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Lunedi 25 marzo il Consolato Generale degli Stati Uniti d 'America a Firenze presenta un workshop dal titolo "Women's Working Group Firenze" (gruppo di lavoro delle donne di Firenze). Il Consigliere della Niaf Anita McBride Bevacqua, dirigente presso l' merican University School of Public Affairs ed ex capo del personale della first lady Laura Bush...

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Carlo Calenda, the Italian minister for economic development, announced in Rome today that the Italian government has set aside 2 million euros ($2.7 million at current exchange) to support Firenze Hometown of Fashion, which is a series of events that will be held in Florence in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Florentine center for Itali...

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As the second program of their 2012/13 season, City Ayre: Music of City, Court, and Countryside, the Folger Consort visits Toscana's capital. Hear stirring laude performed along with cheerful dances and polyphonic works of 14th century Florence and Northern Italy in joyous celebration of the season. With vocal ensemble TRIO EOS and guest instrume...

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The Italian-made Alfa Romeo sports car is headed to Shelbyville Road. Swope Auto Group announced that it had been awarded a dealership by the automaker last month and intends to rename its Sam Swope FIAT in St. Matthews to Sam Swope Alfa Romeo FIAT to reflect the addition.   Swope, the state’s largest auto dealer, becomes the first Louisvill...

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SALVATORE FERRAGAMO has pledged €600,000 to renovate part of Florence's most famous museum, the Uffizi Gallery. The donation will allow the museum to remodel eight rooms within a year, which will then house 50 works dating back to the 15th century.   "We wanted to do something that would improve the city, to contribute to the Uffizi and Flor...

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American-born forward Giuseppe Rossi has made it clear he is on the verge of leaving Serie A club Fiorentina in search of more playing time. Italian media have reported he is close to joining Levante, which is last in the standings of the Spanish top-flight, after starting just four league matches this season as he recovers from a fourth knee...

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The pleasure of seeing the hands of high skilled artisans at work can definitely be heightened if the set is a 17th century Florentine garden. That's the formula of "Artigianato & Palazzo , an outdoor fair held in Florence until Sunday, 15 May, dedicated to the culture of "fatto a mano," Italian-style handmade production. For nearly 20 years,...

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A new railway link will directly connect Rome airport and the main cities in central and northern Italy. It will take 2 hours and 14 minutes to arrive in Florence and 2 hours 59 to get to Bologna, while a longer ride would be required to Padua (3 hours and 57 minutes) and Venice (4 hours and 12 minutes).   The new high-speed routes will star...

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Italy is turning to the private sector to try to increase the profitability of some of its cultural treasures, including the Uffizi gallery in Florence and Borghese gallery in Rome.   Under a new initiative sponsored by the government of the prime minister, Matteo Renzi, Italy's cultural centres are likely to begin to look more like other gr...

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  WTI Magazine #51    2015 January, 9Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   On January 6, the day of the Epiphany, since 1997 Florence has recovered an ancient tradition to commemorate the visit of the Three Wise Men (in Italian, "I Re Magi") to the infant Jesus. The ride of the Three Wise Men starts in the afternoon from the Pitti Palace,...

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