The exhibit is dedicated to collecting. The pieces of art exposed derives from Roster, Del Greco, Olschki collections: more than 100 unpublished works, but also photos-about sixty- never seen before. The original core of this collection arises from the friendship between Giovanni Fattori, the first Macchiaolo, with the Florentine gentleman, doctor, scientist and garibaldino Giovanni del Greco.
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Anti-Mafia prosecutor Vigna dies at 79
Piero Luigi Vigna dies today in Florence, Italy. He was born on August, 1, 1933, he was an Italian former magistrate. From 1997 to 2005 he was Chief of the Procura Nazionale Antimafia (National Antimafia Prosecution Office).
New planters to beautify Piazza Ognissanti
New planters to beautify Piazza Ognissanti will be inaugurated this evening, Monday, Sept. 24, from 8 to 9 in the presence of Deputy Mayor Dario Nardella, the President of the “Natural Mall” Fabrizio Carabba (Borgognissanti Association) and manager of public relations and communication products of Mercedes-Daimler, Joerg Zwilling.
At the Florentine museums with no queue
If you are not able to visit Florence during the low season (in November and in January-February) and you would rather not have to contend with long queues and waiting times at the museums, we recommend booking your admission to the State Museums of Florence, especially for visiting the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery.
Dream cars at Giardino della Gherardesca
Preparations are ready for the third uniques special ones, the concours, exhibition and public relations event without equal worldwide by the MAC Group. From 28 to 30 September you will be able once more to admire approximately one hundred unique cars gathered in the spectacular Giardino della Gherardesca, now Four Seasons Hotel Florence.
The Twentieth Century at Santa Caterina
24 works of art made by the masters of the Twentieth Century are on display in the fourteenth-century Oratory of Santa Caterina a Rimezzano, in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli. This unprecedented match is named Twentieth Century. Tensions and figure. The exhibition was inaugurated on the 16th of September and will finish at the end of October.
A 3 minutes trailer to “conquest” America
A trailer of three minutes to “conquest” the American and Canadian tourists. The Tuscany Region goest to New York. The trailer was introduced yestersay at he Indipendent Film Week. For the past thirty-two years, Independent Film Week has been a one-of-a-kind event that has brought the international filmmaking community to New York City to celebrate, advocate and introduce new voices on the independent scene.
Ruralia Expo, the outdoor life at the Cascine Park
After the success of the first edition, which has seen more than 130,000 visitors over three days, from 20 to 23 September 2012 back to Florence’s Cascine Park, Rural Expo 2012. During the show you can do outdoor picnic, go to an Italian “apertitivo” with the typical products of Tuscany, or create a vegetable garden, plant care and more.
Tuscany has a first taste of autumn starting Sunday
With today’s temperatures reaching a warm 27 degrees Celsius at several cities throughout the peninsula, Ilmeteo chief forecaster, Antonio Sano’, says the arrival of this month’s third Atlantic weather front, “Cloe”, will bring rain to north-west Italy’s Piedmont later tonight. Cloe is expected to bring rain to northern and central Italy tomorrow.
Watch the celebration of fashion in Florence
All the signs read: “A Global Celebration of Fashion. The word celebration perfectly describes the evening. On September 18th, 2012 Vogue’s world famous Fashion’s Night Out came to Florence, on its third and final stop of their fashion tour through Italy. The event visited both Milan and Rome earlier in the month.