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Italy’s most celebrated art gallery is housed ... wander up the steep hill to the old monastery of San Francesco. The Cascine park hugs the northern bank of the Arno to the west of the city ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the 2024 year-end press conference, in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 ...