Florence

Here are some of the commemorations, exhibitions and performances in Florence, Italy and elsewhere

The many places that the great poet featured in his Divine Comedy

Florence’s Ponte Vecchio is almost 700 years old. It should be no surprise therefore, that it has been suffering from aging pains. For the first time in its history, it is set to undergo a major restoration. And there are...

Big things are happening for Florence’s magnificent Boboli Gardens which are being restored to all the original beauty of their glorious Medici past. The first is that Kaffeehaus inside the Boboli Gardens has been reopened to the public. This is...

Flights to and from Florence airport were suspended on Tuesday because of smoke from an extensive wildfire in the nearby towns of Lastra and Signa, Tuscany Governor Eugenio Giani said via Telegram. The governor said a large team has been...

Il singolare caso è avvenuto a Florence: i fuggiaschi sono Casey e Vicki White

Florence is celebrating its 40th anniversary on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list with two different walks on April 18. One will look at the new perimeter of the area from Oltrarno area from San Niccolò to San Miniato and...

In Italiano The US presidential election is just over a month away and the eyes of the world are on that fateful moment that has the potential to change the destinies of millions of people far beyond the borders of...

The silk makers were well travelled business people, but they were also conscious of their responsibilities and believed that the poor, in this case the abandoned children, had as much right to beauty as others. They entrusted the responsibility for...

At the end of April, about a week after his press conference with Stampa Estera on Facebook, Eike Schmidt, Director of the Uffizi Galleries, announced the purchase of a very rare print: a panoramic view of Renaissance Florence dating to...