Below you'll find a list of all posts from March, 2010
After 52 years, Florence finally has its public tram system back, according to The Florentine. The new Tramvia debuted on Valentine’s Day, a date deliberately chosen by Florence mayor Matteo Renzi to reflect the residents’ collective love for their city. On its first day, the Tramvia carried an estimated 40,000 passengers, including a couple who rode the tram to their …
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In our February issue, Rosanne Cofoid writes about 50 great places to shop in Rome. She has compiled such a comprehensive shopping guide that we had to divide it into two parts – one covering antiques, fashion, home decor and food – and the other detailing places to buy gifts, leather goods, jewelry and paper goods. Here are a few …
This summer, spend six weeks preserving Roman history alongside professional archaeologists at an Italian excavation site. The American Institute for Roman Culture, the sole sponsor of the Villa delle Vignacce excavation site in the suburbs of Rome, offers a summer program enabling virtually anyone to participate in an archaeological dig. Villa delle Vignacce translates to “Villa of the Vineyards” and …
Find out what makes Italian spas so unique – hint: the cost and the treatments, think mud and wine therapy. Ready to shop in the Eternal City? We’ve got the ultimate Rome shopping guide with 50 stores you must visit – from antiques to paper goods. (8 pages)
Based on the content of the newly reopened Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza (Institute and Museum of the History of Science), now renamed the Museo Galileo (The Galileo Museum), it is safe to say that the city of Florence in particular, has played a significant role in scientific history.
