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MTV TRL Awards Takes Over Florence’s Piazzale Michelangelo This Saturday

At 9pm this Saturday, the 5th of May 2012, MTV will televise its annual TRL (Total Request Live) award ceremony from Florence’s Piazzale Michelangelo.

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Rare Sculptures from Gemito and Prominent 19th-Century Neapolitan Sculptors Exhibited in Tuscany this Spring

From the 11th of March 2012 through the 27th of May 2012, Il Cassero in Montevarchi (AR) unites 70 rarely-seen works of art...

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The Oak Tree of Pinocchio Becomes a National Monument

On the 7th of March, the 600-year old oak tree known as the “Quercia di Pinocchio” and located in the park of Villa Carrara in San Martino in Colle...

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Titian’s Masterpiece, Baptism of Christ, on Loan in Siena

On the 1st of March, Titian’s masterpieces, Baptism of Christ, left its home in the Pinacoteca Capitolina of Rome for the first time since 1750..

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The Italian Mohammad Ali

Named after his family’s idol, Mohamed Ali Ndiaye, 32, was born in Dakar in Senegal. His father, an amateur boxer, had long idealised the great Mohammad Ali...

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Pisa’s Tower Straightened for Real

On the 1st of April 2006 we published an April Fool story entitled"Tourists in Pisa surprised to find tower straightened"...

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Stripping for Lasagna

Early this month, a bizarre anti-economic crisis initiative from a Tuscan restaurateur attracted customers ready to strip for a meal on the house....

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Vinci: Birthplace of a Genius

On the 15th of April 1452 in the hills of Tuscany, Italy, a peasant girl named Caterina gave birth to an illegitimate son in a small town called Vinci...

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Goodbye Mr Fruttero

In Italy we have never seen a funeral like this. Books everywhere, hundreds of friends smiling and telling anecdotes as funny jokes.

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Captain's Judgment Questioned in Cruise Ship Disaster

The ship was carrying about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members.

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