2026 Winter Olympics highlight Italy's espresso culture and unique coffee museum

As Italy hosts the 2026 Winter Olympics, visitors can explore the country’s deep love of espresso at a coffee museum near Florence.
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German director of Florence's Academy Gallery who defended David's image fears for museum's future

MILAN (AP) — The German director of Florence’s Galleria dell'Accademia has succeeded in drawing visitors’ attention to masterpieces beyond Michelangelo’s towering David, while winning landmark court ...
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The $42,000 way to experience Florence’s Accademia art museum

Michelangelo’s magnificent “David” epitomizes the creativity that flowed in Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance, and nothing quite compares to seeing his much-celebrated sculpture up close without ...

'Protect and safeguard': Friends of Florence marks 25 years preserving Italy’s artistic heritage

The nonprofit Friends of Florence has funded more than 450 restoration projects to safeguard Renaissance masterpieces.
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Painting, stolen by Nazi soldier, is back in Florence museum

FLORENCE, Italy — A Dutch still-life painting, stolen by retreating Nazis and sent by a German soldier as a present to his wife, came back to a Florence museum on Friday, thanks largely to a ...
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Letter From Florence: One Museum Director’s Account of How He’s Bringing Art to Italy’s Isolated Public During the Lockdown

Italy has been in lockdown since March 9. On day 17, Arturo Galansino, the director of Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi, told us how his institution is keeping in touch with its public, the importance of ...
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No crowds delight art lovers in Italy at reopened museums

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — The Uffizi Galleries, ...