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Think Italian fashion and you are likely to think of chic central, Milan. But "Made in Italy" actually has its roots in Florence, where the hotly anticipated Pitti Uomo trade fair opens this week. The most famous men here may be naked -- from Michelangelo's David to the sea-god Neptune -- but every year the Tuscan city becomes the capital of men's...

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Mercoledì 18 gennaio si terrà a Firenze l'incontro "Le opportunità di investimento negli Stati Uniti per le imprese toscane", organizzato da AmCham Italy in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale degli Stati Uniti di Firenze.L'evento, che vede la partecipazione del Console Generale Benjamin Wohlauer, del Consigliere Delegato AmCham Simone Crolla ...

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When it comes to art, the term “Old Master” is with us for a reason: For centuries it’s been the male artists who have attracted the interest of art historians. Great collectors and museums have paid scant attention to the existence of talented women artists from periods such as the Italian Renaissance. But the landscape is changing, and nowhere mo...

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Set in gorgeous and magnificent Tusncany, and immersed in the splendid countryside just outside favorite art cities like Florence and Lucca are the Medici Villas, built during the Florentine Renaissance and inserted onto the UNESCO World Heritage List in June, 2013.

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Leonardo da Vinci's famed Codex Leicester is set to return to Italy after over 20 years. The codex will be loaned by its owner Bill Gates to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence which will put it on show from October next year until January 2019 in the run-up to 2019's 500th anniversary of the death of the Tuscan genius, Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt said...

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For the first time, visitors will be able to enter a hidden cell in the Medici Chapels where Michelangelo is thought to have covered the walls with sketches. Until some 40 years ago, no one realized that it existed. And when curators discovered a secret room beneath the Medici Chapels in the Basilico di San Lorenzo in Florence, its walls covered in...

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The Light Festival will kick off in Florence with the lighting of the Christmas tree on December 8 in piazza Duomo. From that moment, which symbolically inaugurates the seasonal festivities, all the main events of the “F-Light” festival will begin, a full month of “dressing up” the city’s main monuments and squares. The event, spread over around 15...

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Rome was the world's 12th most-visited city in 2016, one of four Italian cities in Euromonitor's top 100 city destinations ranking presented on Tuesday at the World Travel Market event in London. Italy's most-visited cities also included Milan in 27th position, followed by Venice in 38th and Florence in 44th, according to the ranking drafted by the...

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Though Italy is home to some absolutely incredible cities, there’s something truly magical about Florence. Hailed as the ‘birthplace of the Renaissance’, the Tuscan capital boasts spectacular art and architecture around every turn, with Michelangelo’s iconic David statue housed in its Accademia Gallery. Italian photographer Davide Sasso recently vi...

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E’ stato assegnato ieri a Luigi Lazzareschi, amministratore Delegato di Sofidel, gruppo cartario noto in particolare per il brand Regina,l’edizione 2017 del Premio Toscana-USA. La cerimonia è stata tenuta nello storico Salone dei Cinquecento di Palazzo Vecchio, a Firenze, nel contesto del Welcome Day, l’evento con cui l’Associazione Toscana-USA, la...

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