March 15, 2012
Florence, Italy Researchers work on the Battle of Angiari project, a search for the lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco (via guardian.co.uk)

Florence, Italy

Researchers work on the Battle of Angiari project, a search for the lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco (via guardian.co.uk)

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Filed under: Italy Florence Art Fresco Battle of Angiari Leonardo da Vinci Photography 
December 15, 2011
Liège shooting and grenade attack: previous European incidents in last 10 years The shootings in the eastern Belgian city of Liege and Florence, Italy, on Tuesday have several precedents over the past 10 years in Europe. (via Telegraph)

Liège shooting and grenade attack: previous European incidents in last 10 years

The shootings in the eastern Belgian city of Liege and Florence, Italy, on Tuesday have several precedents over the past 10 years in Europe. (via Telegraph)

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Filed under: Atrocities Atrocity Belgium Finland Florence France Germany Holland Liege Liège Netherlands Norway Shooting Shootings Switzerland Terrorism Tragedies Tragedy UK United Kingdom Europe European Terrorism Terrorists 
December 14, 2011
Italy: Florence street vendors shot dead by lone gunman An Italian gunman with fascist sympathies went on a rampage in Florence on Tuesday, killing two African street vendors and wouldning three others in broad daylight before shooting himself dead. Gianluca Casseri, 50, caused panic when he opened fire on a group of Senegalese street traders at a market in Piazza Dalmazia, on the northern outskirts of the city, killing two men and seriously wounding another. He then jumped into a white car and drove off. Witnesses said the owner of a newspaper stall tried to block him but the gunman told him that unless he got out of the way he would be the next victim. Casseri appeared a short time later at San Lorenzo market, in the centre of Florence, where he opened fire again with a large .357 Magnum hand gun, wounding two more Senegalese hawkers. As dozens of armed police officers closed in, he then drove into an underground car park and turned the gun on himself, shooting himself in the mouth as he sat in his Volkswagen Polo. Police said Casseri, from the town of Pistoia in Tuscany, had links to a far-Right, anti-immigration movement called Casa Pound. (via Telegraph)

Italy: Florence street vendors shot dead by lone gunman

An Italian gunman with fascist sympathies went on a rampage in Florence on Tuesday, killing two African street vendors and wouldning three others in broad daylight before shooting himself dead.

Gianluca Casseri, 50, caused panic when he opened fire on a group of Senegalese street traders at a market in Piazza Dalmazia, on the northern outskirts of the city, killing two men and seriously wounding another.

He then jumped into a white car and drove off. Witnesses said the owner of a newspaper stall tried to block him but the gunman told him that unless he got out of the way he would be the next victim.

Casseri appeared a short time later at San Lorenzo market, in the centre of Florence, where he opened fire again with a large .357 Magnum hand gun, wounding two more Senegalese hawkers.

As dozens of armed police officers closed in, he then drove into an underground car park and turned the gun on himself, shooting himself in the mouth as he sat in his Volkswagen Polo.

Police said Casseri, from the town of Pistoia in Tuscany, had links to a far-Right, anti-immigration movement called Casa Pound. (via Telegraph)

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Filed under: Italy Florence Shooting Terrorism Gunman Gianluca Casseri Piazza Dalmazia San Lorenzo Market Street Vendors Right-Wing Politics Far-Right Extremist Fascist Casa Pound Racism Xenophobia 
August 19, 2011
Italy: Tuscan monks ask God to deliver diarrhoea for basilica bible thief A group of Franciscan monks furious at the theft of bibles from their church in Florence have taken the unusual step of praying for the thief to be struck down by diarrhoea. Monks at the 15th century church of San Salvatore al Monte, which was a favourite of Michelangelo, were irritated when a rare and expensive bible disappeared from the lectern, and they flew off the handle when a replacement bible donated by a worshipper also went missing and within a few hours. (via The Guardian)

Italy: Tuscan monks ask God to deliver diarrhoea for basilica bible thief

A group of Franciscan monks furious at the theft of bibles from their church in Florence have taken the unusual step of praying for the thief to be struck down by diarrhoea.

Monks at the 15th century church of San Salvatore al Monte, which was a favourite of Michelangelo, were irritated when a rare and expensive bible disappeared from the lectern, and they flew off the handle when a replacement bible donated by a worshipper also went missing and within a few hours. (via The Guardian)

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Filed under: Italy Tuscany Florence San Salvatore al Monte Monks Church Crime Theft Bible Bibles Prayer Prayers Curses 
August 8, 2011
Italy: Michelangelo’s San Lorenzo Basilica exterior could be revived Nearly 500 years after Florence ditched Michelangelo’s grand design for the exterior of San Lorenzo Basilica, the city’s mayor wants to finally realise the artist’s vision (via The Telegraph)

Italy: Michelangelo’s San Lorenzo Basilica exterior could be revived

Nearly 500 years after Florence ditched Michelangelo’s grand design for the exterior of San Lorenzo Basilica, the city’s mayor wants to finally realise the artist’s vision (via The Telegraph)

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Filed under: Italy Florence Churches Basilica Michelangelo San Lorenzo Basilica Architecture 
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