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On the other side of the river Arno in Florence, lies the vibrant Otrarno quarter.
If you want to get away from the tourist traps and experience Florence like a local, Oltrarno is the right place to go. This part of Fl...
Restoration project revealed imperfections in marble.
The restoration of Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietà at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence's cathedral museum, has been completed.
Researchers working on the m...
Tesla and Space X founder is visiting Tuscany.
Elon Musk, the tech magnate and one of the richest people in the world, paid a surprise visit to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence on Tuesday evening.
Together with his p...
Fourteen descendants of Leonardo da Vinci indetified in Tuscany.
New research, conducted in Italy by two Leonardo da Vinci experts, has identified fourteen descendants of the Tuscan genius.
The results were publish...
Schmidt blames oil from take-away sandwiches, pizza and kebabs for stains on Florence streets and monuments.The head of Italy's Uffizi Gallery, Eike Schmidt, has suggested taxing street food vendors in Italy's art cities...
Toddler found three kilometres from home.
Nicola Tanturli, the toddler missing since Monday night from his home in a remote area of northern Tuscany, has been found alive.
The news, confirmed by the prefecture of Flo...
Boy went missing from family home on Monday night in the wilderness of the Appenines.
A search continued throughout the night in a desperate attempt to find a toddler who went missing from his parents' house in a remote...
Florence mayor plays violin for Sophia Loren.
Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren received the keys to Florence at a ceremony in Palazzo Vecchio on 5 June.
After conferring the honour, Florence mayor Dario Nar...
Florence museum expected to reopen as soon as possible after evacuation.
An evacuation was underway at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence on the morning of 26 May due to the dense smoke from a chimney on the museum's roof,...
Uffizi opens new rooms and displays frescoes uncovered during covid-19 shutdown.
When the Uffizi Gallery reopens in Florence on 4 May, after months of closure due to Italy's covid-19 restrictions, visitors will be greet...
Here is the ultimate guide to the best museums in Florence.
Florence houses some of the most renowned museums and art galleries worldwide. Here is a list of the top museums in the city.
Florence is an open-air muse...
Ponte Vecchio is the most famous bridge in Florence.
It earned its name, "Old Bridge," by surviving a long and exciting history. It's possible that the bridge existed in some form during the Roman Empire, but it was fi...
Regarded as one of the world's most dangerous sports, Calcio Storico Fiorentino, or 'historic Florentine football," dates back to 16th century Florence.
A combination of football and rugby, it was a pastime for wealth...
Penone tribute to Dante gets mixed reaction in Florence.
When Florence unveiled a large sculpture inspired by Dante on the 700th anniversary of his death, it triggered a sea of ironic comments on social media, critical...
JR transforms Renaissance façade as part of a debate on the accessibility of culture in the age of covid-19.
The façade of Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi has been transformed by the celebrated French street artist JR who ha...
In Piazza della Signoria in Florence lies a more modern contribution to Italian art. This is the Gucci Garden, created in 2011 by Alessandro Michele, Gucci’s current creative director.
The exterior of the structure a...
Renovation works on the Vasari Corridor in Florence will begin after Easter and are expected to take about 15 months.
Florence is set to reopen the Vasari Corridor to the public in 2022, six years after it was closed fo...
Florence carries out test run of Hitachi's new battery-powered tram.
Hitachi Rail says it has successfully completed trials of its new battery-powered tram in Florence, for the first time in Italy.
The battery-operat...
Electric scooter user killed in traffic accident in Genoa.
Florence mayor Dario Nardella has vowed to continue the "battle of common sense" to make helmets mandatory for electric scooter users after a decision by the Tu...
Florence reopens Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens after covid-19 shutdown.
Florence reopened its Uffizi Gallery today, 21 January, after 77 days - the longest closure since world war two.
The reopening of the famed m...
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