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Masterpieces on the move, tattoos and culture
If you're moving a massive masterpiece around central Florence, the middle of the night is the only time to do it.
At 11pm on November 5, the first of the south doors from the baptistery left the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, where the Renaissance portals were painstakingly restored, before travelling down via degli Alfani to the Opera del Duomo Museum. Surrounded by a crowd of curious onlookers, the lorries and cranes returned for the second set. The complex operation of installing them in a purpose-made case in the museum's Sala del Paradiso begins tomorrow.
Fashioned between 1330 and 1336 by the 14th-century master sculptor Andrea Pisano, this pair of portals is the oldest of the Baptistery doors. Weighing eight tonnes of bronze and gold, they stand almost five metres high and nearly three metres wide, and 20 of the 28 quatrefoil panels depict episodes from the life of St. John the Baptist, the city's patron saint. Andrea Pisano's restored masterpiece will return on public display in the Opera del Duomo Museum on December 9, 2019.
Helen Farrell, editor-in-chief |
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Video: South door of the Baptistery on the move
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Best events of the week
Elegance and finesse with the Lyric dance company, wine door photography and readings at the Italian Auschwitz Memorial, it's a varied events line-up this week in Florence.
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Museums as mediators
From November 8 to 10, 12 museums in 7 nations will participate in Museomix, an annual creative makeathon that transforms museums into workshops to design and implement innovative mediation tools.
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Soul of the city: the Cassettai
They are in the city's piazzas every day of the year, but you might have thought they were just ubiquitous tourist booths, selling the usual souvenirs. The Cassettai Storici Fiorentini represent a 110-year history of souvenir selling and watching out for visitors as they go about their sightseeing.
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How Florence pioneered the art of the tattoo
by Samantha Vaughn
"Don't look at tattoos like a fashion; go in-depth. If you go into a church or a museum, look up and down, and you'll find a ton of inspiration." Florence-based tattoo artists Francesco Grande and Bradipo Gonzales explain their art.
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Tuscan skincare tips
by Mapie Rose Labelle
Perhaps we give skin too little credit, because the question I'm asked the most as an over-40 beauty blogger is not "how can I protect my skin in order to preserve its complex and useful functions?" but "how do I fight wrinkles?" Yet the two tasks are one and the same, and here's my solution...
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Two new Michelin stars for Florence
Karime Lopez, of Gucci Garden Osteria, and Rocco de Santis, of Ristorante Santa Elisabetta at Hotel Brunelleschi, join Florence's line-up of Michelin-starred restaurants. The Renaissance city now boasts a total of 8 Michelin-star establishments.
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Five new stars in Tuscany
Tuscany vaunts five new Michelin-starred restaurants: Santa Elisabetta and Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, in Florence; L'Asinello in Castelnuovo Berardenga; Virtuoso, in Scarperia; and Lunasia, in Viareggio.
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Tax savings for "impatriated" workers
by MGI Vannucci & Associati
People who want to live in Italy can now save more on taxes due to changes in legislation, which applies to Italian or foreign workers who transfer their residence to Italy after spending at least two years overseas.
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