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.
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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.
Medici descendant tries to block an exhumation
An indirect descendant of the Medici dynasty has filed a police complaint to block the exhumation of the remains of Princess Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici, whose death in 1743 marked the end of the Grand Ducal line. “It would be a profanity, contrary to common morals and to the devotion to the dead,” said the president of the International Association of the Medici.
Self-portraits donated from Jan Fabre’s chapters
The Uffizi Gallery’s vast collection of self-portraits is to acquire two new works, the self-portraits of Belgian artist Jan Fabre, which he has donated to the museum and which will remain on display in the Sala del Camino on the first floor of the Uffizi until 30 September.
Autumn’s soul in the kitchen in Florence
Autumn’s soul in the kitchen, in Florence: from 20th September to 13th October the Grand Hotel Minerva will present some of the typical autumn classic – Florentine steak, duck, wild boar or pappardelle – with seasonal products just as fried mushrooms, grilled or sautéed, egg salad, figs, Italy grape, strawberry and “red globe”.
Shopping in Florence at the Vogue fashion’s night
This year the Vogue fashion’s night out will take place in Florence, Italy. It’s the first time in the Tuscan capital after Milan and Rome. This event, scheduled September 18, 2012, will be a new opportunity to show the side of the city that’s involved with fashion and lifestyle. Shops will stay open at night until 11:30 pm and amid the exclusive products realized just for this event, meetings with designers and more.
Watch the top ten gelateria’s in Florence
Whitney Richelle and Natalie Roth of Studentsville.it take you to the top gelateria’s in Florence, Italy. The history of gelato dates back to frozen desserts served in ancient Rome and Egypt made from snow and ice brought down from mountaintops and preserved below ground.