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‘Dust is everywhere’: rare glimpse of how Michelangelo’s David is kept clean

Florence museum boss compares process to cleaning a bathroom as media are granted privileged access

The Guardian - UK

Climate Activists Target Botticelli's Birth of Venus in Protest

Climate activists protest at Florence's Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of flood damage to Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. They highlight the Italian gov...

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Better days ahead for Florence after a very dark year

Florence, the troubled tunnel boring machine, is back on solid ground and hard at work on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project, but it's slow going.

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Museum Director Calls Famous Italian City Florence A 'Prostitute'

Several people, including former Premier Matteo Renzi, have called for her resignation.

International Business Times UK

Museum Chief Brands Tourist-hit Florence A 'Prostitute'

Mass tourism has turned Florence into a "prostitute", one of the city's museum directors said Monday, sparking outrage from politicians including Italy's culture minister.

International Business Times

Chateau Florence airport, anyone? A bouquet of fumes and jet fuel beckons

Plans to plonk a vineyard on the roof of the Amerigo Vespucci complex don’t seem to have been thought through

The Guardian - UK

Pitti Uomo 105 saw menswear designers consider the passing of time

Past, present and future collided at Pitti Uomo 105, as SS Daley and Magliano showed their A/W 2024 collections at the Florentine menswear fair

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Magliano returns to Pitti Uomo to reverse the rules on menswear

Luca Magliano made his return to Florence’s Pitti Uomo with an ethereal show that captured the ‘impromptu glamour’ of his native Bologna

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Captivating Moments: Adventures in the Beautiful City of Florence

Discover the captivating moments of Tyler Nevin's adventures in Florence through picturesque scenes and joyful selfies with his wife.

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Ferragamo Sets the Scene in Florence for the Italian Fashion House's Historic 2023 Holiday Campaign

Holiday advertising campaigns usually focus on common festive themes, but Ferragamo decided to go a completely different route.

Fashion Times

‘It should never have happened’: death of boy, 16, at sawmill highlights rise of child labour in US

Michael Schuls died after getting trapped in dangerous machinery at a mill in Wisconsin. But across the US conservative groups are pushing to loosen laws that protect children in the workplace

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NASCAR unveils its 2024 Drive for Diversity class

The drivers were evaluated and selected after participating in a combine held in Concord, N.C. and Florence, S.C.

The Independent UK

Why you should swap Florence and Chianti for Turin and the Langhe for culture and wine

Vineyard tours, one-of-a-kind cuisine and a Unesco-protected natural wonder – it’s time to head to northern Italy and give Piedmont your full attention, writes Alessia Armenise

The Independent UK

7 of the coolest cultural festivals in Europe, from tomato fights to chasing cheese

Ideas for a weird and wonderful trip to some of Europe’s most characterful festivities

The Guardian - UK

Storm Ciarán: six dead in Italy; Spain evacuates 800 as wildfire spreads – as it happened

Extreme weather event caused fatalities in Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France and Italy

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How did The Lord of the Rings become a secret weapon in Italy’s culture wars?

Giorgia Meloni and the hard right are celebrating JRR Tolkien’s saga – while taking over Italy’s key cultural institutions, says Florence-based author Jamie Mackay

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Get your head around contemporary art at a Belmond hotel in Tuscany

Belmond’s Mitico project with Galleria Continua brings contemporary art to historic settings in Tuscany and beyond

The Guardian - UK

Michelangelo’s secret sketches under church in Florence open to public

Artist spent months in a chamber below the Medici Chapels to evade Pope Clement VII’s death sentence

The Guardian - UK

All stations to Athens: crossing Europe by train and boat

Travelling overland from London to Greece allows time to soak up the atmosphere and scenery as you ride through France, Switzerland and Italy

The Guardian - UK

Andrea Branzi obituary

Architect and designer who was part of a radical Italian movement in the 1960s and 70s that rejected mass production

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Round of federal, private funding to support initial construction of 16 EV charging stations across

The majority of the EV stations are located in western Kentucky, with the easternmost stations located in Versailles, Florence and Walton.

Evening Standard

Florence bans new Airbnbs and other holiday lets to free up housing for locals

Airbnb listings in the Tuscan capital have reportedly soared by more than 140 per cent in seven years

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