth at constant exchange rate has been 24.1%

National Geographic research in Palazzo Vecchio

The lost Da Vinci tonight on Nat Geo IT TV

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

Finding the lost da Vinci, which follows scientist and art enthusiast Maurizio Seracini as he looks for da Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari, will show on Monday in Palazzo Vecchio. Professor Seracini will present the findings of his research at the presence of Terry Garcia, executive vice president for the National Geographic Society. On this reaearch NGTV has scheduled a special worldwide video in March.

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.