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WEBNews features: Find out the latest news from Florence, Italy, with a particular focus on all the cultural ongoings in the Renaissance capital. We take you through art, food and wine, latest openings, changes to the city’s contemporary landscape, and updates on Covid-19 as well as everything else you need to know.
The Italian Risorgimento: A timeline | The Florentine
WEBThe Italian Risorgimento: A timeline. The process of Italian unification was the result of nearly 60 years of events, daring action and revolutionary ideas. Here is a timeline of the key moments leading to and sealing Italy’s unification. 1815. At the Congress of Vienna, the powers that had defeated Napoleon-Austria, Russia, Prussia and Great ...
Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence | The Florentine
WEBJan 9, 2019 · Scholars and architecture enthusiasts will know that Palazzo Medici Riccardi is something of a prototype for all Renaissance architecture to come, designed by Michelozzo to represent the emerging ideals of this new era. Our visit starts outside the building, where this concept is most evident. The facades of …
Recipe: Acquacotta - The Florentine
WEBOct 2, 2020 · Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed skillet and add the chopped onion and celery. Cook on low heat for about 5 minutes, then add the water. Cook on low heat, stirring until the water has evaporated. Add the chopped tomatoes, stir and cook for about 10 minutes, then add the vegetable broth (or water). Cook for about 40 minutes.
Michelangelo’s tomb: five fun facts you probably didn’t know
WEBOct 12, 2017 · Michelangelo like a saint. Bust of Michelangelo on tomb. Chronicles often report that after saints die, their bodies remain in good condition and they smell good. This phenomenon could last for years after a saint’s death. People saw this as concrete proof of the unique, divine nature of a saint.
4½ minutes: the story behind Fotoautomatica | The Florentine
WEBFeb 10, 2022 · 4½ minutes: the story behind Fotoautomatica. Phoebe Hunt talks to Matteo Sani about what’s so magical about vintage photo booths and why he decided to rescue them as FOTOAUTOMATICA. The vintage photo booths dotted around Florence are a thing of wonder, producing black-and-white film photos with a decades-old analogue camera.
145 years of good grub: Florence’s central market - The Florentine
WEBWed 04 Dec 2019 1:52 PM. The cast iron and glass structure opened with an impressive horticultural show in May 1874 and has remained the core of the San Lorenzo neighbourhood for 145 years. Now, the ground floor of Florence’s central market is changing things up a gear. Florence’s Central Market, on the ground floor / ph. Leo Cardini.
10 influential Italians in the world today | The Florentine
WEBDec 3, 2015 · From scientists to economists, actors, architects and singers, some of the most powerful and influential people in the world today were born and bred in Italy. 1. Mario Draghi. Advertisements. “I trust the people who are working with me. I delegate.”. Governor of the Bank of Italy from 2005 to 2011, economist Mario Draghi, 68, succeeded ...
Canadian School of Florence expands to Fiesole | The Florentine
WEBSep 30, 2020 · Back in 2016, The Florentine wrote about Blyth Academy Florence, a new international school about to be inaugurated. Four years on, we revisit the school, now the Canadian School of Florence, as it opens its doors again to students after the long months of lockdown.We spoke to Head of School, Gary …
The Medici balls - The Florentine
WEBIn 1496, there were so many Medici coats of arms on the buildings of Florence that Savonarola, the famous critic and reformist, claimed that even the places of importance usually reserved for the crucifix in churches had been usurped by the Medici’s balls. The Medici family has always been associated with balls. Six of them to be exact.