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Description. I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions, let alone keep them. As we embark on another trip around the sun, with winds of change guaranteed to blow in from across the Atlantic, writing a list of promises would only add unnecessary stress, followed by the disappointment upon breaking them.

The process of Italian unification was the result of nearly 60 years of events, daring action and revolutionary ideas. Here is a timeline of the key moments leading to and sealing Italy’s unification.

2024年12月3日 · Videomapping on Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio and San Paolino gathers gazers to share in the Christmas spirit. Lights spread the cheer all over the main squares and monuments of the city, with decorated trees adding to the joy. There’s a wide range of activities organized both in the centre and suburbs, above all aimed at families, and even Santa Claus and his elves show up to enjoy festive ...

2024年11月13日 · The exhibition opens with Michelangelo’s only marble sculpture in the UK, his celebrated Taddei Tondo, c. 1504-05 (Royal Academy of Arts, London), which is shown alongside related preparatory drawings.The Taddei Tondo was created in a defining moment of the Italian Renaissance:the febrile atmosphere of Republican Florence, when Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael brieflycrossed paths ...

2024年10月31日 · “Siena was an epicenter of artistic innovation and ambition in the 14th and 15th century. Its impact on the development of European art and on the development of painting cannot be emphasized enough,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French director and chief executive officer.“This monumental exhibition will bring together the most important group of early Sienese paintings ...

2024年12月19日 · Before Giuseppe Poggi designed the viale dei Colli, this was the historic passageway linking the city center to piazzale Michelangelo.The date of original construction is unclear, but it was probably built shortly after San Miniato, the church erected in 1080 in honor of Florence’s first martyr.An inscription from Dante Alighieri’s Purgatory mentioning these steps is nestled at their base.

2024年11月21日 · Some people like to serve polenta pasticciata as a vegetarian main course, but we also serve it cut into small portions as an appetizer. Either way, polenta as lasagna is virtually unknown in America, and always sparks a conversation about how delicious it is! The broccoli rabe filling is wonderful, but consider other vegetables like grilled eggplant, sautéed mushrooms or steamed and squeezed ...

2024年11月26日 · Just before that, on December 6 and 7, I will bring one of my own characters to life at il Niccolini in English with Italian supertitles. Bringing my newest creation Rachmaninoff and the Tsar to the stage in Florence for its European premiere is meaningful since I have already given premieres in Los Angeles, San Diego and Houston and, in the new year, I will continue with San Francisco, Orange ...

2024年11月18日 · The acclaimed British writer will be in conversation with Alessandro Raveggi at Gonzaga University, via Giorgio la Pira 11/13, at 6.30pm on November 19.Held as part of the ‘GIF Talks: Meetings with writers in Florence’ series, the event is in collaboration with publisher Il Saggiatore who reprinted Dyer’s works in Italy.Ahead of the event, we speak with Geoff Dyer about his relationship ...