Florence, March 2, 2011 – On April 29, opens the edition number 73 of the ‘Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’. It will be a multi-ethnic program devoted to the Orient, which will have two protagonists:: Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim. Israelis and Palestinians together then in the next edition of the ‘Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’.
From Mozart to the contemporary, the next edition is titled’ Towards the East ‘. The opening will be entrusted to ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’ (The Woman without a trace), by Richard Strauss, under the direction of Zubin Mehta. The Indian master will be on the podium for the ‘Abduction from the Seraglio’ by Mozart and at two symphonic concerts, the first with the Staatskapelle Dresden and the second with the Orchestra of Maggio.
For the first time the big names in jazz will then be an integral part of the ‘Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’, with Enrico Rava – star of an evening dedicated to George Gershwin – and Paolo Fresu, bringing forward in the closing concert of the program, directed by Kurt Masur.

Florence, March 2, 2011 – Establishment of a training course for technicians in the municipality with the aim of optimizing the orientation of the visually impaired, particularly in difficult areas such as squares. The training course is designed to facilitate the San Marco square to pedestrians who are blind and visually impaired and is directed to technicians Administration.
The goal is to train technicians to optimize the removal of architectural barriers. The commissioner has accepted the proposal submitted by the Italian Blind. Municipal engineers will use the free consultation and then an architect representing the Association and has gained extensive experience in the field of accessibility of urban spaces for people with disabilities. With your cooperation will be identified safe routes around public transport stations, and efforts to optimize the orientation of the visually impaired, particularly in difficult areas such as squares.

Florence, 1 march 2010 - A neck in the shape of a star to remember the four symbols of the world championships won, a high-waisted shorts with a Italian flag “belt” in front: are some of the features of the new blue jersey license branded Puma presented this morning in Coverciano. The uniform will be worn for the first time Wednesday in the friendly match with Cameroon in Monaco and it will accompany Italian team during the next World Championship South Africa 2010.
The new jersey was created using a scientific technique that captures and quantifies human movement. Technological innovation, but also fidelity to tradition in color. Italy, in fact, wear the classic blue with white details, while the away uniform is white with details in blue and gold.

Florence, March 1, 2010 – “Leonardo da Vinci, considered ‘the greatest Italian of all time’ in the recent format on Raidue, was an Arab.”
This was revealed in a study by Alfred Breitman and Roberto Malini of the Watching The Sky Group, an association engaged in the search for lost works of art and track unknown biography of the great artists of the past.
The most important evidence is constituted by the discovery of a fingerprint on the painting of Leonardo’s “Lady with an Ermine.” According to the anthropologist Luigi Capasso type is characteristic of the footprint 60% of individuals from Arab countries. The idea of an Arab origin of the teacher is not new. E ‘is well known that the name of Leonardo’s mother, Catherine, was frequently attributed to the Arab slave purchased in Tuscany from Istanbul.
Breitman and Malini are confirmed to their argument in a virile portrait of the early sixteenth school of Leonardo, which is a face that has many similarities with the known portraits of the face of Leonardo da Vinci. Its uniqueness is wearing a headdress fashioned Arabic. You may assume that this is a portrait of the maestro performed by one of his students who knew the true origins of the ‘greatest Italian of all time’. The news, valuable for the History of Art, is also a warning to those who are exceptionally keen the geographical and cultural boundaries of our country, not understanding that social progress, moral and intellectual life of a people can only take place thanks to other experiences and traditions. “