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Shopping and historical events on Epiphnay in Florence, Italy. Even this year to celebrate the feast, January 6, the Opera of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence (Italy) organizes a reenactment of the Magi. It’s a shopping day too.
Read moreThe beaches of Versilia and Atlantic Ocean are the backdrop to the works of Jack Vettriano and the clothes of the new collections of Stefano Ricci. The Florentine fashion house of haute couture, 40 years in business, own 22 boutiques in the world, presents the new catalog in view of Pitti Immagine Vettriano’s paintings.
Read moreRussian quasicrystals may have an alien past. “We present evidence that a rock sample found in the Koryak Mountains in Russia and containing icosahedrite, an icosahedral quasicrystalline phaseis part of a meteorite, likely formed in the early solar system,” said Luca Bindi, who works at the University of Florence, Italy.
Read moreOver 510 collections, more than 200 of which are from abroad, 8,300 buyers and a total of over 10,000 visitors at the last winter edition: these figures confirm Pitti Bimbo’s role as the only trade fair in the world that presents a complete overview of children’s fashions.
Read moreFrom this morning has been closed a roadway in the tunnel under Viale Fratelli Rosselli, near to the Fortezza da Basso, where the event Pitti Uomo will begin Tuesday, January 10th.
Read moreGrowth in passenger traffic in December at the airport of Florence. The performance of the number of passengers showed a positive 4.5%, compared to the same period of 2010. A total of 1,906,099 passengers recorded in 2011, up almost 10% over the previous year.
Read moreThe Kuwaiti-Italian Friendship Society has urged the Italian government to take a political action at the European level about the Iranian provocations causing instability in the Arabian Gulf, asserting its solidarity with Kuwait.
Read moreA stone of about 80 pounds and 50 inches in diameter fell off the Column o abundance that supports the statue in piazza della Repubblica in the center of Florence. At the foot of the column, there is usually a step where tourists and florentins stop. Because of the rain, at the time of falling down there was no one.
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A charity event for Dynamo Camp in Pistoia at the Teatro Verdi in Florence with the music of Abba interpreted by Super Trouper. The show “Mama 4 children” will be held Saturday, January 14 at 9 pm. Dynamo Camp (www.dynamocamp.org) is a facility house for chronic or terminal children. It is part of the series of International Camps “A Hole in the Wall Camp” taken by Paul Newman, who has given them all the proceeds of its artistic and commercial activities.The Uffizi Gallery in Florence beats his record for the visitors in a year: in 2011 were 1.766.000, the highest number ever in the history of the museum.
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