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Amici di Italy Magazine,

Every corner of Italy with its layers of history turns you into a time traveller. You can imagine how the location you are visiting might have been at the time of the Romans, during the Middle Ages or the Renaissance. You are often experiencing exactly what people who lived in those areas did centuries ago, walking through the same medieval streets, visiting the same countryside, tasting the same kind of bread.

So what about walking around one of Italy's best Città D'Arte, Florence, at the time of Italy's most famous writer, Dante? Dante began The Divine Comedy in 1308, while in exile and never returned to his native city. Yet were Dante to return to Florence today, much of the city would be familiar to him. So if you want to Walk Dante's Florence do not miss Anne Harrison's article.

And walking around Florence stroking "the rough stones of the Medici homes and other palazzos [...] trying to absorb their memories through [...] fingertips" is what inspired Hillary Corby to write her debut novel set in Renaissance Florence. In our Meet the Author series, she talked about her love for Italy and her writer experience.

From fiction to harsh reality, this week we remembered anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino. He was murdered by the mafia on 19 July 1992, along with five bodyguards in a car-bombing, just three months after the assassination of another Sicilian anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone. 'Italy Magazine' marked the anniversary of his death in an interview with our editor, Katia Amore, who was living in Sicily at the time of his assassination which was followed by a major military intervention in the island called Operazione Vespri Siciliani.

This year we created a 2013 Italy Magazine desktop wallpaper calendar. We hope you liked the idea and downloaded the first months. It is now possible to download the July page.

A presto!

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In the midst of tax return deadline fever, this message from one of our clients brought a smile:

Dear Antonio,

You have the distinction of being the first Italian accountancy firm to have provided me with a certificate for my IMU tax.
Despite paying both ICI and IMU tax since we bought the house we have never received a receipt of any kind.
I may frame it. :-)

Best wishes
John

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