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Stadium in Piazza Santa Croce gets a face-lift

Both residents and tourists alike have long complained that the stadium set up every summer in Piazza Santa Croce for the Historic Football (Calcio Storico) matches is truly an eyesore in front of one of the most beautiful churches of the city. And now city councillors have fi nally thought

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Stolen art works recovered

Florentine authorities raided a home near Arezzo last week in a successful fi nale to the three month long operation organised to recover 20 pieces of valuable art that had been stolen over the past eight years.   The pieces that were stolen primarily from churches and private homes range

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May 8 Dedicated to the small towns of Italy

Sunday, May 8th is a day to celebrate Italian towns whose population amounts to less than 5,000 inhabitants. Organisers hope that this initiative will achieve a new recognition of these less central locations that are often overlooked despite their wealth of traditions, resources, art, and history.   The ancient

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San Lorenzo district to close at midnight

The inhabitants of the San Lorenzo neighbourhood recently decided they had had enough. Tensions created between residents and some market vendors who were littering streets, and, even worse, with raucous night time visitors, finally came to a head a few weeks ago when inhabitants took to the streets in protest

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