Scared but fortunately no injuries this morning in the center of Florence: around 12, a piece of cornice broke away from a building in Via de ‘Lamberti, in the heart, and fell to the ground.
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Discover our new on-line bookstore by Amazon
There’s something new on line. Its name is Florence Bookstore: it offers the best titles on the subject selected by the contributors of Florence Daily News, the number 1 english news site in Florence, Italy. Once chosen, among thousands of titles, you can buy the book and wait for it to your house, thanks to the collaboration between Florence Daily News and Amazon, the largest bookstore in the world.
“Giant of the desert”, hot days in Tuscany
The seventh heat wave this summer 2012 is coming to Italy. The anticyclone “Giant of the desert” coming from the inland Moroccan embraces many European countries. According to the expert Francesco Nucera, it will be an exceptional situation not so much for the intensity but mostly for extent and duration.
A media tablet to discover the Brancacci Chapel
A media tablet to discover the secrets of the Brancacci Chapel frescoes and the cycle of stories of St. Peter of Masolino and Masaccio: this is the “news” already tested successfully in the museum of Palazzo Vecchio, and now, thanks to a resolution proposed by Sergio Givone councilor for culture, is extended to the museum housed in the Carmine.
New floor and new waste bins in via Martelli
New flooring and new underground waste collectors for via Martelli (Florence, Italy) after the pedestrian street. The inauguration was attended by the mayor Matteo Renzi and the president of Quadrifoglio Giorgio Moretti. The intervention in Via Martelli, at the cost of 800,000 euros, started last February and it is part of the overall redevelopment of the area of the Cathedral after the pedestrianization.
Florence is hot until the mid-August
The southeast of Europe remained hot at the end of July and in the forst days of August. Temperatures climbed above 35 degrees in southern and central Italy. In the major city, Florence included, is weather alert.
The University of New Haven opens in Tuscany
The University of New Haven plans to open its first international satellite campus this fall in Prato, Italy, The Hartford Courant reports. The UNH Tuscany Campus will be housed in an old villa on Prato’s historic town square, near the Cathedral of St. Stephen. The university plans to enroll about 35 students this fall and 60 students in the spring of 2013.
37 Tuscan athletes bound for the Olympics
37 Tuscans athletes bound for the Olympics and Paralympics. The Tuscan team, the third in number of athletes qualified for Italy, after Lombardia and Lazio, was presented today by the regional sport and welfare councilor, Salvatore Allocca. Sports more represented is swimming, with six athletes, followed by boating with five.
Jorge Lorenzo took a victory at Mugello
Jorge Lorenzo took a victory at the Mugello circuit, Florence, Italy, leading from the first turn till the finish. This win extended his lead in the championship to 19 points over second placed Dani Pedrosa. The race started with Pedrosa entering turn one in the lead, but he ran wide in the long right hand sweeper leaving a gap for Lorenzo to squeeze through.
Moto GP, Pedrosa on pole for Mugello
With the top lap times in the first three practices, and a new circuit record, it seemed certain that Jorge Lorenzo would capture the pole for Round 9 of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship at the Mugello Circuit near Florence, Italy. But, with time for only one more lap remaining, and another record-setting pace, Lorenzo sat up and rode into the pits.