Tribute to Corso Salani at Cinema Odeon Florence

28 Jul 2011

Rassegna Salani FirenzeUntil August 18th 2011 at the Odeon Cinema in Florence continues “A review a year long” dedicated  to the director Corso Salani died in 2010.

The tribute to Corso Salani offers for the Florentine public a preview of  “Cases of life”, a series of short movies about “dead white” in the workplace produced by Kairos Films and directed by the Florentine director.

The next events of the festival at the Cinema Odeon in Florence:

2nd August (21.30) – LA SPEZIA, ITALIA (8’13’’)

Sometimes the risk and fear of losing someone  pick up the threads of relationships  torn and forgotten, as in the case of Lara and her father,  a difficult relationship, theirs,  because of distances and misunderstandings, which will be resolved during the  recovery of ‘man,  through the birth of a new form of dialogue.

9th August (21.30) - DEVA, ROMANIA (12,40″)

In the town of Deva, Raluca assists small incident that takes away  her father and refuses to accept the consequences for ever trying to stop that day just before the unthinkable happens. The eyes  of a child confronted with the death of a parent are the most powerful  magnifying glass on the absurdity  of certain destinies.

18th August (21.30) – VERCELLI, ITALIA (durata 9’15’’)

Paul and Ringo are two young colleagues, working together for very little but they will have to  share a tragic situation. Paul  Ringo assist during a night in the hospital that takes on the tone  of confidence between old friends: Rocco is to  linking to confess their  innermost thoughts unconsciously,  their own hidden fears and  unspeakable.

Il costo del biglietto per ogni spettacolo è 6.00 euro intero (ridotto 5.00 euro)

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Feast of St. Anne in Florence

25 Jul 2011

Festa Sant'Anna FirenzeFor the third consecutive year on July 26th 2011 the City of Florence celebrates the Feast of St. Anne.

The program provides at 20.30 a representation Parade of the Republic (100 listed) that will start from the palace of the Guelphs, and will head towards Piazza Signoria, where it will join the Gonfalone of Florence.

The procession will then proceed to the Cathedral, where candles will be delivered by the Florentine Madonnas, in homage to the relics of St. Anne. After the ceremony, the procession will head in Orsanmichele Giani where the commissioner will give a lecture on the history of St. Anne, in memory of the expulsion of the Athen’s leader, which occurred July 26th 1343, after a long year of tyranny suffered by Florentines.

From that year the July 26th became the day of the popular uprising of Florence: Saint Anne was proclaimed protector of the freedom of the city. The Signoria commissioned to put in a wooden altar in Orsanmichele to expose  “an image of St. Anne”: it was first painted in the late fourteenth century, then carved in wood.

The procession of the Feast of St. Anne will follow this path: the Guelph palace, Via Porta Rossa and Via Porta Santa Maria, Via Vacchereccia, Piazza Signoria, Via Calzaiuoli Cathedral. From the cathedral the procession will move along in Orsanmichele, via Calzaiuoli, Via degli Speziali, Piazza della Repubblica, Via Calimala.

Do not miss the opportunity to experience the wonderful atmosphere of Florence in feast: book your room in the city center with Ars Hotels.

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Exhibition at Palazzo Pitti: “From the splendor of the court to the bourgeois luxury”

21 Jul 2011

Until 11th September 2011 at Palazzo Pitti in Florence you can visit the exhibition “From the splendor of the Court to the bourgeois luxury. The Precious Stones into united Italy.”

Palazzo Pitti Firenze
This is a show dedicated to the activity of the historic “Opificio delle Pietre Dure” (Precious Stones) of Florence and connects to the initiatives for the 150 years of unity of Italy, focusing on a specific theme, Florence and international at the same time: that of the new path which opened after 1861 for the brilliant artistic manufacture, which had flourished for three centuries to shadow of the grand ducal court of Tuscany, became famous throughout Europe for its inimitable creations in precious stones.

Wall panels, tables, boxes, sculptures made of precious stones and ornamental paintings captivate the beauty of rare stones, like the refined decorative inventions.

For further information visit the official exhibition’s website.

Do not miss the chance to make you fascinated by the creations of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, a real institution in Florence. Take the opportunity to arrange a holiday in Tuscany and book your room in the center Florence with Ars Hotels. (more…)

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“Fortress of Summer 2011″ in Florence

18 Jul 2011

Fortezza d'Estate 2011 FirenzeFrom July 21 to August 15, 2011 in Florence back the event “Fortress of Summer” : concerts, exhibitions, cinema, books, games and sports.  The event has two interpretations: one is a learning and training,  the other village, the Fortress becomes artificial, and like the real place becomes  global, open, contaminated.

Fortress of Summer’s program in detail:

July 21-26 – Fortress Free

The Fortress hosts meetings, debates, exhibitions and performances on the theme of law. Among the guests: Don Luigi Ciotti, Nando Dalla Chiesa, Ettore Scola, Pier Camillo Davigo, GC Caselli, Ugo Biggeri. The music: Nicholas Wong, Modena City Ramblers, Lucariello, Alfonso De Pietro, A67 and part of the Clouds. Theater, film exhibitions and a sleepless night of reportage dedicated to Roberto Morrione (by the editorial news of RAI).

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World Sport Fishing Championships in Florence

14 Jul 2011

In Florence from 28th August to 4th September 2011 comes back the highly anticipated World Championship Fishing. This is the third edition of the event organized by the Italian Federation of Sport Fishing and Underwater Activities (FIPSAS), and will involve six Italian regions (Lazio, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, Umbria, Liguria and Trentino Alto Adige) for a unique event gender: 26 different disciplines, divided by internal waters (rivers and lakes) and at sea. The races will be held at Foce Arno/Arno embankments and Mouth/Casting.

An impressive opening ceremony for all participants will gather August 28th, 2011: will be engaged more than 2,500 athletes, 1,100 coaches and including, 1500 between the commissioners and judges for a total of about 5,000 participants from 66 nations around the world and more than 130 national sports federations. It will be a sport, ecology and adventure without equal in Italy.

For the World Championship Fishing Ars Hotels chain has prepared some offers to stay at its facilities located in the center of Florence:

  • 20% discount on the rates of online sales, if you book your stay before August 5, 2011
  • 10% discount on the rates of online sales, if you book 6 to 28 August 2011
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