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Article: Immaculate consumption ; Whether it's food, fashion or football, Italians do it in style. Rory Ross finds all three in Florence, as well as swanky designer shops, classic works of art and love in the air
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 5, 2007
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It was April in Florence and the entire city was basking in the
afterglow of "Manchester United 7, Roma 1" and all that it implied
for the humiliation of their arch-rivals to the south. In Florence -
the cradle of Italian civilisation and crucible of the greatest
Western art - sculpting, painting pictures, making clothes and
shoes, and producing wine are often dismissed as so much physical
exercise. But give a Florentine a really big football result - now
that is something he can really appreciate, especially at the
expense of a rival city.
I was basking in the afterglow of a perfect spring day, sitting
perched on the terrace of the Villa San Michele high above Florence
in Fiesole, sipping ...
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