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The Tuscan Sun Festival comes to Florence

Life

Tuscan sun festivalThe Tuscan Sun Festival comes to Florence for the tenth edition from 11 to 18 June. A culmination of nine years of success in its original location in Cortona, for the tenth anniversary of Florence is the challenge of further growth with an issue of great prestige and the launch of new seasons. Since that time, the Festival has matured into an annual event that continues to be artist-led while simultaneously embracing the proud spirit of the local community.

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Golf, special shot today in Piazza Signoria

Sports

Giulia SergasSpectacular moment with golf today in Florence for “In CityAudi 2012″: the golfer Giulia Sergas will try to send the ball into the hole from tee toplace 77.31 meters in height on the Tower of Arnolfo of Palazzo Vecchio. The ball will bepulled from an estimated distance of 65 meters from the hole, which was formed in a”green” artificial than 200 square meters in Piazza della Signoria.

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The controversial crucifix in the Bargello

Arts

The Crucifixion by MichelangeloIt is shown at the Museum of the Bargello in Florence The “Crucifixion” attributed to Michelangelo. The Italian state had purchased the “Crucifixion” in 2008 for 3 million and 250 thousand euros from an antique shop in Turin. The Corte dei Conti suggests that they have paid too much, based on expert opinions that refer to a maximum of 700-800 thousand euros.

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Tourist falls into the Arno, rescued by firefighters

News

Amerigo Vespucci bridgeMishap, with a happy ending, for a 30 year old American tourist, this afternoon in Florence. The man tried to cross the Arno River on a weir, at the bridge Vespucci, when it fell into the water. It ‘s managed to swim to an island, and started shouting for help. Her screams were heard by passers-by that year alerted firefighters, who were rescued by a boat, and taken to the emergency room for controls. According to witnesses, the 30 year old was drunk.

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Defeated by Chievo, Fiorentina goes to hell

Sports

Artemio FranchiAn initially silent Artemio Franchi stadium grew increasingly loud as Fiorentina was defeated by Chievo at home. The match made for a poor spectacle as the gameplay was tense and the result means trouble for Fiorentina who are now fourth to last with a mere 5 point advantage over Lecce. In the second half Liajic scored the equalizer from a well executed free kick, but 88 minutes in Rigoni scored the winning goal off an assist by Paloschi.

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Mobile ticketing with an sms on Florence buses

Travel

Florence becomes the first Italian city where you can board a bus with the ticket directly on the mobile. The Florence administration launches its Mobile Ticketing service on the city’s public transport lines managed by ATAF, a service realized by the four main Tlc companies (Tim, Vodafone, Wind, 3 Italia) in collaboration with Ericsson. The service offers the option of buying bus tickets with your telephone credit simply by sending an sms.

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Open day at the Uffizi Library with 78,600 titles

Arts

Uffizi Library (Sailko) - CCToday, Friday, March 30 the Uffizi Library will be open for an Open Day from 2 to 5 pm. During the extraordinary opening to the general public, the staff will be on hand to listen to the history of the Library and its collections and let see some of the most significant works, watch the process of binding of a book or a periodical collection, learn about the life of a magazine in the library, see the evolution of the book through time.

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Piazza Duomo, 3D model on Google maps

Travel

Piazza Duomo on Google MapsThe new Google Maps is has more details of the world’s major tourist places. Structures like the Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Italy, that were once just grey box on the screen, now get more dynamic shapes with more detailed 3D model. For example, the new design of the Piazza Duomo map has a “real” dome, whereas before, unless you studied Italian architecture, it was not possible to know the structure.

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Ambone, rejected projects of great architects

Arts

Santa_Maria_del_FioreThe realization of the “Ambone”, a sort of new pulpit, in the Duomo of Florence remains an open question. “The jury is not having reached a reasonable unanimity of judgment, held that none of the projects presented is worthy of achievement, while appreciating the efforts and intentions of artists and architects” participants, including Mario Botta, Massimo Lippi and Paul Henry Savelli Zermani.

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