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A beautiful, “Made in Italy” success story: Angela Caputi

March 13, 2015April 7, 2015 Slow Italy

Today, I would like to put one of my favorite Florentine artists/designers in the spotlight. As I said in the

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Florence Historic Cafés History Slow & Chic Top 10 Tuscany 

Top 9 Historic Cafes in Florence: coffee, charm and cultural heritage

February 17, 2015October 22, 2015 Slow Italy

  Some of Italy’s most important political and literary moments of the 1800s and early 1900s took place in its

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Florence’s historic palaces open their courtyards and gardens to “Wine Town” on May 17 and 18

May 7, 2013March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

On Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 a selection of great Florentine historic palaces will open their courtyards and

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Festivals Festivals & Fairs Flavors & Colors Florence Food News Tuscany 

From Turin to Rome, the “Italia Gelato Tour” celebrates traditional gelato-making in May and June

May 5, 2013March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

Mid-may will see the start of the Italia Gelato Tour, an itinerant festival celebrating the traditions and protagonists of Italian

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Top 10 movies filmed in Florence

April 16, 2013December 27, 2017 Slow Italy

1. La Meglio Gioventu’ – The Best of Youth (Mario Tullio Giordana, 2003) A unique and marvelous 6-hour-long epic filmed

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‘Gates of Paradise’ finally to be unveiled in Florence after 27 years

June 8, 2012March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

After more than 27 years, the restoration of Ghiberti’s ‘Gates of Paradise’ has been completed and the results will finally

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Festivals Flavors & Colors Florence Food News Tuscany 

Florence Gelato Festival

May 18, 2012March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

The third edition of the Firenze Gelato Festival will take place from May 23 to 27, 2012, in the city

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Florence Italian islands Places & Seasons Rome Top 10 Towns & Regions Travel tips Trentino/Alto Adige Tuscany Valentine Veneto 

Top 8 Romantic Destinations in Italy

January 31, 2012October 16, 2013 Slow Italy romantic destinations, valentine

Italy counts some of the most romantic destinations in Europe. Here are some of our suggestions for a romantic Valentine’s

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Architecture Arts & Architecture Florence Music Opera Tuscany 

New Florence Opera House revives the theater as envisioned by the ancient Greeks

December 21, 2011March 4, 2015 Slow Italy florence opera house, italy, music, opera

Today the New Florence Opera Theater will open its doors for an extraordinary public concert by Zubin Mehta. With its

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Following Folon in Florence’s Rose Garden

November 1, 2011June 18, 2018 Slow Italy

(updated February 28, 2015 and June 18, 2018) The Rose Garden of Florence, located just off Piazzale Michelangelo, is probably

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