There will be 1053 brands at the Fortezza da Basso, plus another 75 women’s collections at Pitti W at the Dogana. The fair’s place as the key reference on the international fashion scene is confirmed by the figures: of participating firms and the continuously growing number of applications we receive from prospective exhibitors.
Nas searches and confiscation of false extra virgin olive oil, in Tuscany, Emilia and Lazio; 17 under investigation. The people investigated are charged with criminal organization for commercial frauds regarding the sophistication and adulteration of extra virgin olive oil. Searches have been carried out by Carabinieri’ s special bodies in Florence and Pistoia.
Fiorentina has hired Vincenzo Montella as coach on a two-year contract to replace Delio Rossi, who was fired last month for hitting midfielder Adem Ljajic during a Serie A match. “Jovetic is an incredible player, of the highest level, and I hope I will be able to Coach him,” he said at his unveiling. “I’ll speak to everyone though, as I need to see if certain players are motivated and ready to stay.”
Two days of vacation from the tour, to celebrate, alone in Florence, the twenty-first anniversary of their marriage. Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa are arrived in Florence, Italy. The couple had their wedding on 8 June 1991 and decided to devote his days in Italy to the happy occasion, So The Boss ahd his wife chosen place where spend a couple of days in Florence and the surrounding area.
There will be the special guest Chelsea Clinton among the guests of “The Season”, the festival sponsored by New York University in Florence. The event will be opened, June 15, the Italian premiere of the documentary “Auf Wiedersehen” Till We Meet Again (10.15 am at Odeon cinema), followed by a conversation between the daughter of former U.S. president and Linda G. Mills.
An eight-ton gilded bronze door so splendid Michelangelo dubbed it the “Door of Paradise” will be unveiled to the public again after 27 years of restoration work. But Lorenzo Ghiberti’s 15th-century door which bears scenes from the Old Testament won’t be going back in its place on the baptistery of Florence’s duomo, or cathedral. Instead, starting on Sept. 8, it will go on display in a case at a Florence museum, the Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, to preserve it from renewed damage.
Starhotels is offering an extraordinary package for people intent on designer shopping at discount prices, on finding a personal style by riding the emotional waves of a city where the terms beauty and harmony were coined. The special rate is 280 euros a night, in a junior suite for two at the Starhotels Michelangelo in the heart of Florence.
The 2012 edition of Bandiere Blu awarded 246 beaches with the flag, which is 13 more than 2011. The beaches that received recognition in Tuscany include the area of Versilia, with Forte dei Marmi, Pietrasanta, Camaiore and Viareggio. The scores are awarded by Fee the Foundation for Environmental Education in collaboration with Enel Sole, and were awarded in Rome.
The economist Alessandro Petretto is the new councilor to the budget of the City of Florence. Sergio Givone also enters in the council, with the delegation to the culture. This was announced by Mayor Matteo Renzi, on the sidelines of the Confindustria Firenze. Petretto replaces Claudio Fantoni, who resigned last Friday in a dispute with the mayor sounded the alarm on the budget of the Palazzo Vecchio.
The Tuscan Sun Festival and Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival foRobert De Nirounded by , Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in lower Manhattan in 2002, announced today the list of world-class films to be featured as part of the film initiative, Tribeca Firenze. The newly established film program will have screenings 13 – 17 June in Florence’s Odeon Cinema, one of Italy’s most elegant and historic art noveau cinema-theatres located in the Palazzo Strozzino.
