Movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spent some days off in Tuscany this summer.
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Tag: Pisa
Tuscany celebrates its New Year’s Day on March 25
Florence, Pisa and Siena keep alive the long Medieval religious tradition celebrating the beginning of the year on March 25.
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Gravitational waves detected near Pisa, Tuscany
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction in a science center near Pisa.
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7 dead since beginning of year for meningitis
Tuscan public health officials called for anyone who came into contact with a three-year-old meningitis patient to come forward for potentially life-saving treatment.
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#CharlieHebdo, tighter controls at the Tower of Pisa
Security services and controls strengthened around the Tower of Pisa after the terrorist attacks in Paris. A recent video message accompanied by images recorded by ISIS made showed the Pisan monument, without a specific threat.
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Will Smith: first time in Florence and Pisa, Italy
The American actor Will Smith has decided to fly in Tuscany, Italy, to enjoy a holiday without his wife and children.
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Giacomo Rizzolatti wins the Brain Prize
The 2014 Brain prize for neuroscience went to an Italian for the first time on Thursday, Giacomo Rizzolatti, a neurophysiologist at the University of Parma, former professor at the University of Pisa (Tuscany).
Read moreWassily Kandinsky and the other exhibits of the week
The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy’s art exhibitions of the week. Palazzo Blu in Pisa: Wassily Kandinsky, From Russia to Europe; until February 3; Lucca Center of Contemporary Art: David LaChapelle, 53 photos; until November 4. Galleria dell’Accademia (Florence): Art Returns Art; contemporary masters including Bacon, Klein, Burri, Kounellis, Picasso and Warhol; until November 4.
Medicine: dead in Pisa endocrinologist Pinchera
Aldo Pinchera, internationally renowned endocrinologist, is died last night in his home in Pisa. He died for heart problems. Professor of Endocrinology and director of the first school of specialization in Endocrinology and parts of the University of Pisa was 78 years old.
Internet: Pisa host the future of the Net
From 4th to 7th October Pisa shows the future of the Net: 4 days, 104 events, 200 speakers, 12 locations spread around the city, concerts, installations, exhibitions, contests and workshops. From the city symbol of Italian computing – University of Pisa, born in 1969, was the first degree course in computer science from the National Research Council of Italy.