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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

Is this the most opulent hotel in Florence?

Live like a Medici in a painstakingly restored Renaissance palazzo

Evening Standard

Forget Traditional Hotels — This Secluded, Supremely Decorated Private Residence in Florence Wants to Be Your Home Base

Strategically located in the Northern edge of town, This Time Tomorrow gives you a taste of "what it would be like to live your best life here, day in, day out"

Livingetc

6 Brilliant Things to See and Do in Florence — Artemest's Creative Director on the City's Best-Kept Design Secrets, From Traditional to Avant-Garde

Artist, jewelry designer, and co-founder Ippolita Rostagno owes much of her creative flair to her Florentine upbringing. Here, she shares her favorite places in town beyond the Uffizi

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The mood was jubilant at Italy’s far-right Atreju festival. But has Meloni’s success peaked?

The PM has been lauded for Italy’s growing role on the world stage. But poverty and precarity are forcing vast numbers to emigrate, says Florence-based writer Jamie Mackay

The Guardian - UK

The Innocents of Florence by Joseph Luzzi review – how abandoned babies spurred a flowering of Renaissance art

The precarious, cruel but dazzling world of a foundling hospital is brought wonderfully to life by the author of Botticelli’s Secret

The Guardian - UK

TikTok reveals the travel destinations most popular among Brits. Do our travel writers agree?

From familiar favourites to little-known cities, these are the places currently popular with travellers on the social media platform

The Independent UK

Florence bans outdoor dining on ‘obstacle course’ streets in city centre amid tourism surge

Outdoor dining will be banned across 50 streets

The Independent UK

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Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built

Troubled waters over the world’s longest suspension bridge are no surprise. The Italian government should be funding public services, says Florence-based writer Jamie Mackay

The Guardian - UK

Failed signings, fan fury and resignations: how Fiorentina became a crisis club

After spending big there was optimism in Florence, but their season has been a mess that may get worse

The Guardian - UK

Louvre jewel heist: other daring art thefts from the museum

How the Guardian reported the stealing of art works from the Paris museum including the Mona Lisa in 1911

The Guardian - UK

Were their body parts used in satanic rituals? Netflix tackles the horrific ‘Monster of Florence’ murders

It was a brutal killing spree that gripped Italy – yet so little is still known. Why were lovers murdered in their cars? Why were their sexual organs often targeted? Author Tobias Jones sifts the evidence

The Guardian - UK

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier

Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence

The Guardian - UK

How to discover a planet

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor and his PhD student Didier Queloz, working at the University of Geneva, announced they had detected a planet orbiting…

The Conversation

All’Antico Vinaio: It was Trip Advisor's most reviewed restaurant. But is it any good?

The Florentine sandwich shop is slowly taking over the world

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The Independent UK

The St. Regis, Florence, hotel review

Want to feel like Florentine royalty? Book a suite at the St. Regis Florence, says Emilee Tombs

The Independent UK

I discovered the real Florence through its hidden frescoes

The iconic Italian city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance, and a new tour helped Emilee Tombs understand the city better

The Guardian - UK

Le Concert Spirituel review – a sumptuous musical journey to late Renaissance Florence

Striggio’s mass, lost for 400 years, was the centrepiece of this imaginative concert of 16th- and 17th-century music that possibly worked best for radio listeners

Euronews

World’s most visited country misses out in traveller ranking of best cities

Italy leads the continent with three cities in the top 25, while France is notably absent.

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The Guardian - UK

Young people don’t feel part of the EU – and they’re right

Its remote, top-down structures need a fresh, citizen-led approach fit for the digital age. Let’s start by extending Erasmus to school-goers, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve been told off for taking snaps too’: our critic on the selfie-taking crackdown at the Uffizi gallery

As another piece of art falls victim to social media, Florence’s Uffizi gallery is placing restrictions on visitors’ behaviour. Is this a sensible safeguard – or simple snobbery?

Euronews

Botched selfie: Tourist damages 18th-century painting at Uffizi Gallery in Florence

The museum's director said that “the problem of visitors coming to museums to make memes or take selfies for social media is rampant.” The tourist was identified and “will be prosecuted".

The Independent UK

Florence gallery slams selfie-taking tourists after historic painting damaged

A hole was ripped in the bottom corner of the canvas after the tourist tripped and fell into it

The Guardian - UK

Florence finally to be rid of notorious 60-metre crane after two decades

Italy’s cultural minister will attend celebration once ‘metal monster’ beside famous Uffizi Galleries is removed

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Storms make way for summer heat in Europe

Florence in Italy could hit 39C as hot weather sweeps continent, while parts of South Africa brace for snow

The Independent UK

Italy loses latest court battle to clear Airbnb lockboxes from streets

Tourists had criticised the ban for making check-in more complicated

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