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Europe’s best cities for interrailing including Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam

Europe's best cities for Interrailing in 2023 including Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Florence, Porto and more great places to visit in Europe this summer

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Eli Russell Linnetz of cult Californian label ERL is Pitti Uomo’s next guest designer

Santa Monica-based designer and former Lady Gaga collaborator Eli Russell Linnetz will show his latest ERL collection at the Florentine menswear fair this June, joining Fendi on the 104th edition’s schedule

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American Tourist In Ferrari Fined $500 For Driving In An Italian Piazza

The piazza is one of the most historic and famous tourist hotspots in Florence, Italy.

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Tourists rush to see Michelangelo’s David statue after Florida censorship

Tourists have shared photos of themselves with the famous Michelangelo statue David after Hope Carrasquilla, former principal at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, was fired for teaching a class on it

Daily Mirror

Visitors flock to see Michelangelo's David sculpture after school uproar in Florida

Tourists , many American, flooded a museum in Florence, Italy, to see the Renaissance masterpiece after a Florida school forced its principal to resign over complaints about a lesson on the statue.

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Tourists flock to see Michelangelo’s statue of David after Florida censorship row

Florence’s mayor has extended an invitation to the teacher at the heart of the controversy to visit the Italian city

The Independent UK

David statue in Italy draws flood of tourists in wake of Florida uproar

Tourists, many of them Americans on spring break or studying abroad, posed for selfies in front of the giant marble statue, which features the Biblical David, naked with a sling over his shoulder and a rock in his hand, ready for battle with Goliath.

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Italians astonished as US teacher fired for showing children Michelangelo's David

Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence, where the world-famous statue is kept, described the firing of principal at Tallahassee Classical School, Florida, Hope Carrasquilla as 'ridicolo'

Daily Mirror

Visitors flock to see David sculpture after Florida uproar

Visitors have flocked to see Michelangelo’s David sculpture in Florence following the uproar over the Renaissance masterpiece at a Florida school

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Editorial: The David isn’t porn, though Italy’s offer to Florida school is about exposure — to education

The museum in Florence, Italy, that houses Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece the David issued a remarkable invitation last week to parents and students of a school in Tallahassee.

Tribune News Service

Is Michelangelo’s David pornography? Italians invite Florida parents to visit statue in person

The board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the David was shown to a sixth-grade art class.

Chicago Sun-Times

Art, not pornography: Florence museum invites Florida parents to see the David

Galleria dell’Accademia director issues invitation in wake of incident that forced principal to resign after parents’ complaints

The Guardian - US

Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing ‘David’

A Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s “David.”

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Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing 'David'

A Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s “David.”

The Independent UK

American tourist fined after parking Ferrari in middle of famous Florence plaza

US man drove in the wrong direction across pedestrianised public square

Daily Mirror

ISIS 'Beatle' is moved to supermax prison after mental health appeal fails

El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced in August to a full-life stretch, and has now been sent to ADX Florence in Colorado to serve out his sentence

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A US Woman Is Getting Dragged For Penning A Whole Ass Essay About Florence Being A Nightmare

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Amanda Knox in quip at US student who hated 'every aspect' of semester in Florence

Amanda Knox, who was convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher before the ruling was overturned, waded into the conversation about Stacia Datskovska's dislike of her time in Florence

Daily Mirror

'Obnoxious' student mocked for scathing review of studying in Florence

New York University student Stacia Datskovska has come under fire after writing a scathing review about Florence and its residents, as readers claim she could have done more to help herself

The Independent UK

‘Entitled’ American student sparks backlash for complaining about studying in Florence

‘This is why Americans should be banned from entering Europe,’ says one critic

Bangkok Post

Who was Leonardo Da Vinci’s mother?

FLORENCE, Italy: It is a mystery that has intrigued and confounded scholars for centuries: Who, exactly, was Leonardo da Vinci’s mother?

The Independent UK

‘Entitled’ American student sparks backlash for ‘despising’ every moment she studied abroad in Florence

‘This is why Americans should be banned from entering Europe,’ says one critic

Bangkok Post

New research claims Leonardo da Vinci was son of a slave

FLORENCE (ITALY) - Leonardo da Vinci, the painter of the "Mona Lisa" and a symbol of the Renaissance, was only half-Italian, his mother a slave from the Caucasus, new research revealed on Tuesday.

AFP

Florence mosaics renovation reveals devilish details

Florence (Italy) (AFP) - Restorers launched a ground-breaking project in Florence's historic Baptistery Wednesday, allowing visitors a unique view of magnificent mosaics, including a three-headed devil which inspired Italian poet Dante.

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