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In Florence, pilates is done inside a 12th-century church

In Florence, pilates is done inside a 12th-century church

In the center of Florence, just a few meters from the Ponte Vecchio, it is possible to do pilates inside an 11th-century church. This is not completely new, because the workout to be held on Saturday, March 28, was preceded by two other appointments,...
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Florence, name of author emerges from 2025 flood-damaged Dead Christ restoration

Florence, name of author emerges from 2025 flood-damaged Dead Christ restoration

Presented today, March 25, 2026, atOfficina Creativa LAB - Conventino Fuori le Mura in Florence was the restoration of the sculpture depicting the Dead Christ, a painted plaster cast from the Pieve di San Martino in Sesto Fiorentino that was severely...
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Tourism Minister Daniela Santanché has resigned

Tourism Minister Daniela Santanché has resigned

Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè has resigned. As early as yesterday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had asked the minister to take a step back and follow the example of Undersecretary Delmastro and Chief of Staff Bartolozzi, who left their p...
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Fitness at the Braidense: the library becomes a gym for an event!

Fitness at the Braidense: the library becomes a gym for an event!

An episode has just occurred at the Braidense National Library that raises more than one perplexity about the respect and protection of historical heritage. Founded in the eighteenth century at the behest of Maria Theresa of Austria, the Braidense ho...
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War in Iran, fears over French works at Louvre Abu Dhabi

War in Iran, fears over French works at Louvre Abu Dhabi

The war in Iran has the cultural world worried, and not only because of the damage Iran's cultural heritage is already suffering: there is apprehension in France about one of the most ambitious museum projects in decades, namely the Louvre Abu Dhabi....
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Louvre's largest pictorial restoration kicks off: 24 monumental Rubens canvases take center stage

Louvre's largest pictorial restoration kicks off: 24 monumental Rubens canvases take center stage

The Louvre Museum is embarking onthe most impressive and ambitious restoration project ever undertaken by the Department of Painting: the 24 monumental canvases by Peter Paul Rubens that make up the famous Maria de' Medici Cycle will be restored. Thi...
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Minister Giuli flies to New York for Ecce Homo. The work will be on display in the Senate for Easter

Minister Giuli flies to New York for Ecce Homo. The work will be on display in the Senate for Easter

Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli visited Sotheby's headquarters in New York yesterday, where he was able to admire for the first time Antonello da Messina'sEcce Homo, recently purchased by the General Directorate of Museums for the sum of $14.9 m...
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Farewell to Gino Paoli. The singer-songwriter passed away at the age of 91.

Farewell to Gino Paoli. The singer-songwriter passed away at the age of 91.

Gino Paoli died today at the age of 91, his family announced in a note requesting strict confidentiality. The singer-songwriter passed away in Genoa, leaving behind an artistic legacy that spanned more than 60 years of song history. Paoli was one of...
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Rome, for sale the Palace of the Pontifical Belgian College, where John Paul II lived

Rome, for sale the Palace of the Pontifical Belgian College, where John Paul II lived

The historic Palace of the Pontifical Belgian College is for sale in Rome, a few steps from the Quirinale, a 17th-century building of extraordinary historical, artistic and architectural significance. The palace is peraltr directly linked to the figu...
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Zurich returns eleven works from the Kingdom of Benin to Nigeria

Zurich returns eleven works from the Kingdom of Benin to Nigeria

The city of Zurich has decided to transfer to the Federal Republic of Nigeria the ownership of eleven works from the Kingdom of Benin that are stored at the Museum Rietberg. The decision, formalized last Friday, March 20, is a significant step in the...
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MIDA 90: Ninety years of Italian craftsmanship in Florence.

MIDA 90: Ninety years of Italian craftsmanship in Florence.

The 90th edition of MIDA, the Florence International Handicrafts Exhibition, was presented at the headquarters of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, in the presence of Minister Adolfo Urso. The event, organized by Firenze Fiera with the supp...
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Matera is Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026

Matera is Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026

The City of the Sassi, Matera, is Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026: a title with the city of Tetouan, Morocco, for the entire year 2026. The recognition will be animated by the Terre Immerse program, which aims to enhance the deep c...
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Sir Denis Mahon Prize 2026: call for young scholars published

Sir Denis Mahon Prize 2026: call for young scholars published

The City of Cento has published the call for papers for the second edition of the International Essay Prize named after Sir Denis Mahon, renewing the link between the Emilian city and the English scholar, who was its honorary citizen. The initiative ...
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Completely renovated Central Pavilion at the Giardini of the Venice Biennale

Completely renovated Central Pavilion at the Giardini of the Venice Biennale

The Central Pavilion at the Giardini of the Venice Biennale has been completely renovated, following a major redevelopment. The project was made possible thanks to public funding made available by the Italian state through the Ministry of Culture, as...
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Venice, restoration of Lefèvre's Jacob's Dream in San Giorgio Maggiore completed

Venice, restoration of Lefèvre's Jacob's Dream in San Giorgio Maggiore completed

Twelve meters high, on the vault of Longhena's Scalone in the monumental complex of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Valentin Lefèvre 's The Dream of Jacob (1642-1677) becomes legible again today after a restoration that has restored to the wor...
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MOTEL, a new event space at Manifattura Tabacchi, opens in Florence.

MOTEL, a new event space at Manifattura Tabacchi, opens in Florence.

The Manifattura Tabacchi district gets a new event space: MOTEL. Located on the ground floor of building B3, the heart of the Florentine industrial complex, the project was created as a flexible container, designed to host exhibitions, happenings and...
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