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Tue
11
Aug '09

Live Web-TV from Florence Italy

SeeTen is the first Web-TV in English dedicated to promote cultural, and touristic activities that are taking place in Florence and Tuscany. Contains interesting information that can help you plan your trip to Florence and Tuscany.

Tue
11
Aug '09

Galileo Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the telescope

To celebrate UNESCO’s International Year of Astronomy the City of Florence is planning numerous cultural activities, one of them is the exhibit dedicated to Galileo Galilei. The Astronomer that for many years worked for the Medici Family, in Florence. The exhibit is being held in the Renaissance Palazzo Strozzi, in downtown Florence and it is [...]

Wed
5
Aug '09

From Petra to Shawbak Archeology of a Frontier

From Petra to Shawbak is the name of the Archeological Exhibit that is taking place at the Limonaia of Palazzo Pitti. The ruin of the Medieval Castle Shawbak, located just few miles from Petra, Jordan are presented in this special exhibit. The site was excavated by a team of Archeologist from the University of Florence, [...]

Fri
17
Jul '09

Voglio vivere cosi – That’s the way I want to live

Here is the extended version of the latest spot realized by the Regione Toscana to promote tourism in Tuscany. For more information http://turismo.intoscana.it

Mon
13
Apr '09

The machines of Leonardo’s imagination

The Discovery Channel is going to air the first episode of a new series called “Doing da Vinci” dedicated to the contraptions imagined by Leonardo da Vinci. In the first episode a group comprised of an engineer, an artist, and a special effect designer is going to try to build a military device, an armored [...]

Tue
24
Mar '09

Scoppio del Carro a Firenze – A Florentine tradition that you shouldn’t miss

Every Easter in Florence a very old and curious event is being perform. This event has been perform in Florence, since the time of the first Crusade. A special chart, il brindellone, followed by a parade of people dressed in the costumes of the renaissance is being pulled across the city by 2 white oxes. [...]