Piazza Signoria paved in brick “would be beautiful and most people think the same. It is an idea that should be made with some sponsors, we want to verify it in the next few weeks: I do not understand the prejudice of someone”. The mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, still speaks of the idea he announced Monday at the city council, to bring back the historic square of floor tiles, as it originally was.
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Piazza Signoria paved in brick, mayor Renzi said
Piazza della Signoria in Florence paved in brick, as in the past centuries. It is the new idea launched by the Mayor Matteo Renzi during a communication as Councilor for culture.
The Arnolfo Tower will re-open to the public
The Arnolfo Tower of Palazzo Vecchio is to re-open to the public on June 24, Florence mayor, Matteo Renzi, has announced. This historical site is where Savonarola spent his last hours before being hanged and burnt at the stake in the square. The Tower is a symbol of the city.
Local governments fight on the new airport runway
The Florentine politics fights on the new runway for the airport of Florence. ADF, the management company of the airport, few weeks ago said that the only sustainable solution was to build a new runway parallel to the highway A11. But the president of the province, Andrea Barducci preferring the oblique runaway, also endosed by the governor of Tuscany Enrico Rossi.
A Leaf arrives in the center of the city
From October 2011, Nissan and the City of Florence are partners, together with French Renault and Enel, in a project to introduce and promote the use and diffusion of electric vehicles, with the aim to find solutions for the diffusion of zero emission electric mobility, in a city where sustainability of transports is related to the need to protect the artistic heritage.
Mayor Renzi will deal directly in culture
The culture councilor of the City of Florence, Giuliano da Empoli, has left his office to go to direct the think tank “Big Bang”, the political association that Mayor Matteo Renzi has created after the convention at the Leopolda with national policy objectives.
Florence 16th destination in the world for NYT
Among the 45 places to go in 2012, New York Times choose Florence, Italy in 16th position. “A Renaissance city gets a contemporary kick”, observes the american newspaper in a world travel review.