A Tallahassee, Florida principal resigned this month after parents were angered that students learned about Michaelangelo's David statue in art class. Now, the mayor of Florence has personally invited the school official to visit the city, where the statue is on display.
The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, heard the news all the way in Italy and tweeted that "mistaking art for pornography is just ridiculous." Nardella invited the school official to Florence to recognize her on behalf of the city.
The capital of Eritrea experienced a huge increase in population: in 1935 there were only 4,000 Italians and 12,000 Eritreans; in 1938 there were 48,000 Italians and 36,000 Eritreans. Historian Gian Luca Podesta wrote that practically Asmara has become an Italian city ("in pratica Asmara era diventata una citta' italiana").[21]
The Industrial Director of Lafarge Plc, Segun Soyoye, has explained why the company invited the unnamed Italian, who was isolated for Coronavirus a day after coming into Nigeria, to its Ogun State factory.
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The Florence museum housing Michelangelo's Renaissance masterpiece the David invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign.
Casa Bolivar is calling for proposals for its I Casa Bolivar Literary and Artistic Contest. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the school year, during the last week of classes, with a closing party to which all contest participants, friends and family will be invited. The deadline for submissions is March 21, 2024.
Ravarino Family Director of the Center for Italian Studies and Devers Family Program in Dante Studies, Professor Theodore Cachey, has been invited to sit on the scientific committee for the 2021 Dante centenary organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Professor Cachey says of his participation on the committee: "I am humbled by the honor of having been invited to join the committee. I hope that Notre Dame students and faculty, both here and at the Rome Global Gateway, will have the opportunity to participate in the Vatican commemorations of the Dante centenary."
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