Firenze ricorda l’alluvione di 45 anni fa
Here is an article about the Flood on the mayor's website: Firenze ricorda l’alluvione di 45 anni fa (Italian only!)
| Florence-Flood.com is a website, blog and information resource dedicated to the tragic Florence flood of November, 1966. If you have a resource about the flood you would like to see listed here, please let us know. You can also ask questions and/or leave comments on all of the articles using the comment form at the bottom of each article, or sign up to receive email alerts when we update the site by using the form below. This is a volunteer operation, so if you are planning to visit Florence, booking a tour or activity from our partner Viator or a hotel from Venere.com (click the banners below to start) helps support us, as does the purchase of books via Amazon. Thanks! November 06, 2011Firenze ricorda l’alluvione di 45 anni faHere is an article about the Flood on the mayor's website: Firenze ricorda l’alluvione di 45 anni fa (Italian only!) November 04, 201145th Anniversary of the Florence Flood of 1966The 45th Anniversary of the Florence Flood of 1966 is today. It is a cool gray day here in Florence with rain in the forecast, and I am not sure what if anything is planned by the city this year. We are going to take a walk into the center and see if any ceremonies are happening, etc. If there is anything going on I will get some photos and/or video and post it later in the day. I will also be posting a second album of Mud Angel photos later today or in the next few days. October 20, 2011University of Maryland shares rare Zeffirelli film; Remembers 45th anniversary of Florence, Italy, floodA rare screening of Franco Zeffirelli's only documentary film--a heartfelt call to action showing the effects of the 1966 flood that devastated Florence, Italy, and rallied art lovers worldwide--will be the centerpiece of a program hosted by the University of Maryland Libraries and the National Gallery of Art. October 19, 2011Photos from a Mud AngelI was very honored to get an email, nearly two years ago, from Mary - a real "Mud Angel" - who offered to send me her photos to post here on Florence Flood. It has taken way too long to do this, but here they are - a real treasure trove of people coming together to save some of the treasures of Florence - specifically books in this case. The photos here are actually from February 1967, a few months after the flood - this description is from Mary: "...I was in Florence working on the books from the National Library that were brought in from the tobacco barns in the countryside. (This is the first half of the photos, I will be posting the rest in another album closer to the 45th anniversary of the flood on November 4th, 2011)
November 04, 201044th Anniversary of the Flood of 1966The 44th Anniversary of the flood seems pretty quiet in Florence this year. I did not even notice the usual posting of pictures in shops, etc. as there seems to be each November 4th. Maybe with the "crisis" no one wants to remember! There was a ceremony in Piazza della Repubblica: ![]()
February 24, 2010Photos of the Florence Flood of 1966A lot of the photo sites we have linked to over the last couple of years are now gone - here are a couple of live ones: February 10, 2010Conservation Legacies of the Florence Flood of 1966Seems like there is a new book out (November 2009) that we somehow missed - "Conservation Legacies of the Florence Flood of 1966"
November 05, 2009The 43rd Anniversary of the great flood of FlorenceWell - I guess 43 is a quiet one. I had totally forgot about the flood this year, and I didn't notice any of the usual activity around town (I was sick for a couple of days - probably would have picked up on something if I was out and about more). Anyway - the date was yesterday. Maybe on the 45th there will be more activity (like there was on the 40th year). April 15, 2009A Family's Loss Leads to Life as a 'Mud Angel'Here is an article weaving the recent tragic earthquakes in L'Aquila with the flood of 1966: Many will remember the Florence flood of 1966. Once the waters receded and the mud remained, thousands went to Florence to help. I was sent by my parents to volunteer. I was basically a kid who helped carry things and acted as a gofer. I later learned that I was technically a "mud angel." I had been a witness and, in my small way, I helped. But, perhaps of greater importance was that I became totally convinced that I would try in my career to help keep great works of art safe. ![]() November 04, 200842nd Anniversary of the Flood of 1966I can't find much news at all about the flood in English. I guess 42 is not a big deal. Of course it is pouring here in Florence today. Here is a slide show I just found on YouTube: November 03, 2008Angels of mudA new review out of Dark Water, in the Economist: THERE are, writes Robert Clark, two concepts of the legendary city on the banks of the Arno in northern Italy. One, called Firenze, is populated by the proud, hard-working people who live there. The other, known to many as Florence, is home to the world’s greatest concentration of sublime works of art. Both are susceptible to terrible flooding—and November is the cruellest month. The river Arno’s first great flood happened on November 4th 1333; there were 3,000 deaths and the reason given was the sinfulness of man. On November 4th 1966 another great flood inundated the city; 33 people died and the blame fell principally on Enel, Italy’s largest power company. More here. Tomorrow is the 42nd anniversary of the flood. We have had some rain here in Florence recently (finally!) to remind us, but the event seems to passing this year without much fanfare. I am sure there will be some remembrances held in town - maybe at the Palazzo Vecchio, etc. I will try to find some local news as I can't scrape anything up on the web at the moment. October 14, 2008Interview with "Dark Water" author Robert ClarkRandom House was kind enough to put us in touch with Robert Clark, author of the new book "Dark Water". He answered a few of our questions below by email: Florence Flood: How long were you in Florence researching the book and how did the grant process come about? Robert Clark: I was in Florence, living in the Piazza del Carmine for most of two years. As I said (in the book), I'd gotten the fellowship before I came, and the book came, sideways as it were, as a result. Continue reading "Interview with "Dark Water" author Robert Clark" » September 26, 2008Dark Water by Robert Clark
There is a new book to be released on October 7th about the 1966 flood of Florence and the aftermath of that fateful event. We were lucky enough to receive an advance copy and I am happy to say that if you are interested in the flood enough to have visited this website then you have to have a copy of this book: Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces
January 14, 2008Scholarly Articles about the Arno Flood of 1966Google Scholar is a specialized search engine from Google that searches scholarly texts, professional journals, research papers, etc. Here is a search for the 1966 Florence Flood. This is a pretty interesting resource but unfortunately it seems that most of this material must be paid for to actually view in its entirety, on the sites listed by Google Scholar all you get are abstracts (mostly). Still - it is a good starting place to at least find relevant materials, titles, etc. September 21, 2007Some more Florence Flood videoThis is an interesting clip from YouTube that is a mix of some contemporary docudrama looking stuff mixed in with some vintage film of the 1966 flood and work of the mud angels. I am not sure where it was taken from. If you can shed some light on the origins of this please let me know in the comments. | Search:Categories:Recent Posts:
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