Florence Daily News

Thieves Steal €5 Million Worth of Antinori Wine in Tuscany

Around 30,000 bottles, including 10,000 of the prestigious Solaia, were stolen from a winery in Cortona.
The Politics of Being Legible: From Veils to Short Skirts

We are turning a skirt into a character, a veil into a destiny, a body into a political statement.
FAI Autumn Days 2026: Hidden Treasures Open Across Tuscany

On October 10 and 11, 2026, visitors will have the opportunity to explore several sites in Florence that are normally closed to the public.
Analogue photographers explore ‘Excess’ on the streets of Florence

Seven photographs selected after a day of shooting will go on display at La Cité – Libreria Caffè from October 13, 2026.

Fashion tour, a Limo in the heart of the city

Friday, March 23, 2012 Jamie Lorenzini Life

A limousine in the very heart of Florence: it’s the “Fashion Tour” designed by Stroili Oro, the largest italian chain of jewelry, to celebrate the launch of Skin Jewels, gold and silver tattoo to wear. In Calzaiuoli street, florentines and tourists can climb into the limousine – invited by beautiful models – and try free Jewel Skins tattoo “three gold hearts”.

ACF Fiorentina: Corvino’s contract expires

Thursday, March 22, 2012 Jamie Lorenzini Sports

ACF Fiorentina wishes to announce that, in agreement with the director, Pantaleo Corvino’s contract as technical and sporting director will not be renewed once it expires. Fiorentina announces that the first team will stay in Montecatini from Tuesday 20 March until departing for Liguria ahead of next Sunday’s Serie A match against Genoa, in order to find the maximum concentration to prepare properly for the game.

Tuscany promotes Giglio after the Costa tragedy

Thursday, March 22, 2012 Jamie Lorenzini News

The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Since that day the operations to remove fuel will end tomorrow evening. It was announced today by the mayor of the island of Giglio, Sergio Ortelli, who is in Florence to take part in a press conference aimed at promoting tourism in the island.

FAI Day, protected sites will be open this week end

Thursday, March 22, 2012 Jamie Lorenzini Life

FAI Day of Spring celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. More than 6.5 million Italian have taken part in this popular festival since its inception. The appointment is scheduled on Saturday March 24 and Sunday March 25. The event is a national show of art and beauty dedicated to everyone who cares about Italian cultural and natural heritage and is set in hundreds of unique locations, many of which are usually off limits to the public.

Myths and stories in Reinassance maiolica

Thursday, March 22, 2012 Jamie Lorenzini Arts

This coming spring (May 16th-September 16th), the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, Italy, proposes an exhibition dedicated to Renaissance “istoriata” maiolica, the tin-glazed earthenware featuring narrative scenes and/or figurative subjects, which dates from this period, and its direct dependency on literary, historical and figurative sources.

Viva Vino LA: we report, you… drink!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Jamie Lorenzini Life

Viva Vino LA is coming in May (14-19). It is the largest Italian wine event staged on the US West Coast. From seminars to tastings to dinners, Viva Vino LA offers an exceptional array of events for consumers and trade to experience Italian wines made with native grapes. Florence Daily News will report with live news and a special section dedicated to the event.

The Oscar winner Benigni will read Dante Alighieri

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Jamie Lorenzini Life

The next summer, the Florentine actor and Oscar winner Roberto Benigni, will read again the Divine Comedy to his fellow citizens in Florence. It is the result reached in a secret meeting between the mayor Matteo Renzi and Lucio Presta, the agent of Tuscan actor and director.

The Diocese to stop the Leonardo’s research

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Jamie 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 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 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.