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  • Exploring Tuscany Through Its Medieval Festivals

    Events will take place throughout July and August 2026, bringing local history back to life.

  • Tuscany Joins Italian Rescue Mission to Earthquake-Hit Venezuela

    A team of 41 Italian firefighters is due to leave for Venezuela on Friday following the recent earthquake.

  • Florence Heatwave Set to Reach Eight Consecutive Days of Red Alert

    Florence Heatwave Set to Reach Eight Consecutive Days of Red Alert

    The Italian Health Ministry has extended Florence’s highest-level heat warning through Saturday June, 27.

  • Elba Reopens Napoleon’s Historic Residences After Major Restoration

    Sea, history and Napoleon: a renewed attraction for visitors to Elba.

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Secret Florence transforms Florence into a stage for contemporary performance

Thursday, June 4, 2026 Editorial Staff Life

From 9 June to 1 July 2026, the festival dedicated to contemporary music, dance, film and performance.

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Visitors to the Brancacci Chapel Can Now Explore Sala Vanni

Visitors to the Brancacci Chapel Can Now Explore Sala Vanni

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Editorial Staff Arts

Sala Vanni, one of the most significant spaces in Florence’s Carmine complex, will open to the public from 7 June to 31 August 2026.

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Boboli’s Garden of the Senses Returns for 2026 With Multisensory Tours

Boboli’s Garden of the Senses Returns for 2026 With Multisensory Tours

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Editorial Staff Life

Visitors will once again be able to explore a hidden corner of Florence’s Boboli Gardens through touch, sound and smell.

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Matthew Spender, English artist who made Chianti his home, dies aged 81

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Editorial Staff Arts

The English sculptor, painter and writer helped inspire Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1996 film Stealing Beauty.

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Mugello Attendance Hits Record High as Tuscany Backs MotoGP Future

Mugello Attendance Hits Record High as Tuscany Backs MotoGP Future

Monday, June 1, 2026 Editorial Staff Sports

More than 178,000 spectators attended the MotoGP weekend at Mugello.

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A New Crossing for Florence: Arno Bridge Opens After Half a Century

Sunday, May 31, 2026 Editorial Staff Travel

The new bridge links Bellariva and Albereta, improves cross-river connections and is dedicated to Georgofili victims Nadia and Caterina Nencioni.

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Pellicola Urbana exhibition brings analog photography to Brac in Florence

Analog Florence on display in the Pellicola Urbana exhibition at Brac

Saturday, May 30, 2026 Editorial Staff Life

Running until June 30, 2026, the exhibition presents the work of nine photographers connected to Rollbox, a Florence-based project promoting film photography and darkroom practices.

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80 Years On, Republic Day Meets the First Summer Getaway

80 Years On, Republic Day Meets the First Summer Getaway

Saturday, May 30, 2026 Editorial Staff News

In Florence, official ceremonies, cultural events and a public film screening will accompany a long weekend. Free entry in some museums.

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Historic Santa Croce tabernacle returns to public view after restoration

Friday, May 29, 2026 Editorial Staff Arts

A late 16th-century fresco in Florence has returned to public view after a restoration supported by Friends of Florence.

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The Ferrari Luce, the company’s first fully electric production vehicle and also its first five-seat model.

Gucci goes racing while Ferrari goes silent

Thursday, May 28, 2026 Jamie Lorenzini Business

Florence’s fashion house is heading into Formula 1 just as Italy’s most famous carmaker risks alienating its petrol-loving faithful with its first fully electric model.

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Uffizi reopens Botticelli rooms with Venus and Primavera facing each otherUffizi reopens Botticelli rooms with Venus and Primavera facing each other
Red heat alert to remain in place in Florence until June 24, 2026Red heat alert to remain in place in Florence until June 24, 2026
Florence heatwave linked to transport fires as red alert remains in placeFlorence heatwave linked to transport fires as red alert remains in place
Heat Alert Raised in Florence as Red Warning Issued for SaturdayHeat Alert Raised in Florence as Red Warning Issued for Saturday
Florence Heatwave Set to Reach Eight Consecutive Days of Red AlertFlorence Heatwave Set to Reach Eight Consecutive Days of Red Alert
From libraries to parks: Florence maps 53 climate refuges for summer 2026From libraries to parks: Florence maps 53 climate refuges for summer 2026
The Future as Echo: UFOs, Politics, and the Impossibility of the PresentThe Future as Echo: UFOs, Politics, and the Impossibility of the Present
The Age of the Back SeatThe Age of the Back Seat

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Tuscany Joins Italian Rescue Mission to Earthquake-Hit Venezuela

Friday, June 26, 2026
Florence Heatwave Set to Reach Eight Consecutive Days of Red Alert

Florence Heatwave Set to Reach Eight Consecutive Days of Red Alert

Thursday, June 25, 2026

BUSINESS

Pitti Uomo Opens in Florence as Italian Menswear Faces a Challenging Market

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
The Ferrari Luce, the company’s first fully electric production vehicle and also its first five-seat model.

Gucci goes racing while Ferrari goes silent

Thursday, May 28, 2026

TECH

Removable Flood Defences Trialled on Florence Riverfront

Friday, June 12, 2026
Latin meets gaming at Florence’s Museo di San Marco

Latin meets gaming at Florence’s Museo di San Marco

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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LIFE

Could Marilyn Monroe Have Visited Florence? A Photograph Fuels New Centenary Project

Could Marilyn Monroe Have Visited Florence? A Photograph Fuels New Centenary Project

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Unveils 2027 Season and 89th Festival Edition

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Unveils 2027 Season and 89th Festival Edition

Monday, June 22, 2026

SPORTS

Mugello Attendance Hits Record High as Tuscany Backs MotoGP Future

Mugello Attendance Hits Record High as Tuscany Backs MotoGP Future

Monday, June 1, 2026

Eroica Montalcino returns with around 2,500 cyclists expected in Val d’Orcia

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

OPINIONS

The Future as Echo: UFOs, Politics, and the Impossibility of the Present

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The Age of the Back Seat

Monday, June 22, 2026

ITALIANO

Signa, il comitato del Crocifisso porta le preoccupazioni ambientali in Regione

Friday, June 19, 2026

Le parole che decidono il mondo: dèmos, kràtos, femminicidio

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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