Conductor Riccardo Muti has urged Florence to rename the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino after Vittorio Gui, the founder of the Maggio festival.

Major restoration works have begun at the former convent, one of Florence’s largest and most complex historic sites.

Savino Del Bene Volley Scandicci have won the FIVB Women’s Club World Championship at their first attempt.

After ten years of service on the streets and in parks across Florence, Egidio has left the municipal police stables and moved to a social cooperative.