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Franco Fortini was born in Florence, the son of a Jewish lawyer, Dino Lattes, and a Catholic mother, Emma Fortini Del Giglio. He studied law and humanities at the university. In 1939 he joined the Protestant church, but in his late years he described himself as an atheist. [ 1 ]
Franco Fontana was born in 1933 in Modena.He started taking photographs in the 1950s when he was working as a decorator in a furniture showroom. [1] In 1961 he joined a local amateur club in Modena.
The Flood Ladies were a group of international female artists who contributed artworks to the city of Florence following the catastrophic 1966 flood of the Arno as a sign of solidarity and to help repair the psychological damage done by the flood. The group was formed in Florence, Italy in 1966. Contributors to the collection lived all over the ...
Florence: Days of Destruction (Italian: Per Firenze) is a 1966 documentary about the 1966 Flood of the Arno River and its catastrophic effect on the city of Florence. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli , it is Zeffirelli's only documentary, and features the only known film footage of the flood.
However, Louis needed to maintain good relations with Florence, whose territory he would have to cross in order to conquer Naples, and on 29 June 1500 a combined Franco-Florentine army appeared outside Pisa. Once again, the French artillery quickly opened a gap in the walls but several assaults were repulsed and the siege was abandoned on 11 July.
Lotti opened his first boutique in Via de' Tornabuoni, in the historic center of Florence. [3] In 2013, the original parent company of Gianfranco Lotti, Bottega Manifatturiera Borse SpA, was purchased by the German fund, Halder, with Franco Lucà as the new CEO. Lotti was named as the technical advisor to Gianfranco Lotti Retail S.R.L.
Monastero delle Murate. Monastero delle Murate (Monastery of Murate) is a former Benedictine convent [1] on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Italy.. The religious community dates to 1370 when 12 women became voluntarily reclusive in a shack by the second pillar of the Ponte Rubaconte (Ponte alle Grazie), praying and living on alms in extremely difficult conditions.
Franco Maria Malfatti (Italian: [ˈfraŋko maˈriːa malˈfatti] ⓘ; 13 June 1927 – 10 December 1991) was an Italian politician who served as the third president of the European Commission from 1970 to 1972.