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Vigil for Peace in Florence to remember Sept. 11
New York University Florence and the City of Florence have joined together to organize the commemoration of September 11, 2001 with a celebration of peace. Vigil for Peace is scheduled on September 12, 2017 in Florence, Italy.
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Florence mourning with Manchester after bombing
Florence is mourning a day after the deadly bomb attack at the Manchester Arena in England that left 22 dead and more than 59 injured.
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Florence in mourning for London attack victims
Flags at half-mast all day from the balcony of the Palazzo Vecchio after the London attack.
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Remembering Sept. 11 in Florence… 15 years later
The city of Florence and the New York University Florence have joined together to organize the commemoration of September 11, 2001 with a celebration of peace, on September 12, 2016, followed by the lighting of a candle.
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Black David unveiled in wake of Nice attack
A black lying copy of Michelangelo’s David statue was unveiled in Florence’s Piazza della Repubblica to symbolize the suffering in the aftermath of the Nice attack.
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Nice attack, Florence mourns the terror victims
Tonight July 15, 201 at 7 pm the Florentines will be in Piazza della Signoria, for Nice, for a free world. #PrayforNice.
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Fountain of Neptune lit up in Belgian colours
Florence’s Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria lit up in the black, yellow and red of the Belgian flag.
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Italy on alert after Brussels terror attacks
Italy is on maximum alert after at least two terror attacks in Brussels. “It is an attack comparable to what happened in Paris”, mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, said.
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#ParisAttacks: Florence reacts with solidarity
A thousand people gathered this morning, Saturday November 14, 2015, in front of the Consulate of France in Florence to witness support to French people after the attacks in Paris.
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