The Dawn of Nation – Palazzo Strozzi
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The Dawn of Nation – Palazzo Strozzi

From 16 March to 22 July 2018 Palazzo Strozzi is hosting an exhibition entitled Dawn of a Nation. From Guttuso to Fontana and Schifano, a truly mesmerising exploration of art, politics and society in Italy from the 1950s to the protest years in the late ’60s, with eighty works of art by such masters as...

Choose the unconventional Italy
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Choose the unconventional Italy

Italy is often viewed by the world  like a series of postcards, however, the Italy that I know inside my heart, the true Italy, has much more to offer then wonderful pictures of Rialto Bridge, Vatican or Ponte Vecchio . There is a big difference between the known Italy and the hidden country that I...

Clean water: Tuscany’s blue-flag beaches for 2017
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Clean water: Tuscany’s blue-flag beaches for 2017

The region of Liguria has once again retained its title as the region with the highest number of Blue Flag beaches in 2017, as the total number of resorts in Italy to be given the prestigious eco-label for cleanliness and sustainability rises even further than last year, the international Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) said...

Former president Obama to visit Tuscany shortly
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Former president Obama to visit Tuscany shortly

Former US president Barack Obama will arrive in Tuscany on Friday 19th May 2017 and will remain for four days, according to local media reports. The former US president will spend the weekend at Borgo Finocchieto, near Buonconvento (Siena), the luxury ambience of the former American ambassador in Rome, John Phillips. A private visit to...

Gucci to finance restoration of Boboli Gardens
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Gucci to finance restoration of Boboli Gardens

The Florence-based fashion house Gucci will donate two million euros to the Uffizi Gallery to restore and enhance the Boboli Gardens (Giardino di Boboli, in Italian). The announcement was made by Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri, Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt and Florence Mayor Dario Nardella. As part of the deal, for the first time, the Gucci...

Men’s fashion and lifestyle collections at Pitti 92
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Men’s fashion and lifestyle collections at Pitti 92

The new geography of the fair: Pitti 92 evolves under the sign of research redesigning the itinerary of the sections, between big names at the Fortezza and exhibition projects with a contemporary soul. The 92nd edition of Pitti Uomo (13-16 June 2017 at the Fortezza da Basso)  uncovers the new territories of a fair in...