What"s New in Florence in 2014

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This is an excerpt from the February 2014 issue of Dream of Italy:New Modern Museum:Florence, home to more than 80 museums, is gaining another one at the end of April. Museo del Novecento (Museum of the 20th Century) will open in a former Leopoldine convent in Piazza Santa Maria Novella. The city’s 2,300 works of contemporary art, which have long been without a permanent home, will now go on rotating display in 20 rooms spread among five floors.Baptistery Construction: Starting in March, the façade and roof of the Baptistery in Piazza Duomo will undergo restoration. Scaffolding is already up around the building’s eight sides. The baptistery was constructed between 1059 and 1128 in the Florentine Romanesque style. This exterior renovation, the first in more than 70 years, is aimed at restoring…


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