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On September 9, in the Limonaia, Patti Smith held a cross-cultural conversation with NYU students and other Florentine students on: Punk Rock, Free Verse, and Politics.

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Villa La Pietra is the jewel in the crown of New York University's global program. Bequeathed to NYU in 1994 by Sir Harold Acton, the Florentine study abroad campus consists of 5 historic villas and 57 acres of gardens and olive groves. Villa La Pietra, the Acton Collection, and the Garden are maintained as they were by the Acton family and serve as an inspiration to all who live and study on the campus.


Progress and Imperatives: An International Town Hall on the Status of Women
International Conference:
La Pietra Policy Dialogues
November 2 at Palazzo Vecchio
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<b>Conservation Legacies of the Florence Flood of 1966: Proceedings from the Symposium Commemorating the 40th Anniversary</b> Recent Publications:

The proceedings from the symposium on the international conservation efforts following the flood in Florence in 1966 are available through Archetype Publications.


The catalog of the exhibition held in Florence, Federigo and the Workshop of the Angeli. Palazzo Davanzati: Dream and Reality, co-edited by New York University, is available through Sillabe.

Featured Events


Open Orient: New Political, Economic, and Social Perspectives for the Western Society after the Mongol Conquest
Remarque Institute Seminar: Lorenzo Pubblici, Santa Reparata International School of Art and Università degli Studi di Firenze
Date: Wednesday, November 18
Location: Villa Sassetti
Time: 12:00 noon

I musei del “genius loci”: un modello italiano
(in Italian)
Prof. Alessandra Mottola Molfino
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 24
Location: Villa La Pietra
Time: 6:00 PM