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Florence Remembers 60 Years After the Flood that Turned the City Upside Down

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AGI - It was the dawn of 60 years ago, on November 4, 1966, when the Arno, after hours of incessant rains, broke the banks and invaded Florence, transforming streets and squares into rivers of water and mud. Houses, churches, museums and libraries were overwhelmed by the flood, which left behind victims, destruction and deep wounds in the artistic heritage of the city. But from that tragedy was also born an extraordinary international mobilizati…
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Rome, 3 Nov. (askanews) - "L'alluvione" of 4 November 1966 is remembered above all for the devastation of the city of Florence and its extraordinary artistic and cultural heritage. Actually, the autumn of 1966 was particularly severe in different areas of the national territory, with persistent rains that, begun already in October, reached the peak in the first days [...]

Florence, sixty years after the flood: from the angels of the mud to the duty to prevent On November 4, 1966 it was a festive day. Florence, like the rest of Italy, commemorated the victory of 1918 and the conclusion of the Great War on the Italian front. From that morning, however, the date would take on another meaning for the city. L'Arno...

On 4 November 1966 it was a festive day. Florence, like the rest of Italy, commemorated the victory of 1918 and

·New York, United States
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Who was there, and was the age to understand, I believe that still is affected in his sound memory the noise of the tumultuous water and cars colliding in the water. It was the microphone of Marcello Giannini, barricaded with others in the rooms at the upper floors of the headquarters of the Rai because soon. The headquarters was in the center, near [...] L'articolo L'alluvione di Firenze global event, thanks to the rai of 60 years ago comes fro…

AGI - It was the dawn of 60 years ago, on November 4, 1966, when the Arno, after hours of incessant rains, broke the banks and invaded Florence, transforming streets and squares into rivers of water and mud. Houses, churches, museums and libraries were overwhelmed by the flood, which left behind victims, destruction and deep wounds in the artistic heritage of the city. But from that tragedy was also born an extraordinary international mobilizati…

A day of meetings, debates and ceremonies at Palazzo Vecchio. At 11 am the presentation of the 292-page volume of The Nation

·Bologna, Italy
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