On 4 November 1966 the Arno burst its banks, turning streets into canals, shutting down power, and damaging some of the world’s most important artworks.
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Arno River Powers Florence: 25% of City’s Energy from Hydropower
This output is equivalent to the needs of about 20,000 households. The overall investment amounts to 80 million euros.
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THE PIC OF THE WEEK
The pic of the week is reflections and symmetry on the Arno river by Loretta Salvini. You can send us your pictures and at the end of the week our team will choose one.
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Remembering the 50th anniversary of the flood
The 1966 flood of the Arno river in Florence killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. 50 years later the city of Florence commemorate that natural disaster.
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A walkway over the Arno river along the chasm
The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, aims to finalize the Arno walkway created few days ago to help to restore Lungarno Torrigiani, where a 200-meter-long hole opened up May 25, 2016.
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Florence hole created 5 mln euros damages
An initial estimate of the damage created by a 200-meter-long hole that opened up May 25, 2016 in the Lungarno in Florence is of five million euros.
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The first great flood of Arno today… in 1333
The first great recorded flood of the Arno was today (November 4) in 1333. It killed more than 3,000 people, according to Giovanni Villani’s chronicle.
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Moroccan immigrant saved French tourist’s life
Moroccan immigrant saved tourist’s life last Friday. Mayor Dario Nardella, eyewitnesses, police applaud Toukif Chtouki.
Read moreExcelsior, new rooftop culinary experience
Starwood Hotels & Resorts today announced the re-opening of Se*sto on Arno, a new rooftop culinary experience at the iconic Westin Excelsior in Florence. Following a EUR3.3 million restoration, Se*sto on Arno overlooks the Arno River and offers enchanting views of the city, rooftops, churches, bell towers of Florence, Ponte Vecchio and the picturesque hills of Tuscany.
Tourist falls into the Arno, rescued by firefighters
Mishap, 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.