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“Noi fratelli”
Weinwelt Valdarno
UN LIBRO CHE RACCONTA IN MODO “AUDACE E REALISTA” IL PONTE IDEALE TRA CRISTIANI E MUSULMANI. Intervista a Stefano Girotti Zirotti, autore del libro e Vice Caporedattore di Rai Vaticano
by ANNA BALZANI Editor-in-chief @AnnaBalzani
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n libro importante quello scritto da Giancarlo Mazzuca e Stefano Girotti Zirotti, la cui prefazione è impreziosita dalla lettera di Papa Francesco. Trecento pagine, quaranta capitoli attraverso i quali gli autori ripercorrono 1500 anni di storia, dalla caduta dell’impero romano fino ai giorni nostri, per sottolineare l’importanza del dialogo interreligioso tra cristiani e musulmani, per stimolare la comprensione e il rispetto reciproci e ricordare ciò che è stato fatto e ciò che Papa Francesco sta facendo per costruire un “ponte” tra popoli, culture e religioni differenti.
Wenn der Sommer ausklingt und die Luft reif und voll ist, beginnt die Erntezeit und damit einer der schönsten Momente des Jahres. Der Valdarno war einst die “Kornkammer von Florenz” und ist auch heute noch landwirtschaftlich geprägt. Besonders bekannt sind das frische Olivenöl, das auf der Zunge bitzelt (pizzica), was ein Zeichen von Qualität ist. Aber auch die Weine der Region werden immer besser. Schon vor über dreihundert Jahren schrieb Großherzog Cosimo III de’ Medici, dass die Gebiete Chianti, Pomino, Carmignano und Valdarno besonders geeignetes Terroir für ChiantiWein seien. Doch im Valdarno beschränkt man sich nicht ausschließlich auf die bekannte Marke Chianti.
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Discovering the roots of our national history
Photo Jaime Travezan
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“A BRILLIANT JAZZ SINGER” EXHIBITIONS CONCERTS AND BOOKS TALK ABOUT HER by CRISTIANO IMPERIALI
Il cantante Sting e la moglie Trudie Styler
by BARBARA DE MARS, Journalist
The “Doni Tondo”
by SAMUELE MAGRI Art Historian and Tourist Guide in Florence
The recent inauguration of a new room at the Uffizi Gallery dedicated to Michelangelo, Raphael and Fra Bartolommeo has inevitably drawn attention to one of the most renowned works by Buonarroti: the Doni Tondo.
by COSIMO CECCUTI President of the Fondazione Spadolini
As reported in the July-August edition of Florence is You!, Sunday September 23rd marks the European Heritage Day, and, prior to booking, it will be possible to take part in guided tours of the “home-museum” of Giovanni Spadolini in Pian dei Giullari, which houses his extraordinary personal art and history collections, the Napoleonic and Renaissance collections, a superb series of ancient volumes, especially on the history of Florence, Enlightenment, and the French Revolution. It’s called the “Il tondo dei cipressi” villa and it overlooks the city of Florence and the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte; a real gem, embedded in the landscape familiar to Michelangelo, who, in 1530, committed his genius for the defence of the Florentine Republic, which at the time was under siege by Spanish troops.
AMY WINEHOUSE
Eike Schmidt
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Михаил Барышников Мировая звезда классического балета получает диплом во Флоренции by EKATERINA GUSHCHINA Art Historian
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by VIVIANA DEL BIANCO Journalist CONTINUED IN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH ON PAGE 22 Mikhail Baryshnikov. Photo Janis Deinats
Михаил Барышников гораздо больше, чем звезда балета и современного танца, это универсальный артист. Танцовщик, хореограф, а также актер (номинация на «Оскар» в 1977, специальный приз «Давид Донателло” в 1978), исполнитель главных ролей в спектаклях Самуэля Бекетта и Боба Вилсона. Родился 27 января 1948 в Риге (Латвия) в русской семье. С раннего детства страстно увлекся классическим балетом. Его захватывающая карьера блестяще развивалась в Советском Союзе и США. Serena Dandini
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