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		<title>During a summer night&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A roof with a view &#8211; the tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From 1 July to 30 September 2010, the terraces of hotels, restaurants and other public places open to offer a magnificent view, each with a different point of view and suggestive.



 In almost all terraces there is a bar or restaurant, an aperitif, for dinner at sunset for a drink under the stars. 

 In some cases, the terrace is also open to visitors only look at the view and take photographs.]]></description>
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		<title>Last Night in Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A landmark en passant (Part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 120 years after its 1877 closure, the ‘English Cemetery' of Florence had fallen into a derelict state. Tombstones were unstable and cypresses were falling.]]></description>
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		<title>A landmark en passant&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 13:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a great number of Florentines the familiar small, walled oval hill on piazzale Donatello is little more than a roundabout. Granted, it is a rather mysterious roundabout, higher than most, revealing peaks of elegant cypresses and glimpses of marble tombstones, but undoubtedly a landmark en passant for the modern motorist speeding along the wide viale from piazza Libertà down towards the Arno. ]]></description>
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		<title>Villa il Gioiello&#8230;the house of Galileo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villa il Gioiello ("The Jewel") is a villa in Florence, central Italy, famous for being one of the residences of Galileo Galilei, which he lived in from 1631 until his death in 1642. It is also known as Villa Galileo (not to be confused with the other homes of Galileo found in Florence, which are in Costa San Giorgio, as well as a villa in Bellosguardo).

The name Gioiello was given due to its favorable position in the hills of Arcetri, near the Torre del Gallo. It was an elegant home, surrounded by many acres of farmland with a separate house for workers. It is recorded in the cadastre of 1427 to have been owned by Tommaso di Cristofano Masi and his brothers, who later passed it on to the Calderini family in 1525, where it is first mentioned as "The Jewel". The villa and its estate suffered damages during the siege of Florence in the years 1529 and 1530, whilst the entire area of Arcetri and Pian dei Giullari were occupied by Imperial troops. Calderini I sold it shortly thereafter to the Cavalcanti family, who rebuilt the home with its original simple lines, preserving its elegant look to the present day.]]></description>
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		<title>Arcetri..the hill of the stars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arcetri is a district of Florence, in the hills to the south of the city centre.

A number of historic buildings are situated there, including the house of the famous scientist Galileo Galilei (called Villa il Gioiello), the Convent of San Matteo and the Torre del Gallo. The Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri is also located here. The church of San Leonardo in Arcetri is the main church of the area.

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		<title>With a Bike in St.Croce Square</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by I-florence staff more photos on Florencephotos.com and Flickr]]></description>
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		<title>Easter in Florence : &#8221; lo scoppio del carro &#8220;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A huge explosion will be detonated Easter Sunday in front of the magnificent green– and white–marbled neogothic church in Florence’s historic center. Instead of running in fear from a terrorist’s bomb, though, thousands of spectators will cheer the noise and smoke, for they will be witnesses to the annual Scoppio del Carro—explosion of the cart.

For over 300 years the Easter celebration in Florence has included this ritual, during which an elaborate wagon, a structure built in 1679 and standing two to three stories high, is dragged through Florence behind a fleet of white oxen decorated in garlands.]]></description>
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		<title>Art is everywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Artists in Piazza San  Firenze Picture by I-florence Staff]]></description>
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