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If God chooses to dwell in Tuscany

A land so special that it could be God's chosen place to dwell. This is Tuscany as told by Antonio Socci in the book with the provocative title God Dwells in Tuscany. Journey to the Christian Heart of Western Identity (published by Rizzoli), where th...
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What are Florence's wine pits, a heritage to be rediscovered

Walking through the historic center of Florence, it is easy to come across buildings that on the facade, at basin height, present small doors framed by stone as if it were the front door, complete with latch, in miniature. We are not in the presence ...
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In Italy never so many tourists as in 2023, a record year

More than 134 million arrivals and 451 million presences: this is the new record of Italian tourism certified by Istat data for the year 2023 (where arrivals means the number of customers who checked in tourist accommodation establishments in the ref...
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Alain Delon was also a big art collector. Here's what he bought

The Venice film art exhibition also paid tribute to Alain Delon: the mourning in the world of cinema is intergenerational and his figure will remain in the annals for his performances and the charm that helped build his myth. The French actor who die...
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According to Ukraine, Russians are transferring Crimean treasures to Moscow

In Ukraine , territorial contestation with the use of arms is being joined by a cultural battle. It was in late June that the Ukrainian National Resistance Center published a document from the Russian administration in Crimea, the "Republic of Crimea...
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The new fashion in art cities: drunken tours

"Explore Florence's vibrant nightlife with a drunken walking tour." Cost 59€. Alternatively, there is the upgrade version "Drunken history walking tour with open bar" for 70€. It sounds like fake news but in fact it is the latest frontier of p...
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Here's how you're planning to reshape the tourist tax

Art cities: overtourism and the new tourist tax. These are the issues that hold sway among insiders in this August of super work for tourism. In particular, there is talk of a draft remodeling of the tourist tax up to 25 euros, unrelated to the star ...
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Tourist go home: in Florence and beyond the anti-tourist writings

"Tourist ho home," "Yankee go home." In the days when the City of Florence was "restoring" the lien to put homes in the historic center up for short rent, these writings against tourists appeared on the streets of Florence. As if it were a bad thing,...
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