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The Times of London named the Uffizi Gallery, located in Florence, Italy, the "world's greatest gallery." In South Florida, the restoration of artworks found at the Uffizi Gallery is supported by the Palm Beach-based Friends of the Uffizi Gallery. Since their inception in 2006, the organization has fully funded, or contributed to the...

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by Mark Glover Sacramento boasts of its farm-to-fork reputation, but an Italian delegation visiting the city on Monday hopes that residents also will be receptive to a taste of Tuscany. About a dozen members of a trade and business delegation from the city of Lucca in Italy's famed Tuscany region showed off their wares Monday morning at Adamo...

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  WTI Magazine #64    2015 July, 10Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The bridge competition is a reminiscent an event organized in two highlights: the historical parade and the battle. It takes place in the summer in Pisa, Tuscany, and it reflects an ancient and bloody game of the time of the maritime Republic of Pisa. Repeatedly suspe...

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by Serena Puosi   In the collective imagination, Tuscany is characterized by green hills fringed with cypress trees and medieval hill towns on the top. It's a realistic image, even though Tuscany is much more than that: beaches, mountains, hidden corners and famous art towns and cities. But the question is: if I have only a few days to...

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by Chiara Baroncelli   Have you ever slept into an igloo or at the top of a lighthouse surrounded by mountains or sea? And what about spending a night inside a mill or on the top of a tree? Such places do actually exist in Italy. Hard to believe?   From Trulli in Puglia to a new age monastery in Umbria passing by an ancient and rich i...

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by Alex Schechter   There's a reason Italy ranks as one of the top-visited destinations in the world. Actually, there are a lot of reasons. Its exquisite beauty, its relaxed pace, its startling integration of the ancient and the modern—it all contributes to the magic.   Whether you're flying down pistes in the Dolomites, or sunning yo...

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Florence's Palazzo Pitti hosts Impressionists at Palazzo Pitti until January 5th, with 12 Impressionist masterpieces on loan from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. Two sections compose the exhibit (one outdoors), while both boast names like Degas and Pisarro, Monet and Cézanne, Guigou and Renoir.   Verona, rather, is all about Monet, with the retr...

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Parte dagli Stati Uniti il primo tour internazionale 2014 del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Una settimana di appuntamenti e di degustazioni in varie città degli Usa per far conoscere a esperti, opinion leader e operatori del settore le ultime annate in commercio (il Nobile 2011 e la Riserva 2010), le stesse presentate di recente nell'Anteprima del...

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by Mostafa Heddaya   As part of sweeping culture ministry reforms, 20 major Italian museums, including world-renowned institutions like the Uffizi in Florence and the Borghese in Rome, have announced a search for new directors.   A January 8 listing in The Economist describes the search as an "international call for applications," and...

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The spices division of Florence-based company Drogheria & Alimentari, owned since 1987 by Francesco Carapelli (the former owner of the oil brand bearing his name) and two investment funds (Sici Sgr at 24% and Hat at 16%), was purchased by American giant McCormick.   The division’s turnover stands at €50 million.   Read more  ...

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