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Italian Recipes: Fagioli all’Uccelletto Beans

Today on our weekly chapter of Italian Recipes we offer you to try authentic italian recipe of Fagioli all’Uccelletto beans. The baked italian beans „Fagioli all’Uccelletto” are one of the typical dishes of Tuscany, especially Florence, a city with an ancient history and old gastronomy traditions. The fame of this recipe is mainly linked to […]

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Shopping: best places in Florence

Food Pegna. Pegna is one of the most well-known shops in Florence. In the heart of Florence, a stone’s throw away from the magnificent cupola of the Cathedral, Pegna is the shop in which to find – in a hospitable and prestigious enviroment – something by which to remember Florence and Italy, even at the […]

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Shopping: best places in Florence

With its incomparable tradition of art and craftsmanship, history of artisan skill, sense of beauty, Florence has been home to many of the fashion houses that have written the history of so-called „Made in Italy“, and they are still based in Florence. We are talking not only about world famous brands such as Gucci, Salvatore […]

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WineTown 2013: What? Where? When?

What is WineTown? WineTown Firenze, a wine festival sponsored by the Italian Sommelier Association, occurs annually in piazzas all over Florence, Italy. So first of all it is a place where to taste very good wine. The festival has taken place every Summer since 2010 and offers a two-day celebration of delicious and high quality […]

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Photo Reportage: Antiquities Market at Fortezza da Basso in Florence

If You are looking for something unique, fun and old – Antiquities Market at Fortezza da Basso in Florence is the right place. Over 120 antiques dealers from all over Italy converge at this market, held every third weekend in Florence. Wind your way through the stalls and discover treasures ranging from furniture, knick-knacks, collectables […]

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From Brescia to Roma and back: 1000 miles on white roads

From Brescia to Roma and back: 1000 miles on white roads. This was Mille Miglia, the most famous historical Italian car race, that this year celebrates the eighty-sixth birthday. From 1927 to 1961 the race was more than a competition between cars, it was a challenge against the fate, for professional pilots and fearless gentlemen […]

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Exhibition “Spring of Renaissance” in Florence

Palazzo Strozzi hosts the beautiful exhibition “Spring of Renaissance” (it. La Primavera del Rinascimento) from the 23rd of March till the 18th of August 2013. The exhibit goes back to the history of sculpture and arts that sprouted in Florence between 1400 and 1460.

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La Notte Bianca a Firenze – Florence White Night

30th april – 1th may 2013 ‘Volare’, or to Fly, will be the theme of this April’s Firenze Notte Bianca 2013. Florence is set to have it’s next Notte Bianca, or White Night, on the 30th of April. The city remains alive and pulsing all through the night with concerts, exhibitions, events and museums remaining […]

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