Congress and events in Florence: stay at Hotel Mario's

The next IBRO International Meeting will be held in Florence, Italy on July 14-18, 2011. Florence, heart of the Italian Renaissance, a former Italian capital city and an open air museum, is an ideal location for a meeting in the middle of the Mediterranean area.

The congress will be held at the Fortezza da Basso, only 200 metres far from Hotel Marios' ( via Faenza 89, cap 50123, Florence, info@hotelmarios.com  or  visit the link : www.hotelmarios.com ) a Medicean fortress built in the 16th century in the town center. People will enjoy the beautiful skyline outlined by the Domes of the many Florentine churches on the way to the congress center, strolling along the same streets that Michelangelo and Dante walked through in their time. The gardens and palaces, together with the Uffizi’s paintings, will provide an ideal context for this meeting. For those who love Italian fashion and food, shops and restaurants in the town center will satisfy the most sophisticated taste. For those who will decide to spend their holidays in Italy, easy connections are available from Florence to any Italian region.  From the official website of Ibro :

"150th Anniversary of the Unification of the Italian State

The 8th IBRO World Congress has been inserted in the calendar of events related to the Celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of the Italian State.

The 8th IBRO World Congress has been inserted in the calendar of events related to the Celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of the Italian State.
The Italian Government has confirmed its patronage to the 8th IBRO World Congress as a recognition of the importance and relevance of the scientific advances for the global health made by and thanks to the studies and researches in the neuroscience field. The 50th Anniversary of the International Brain Research Organization that will be celebrated in Florence during the Congress with a prestigious plenary lecture and other activities under definition perfectly responds to the recognition given by the Italian Government.
The IBRO 2011 announces to be a memorable event for scientific quality and future vision of the filed"

If you want to be registered at the congress:   

Online registration and submission of Abstracts will open on December 1, 2010  http://www.ibro2011.org

Hotel Mario's is in the perfect position for working and visiting the city. Hotel Mario's will become your  home, far from home; enjoy the typical Florentine hospitality.
Hotel Mario's
Florence
+39055216801
www.hotelmarios.com

The famous typical dish in Florence : the BISTECCA !

 Dear friends,

  clients are always looking for good eating and what we usually suggest is to try the Florentine steak.

The word Bistecca is derived from the English “beef steak” and the Bistecca alla Florentina is a porterhouse cut believed to have been introduced to the region by wealthy English residents in the 1800s. The Bistecca alla Florentina is made from the meat of the Vacca Chianina , a large white breed of cattle that takes its name from the Chiana valley and was originally raised in this region for agricultural work and also to pull carts.The people of Florence consider the Bistecca alla Florentina one of the highest expressions of Tuscan gastronomical achievement. If you eat a Bistecca with a good glass ( or bottle, better...) of red wine, a Chianti one, you'll taste the real Florentine way of life.

 At Hotel Mario's you' ll get all the information about where to find good restaurants where is possible to eat the steak. When you are in Florence, impossible miss it!

 

 Hotel Mario's 

Florence

via Faenza 89,

50123

Florence

www.hotelmarios.com

info@hotelmarios.com

Pitti Filati 2011 in Florence and at Hotel Mario's

Every 6 months in Florence, at the Fortezza da Basso, only few steps from Hotel Mario's, there is Pitti Filati, more than a simple trade fair for the textile fibers, the next date is in January 2011, from 26th to 28th.
Over 100 exhibitors, the latest products and developments in the industry showcase, etc. Yarn of organically grown raw materials, environmentally friendly production and fair trade.
 If you'll come to this great fair, enjoy the warm hospitality of  Hotel Mario's (www.hotelmarios.com , info@hotelmarios.com ), a very nice 3 stars hotel, located in a perfect position between the Fortezza da Basso and the railway station Santa Maria Novella. The Hotel adress is : via Faenza 89, 50123, Florence

XXVII FIRENZE MARATHON - 28th november 2010

STAY AT HOTEL MARIO'S:

OUR STAFF WILL OFFER YOU A NICE STAY FOR THIS UNIQUE EVENT!!!

FIRENZE MARATHON, A 42 KILOMETERS AND METERS LONG EMOTION.

Meeting on Sunday November, 28th 2010

 with the 27th edition of the International classic road race

The wrapping glamour of centuries of art, history and culture accompanies you step by step along the 42 kilometres and 195 meters of the Florence Marathon. A unique emotion which can be told only by those who have run in Florence and which has made the classic race of Florence an appointment that cannot be missed by thousand of sportsmen and enthusiasts who each year punctually come from all over the world on the last Sunday in November. The Florentine event has gained exponential importance during the recent years, so much that on last November 29th on the occasion of its XXVI edition a new record of participants has been achieved with over 10.166 runners (7.425 Italians and 2.741 foreigners) coming from 57 countries.

The record of the men’s race has been established by the 24-year old Kenyan James Kutto who won his race in 2h08’41”: fourth time ever for the winner of an Italian marathon. A record has been achieved also with regard to the number of athletes crossing the finishing line: 8.206 runners. Amazing numbers, in witness of a development both numerical and qualitative, which has transformed the Florence Marathon into the second Italian marathon second to the Rome race.

An event, which is not only a sport event, but also a custom and cultural enchanting event. This is the common feeling joining thousands of runners and shared by the large audience of Raitre channel, watching the three-hour live broadcast of the XXVI Florence Marathon by Tgs-Raisport. This is the fifth consecutive year dedicated by Rai to the live broadcast of the Florentine event, as well-deserved appreciation of the growing importance this event has achieved during the recent years. Mentioning numbers only, however, won't convey the right value to a marathon which has now reached full excellence as to its organizational level and which can boast an exceptional stage such as the city of Florence, unique in the world for its beauty and atmosphere.

The Florence Marathon is the main road race event taking place in Tuscany, which together with Rome is rightly by now the most important international marathon in Italy and among the first 20 marathons in the world as far as quality and number of participants. The event inaugurated by Orlando Pizzolato, multi-winner of the New York Marathon, has been attended during the years by some of the main Italian athletes such as Giacomo Leone, Francesco Ingargiola, Michele Gamba, Fabio Rinaldi, Denis Curzi and Angelo Carosi, in the men’s field, Tiziana Alagia, Gloria Marconi, Florinda Andreucci, Bettina Sabatini, Anna Rita Incerti and Vincenza Sicari, in the women’s field, just to mention a few, besides top-ranking foreign runners. James Kutto, Kenyan beginner over the long distance, who crossed the finishing line in 2h08’41 “, exceeding the record established by his compatriot Daniel Kirwa Too in the year 2001, with 2h10’38”, has established the men’s record of the event in the year 2006. On the contrary, the women’s record has been established during the 2002 edition by the Slovenian Helena Javornik, winning with the excellent time of 2h28’15”.

THE ROUTE

The Florentine route follows landscape views and monuments of singular beauty, which made the city famous worldwide. A route touching the most fascinating places in Florence, such as piazza del Duomo, piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio and many other roads and squares rich in history and culture, before ending in the solemn majesty of piazza Santa Croce. The path is fully surfaced and ramp-free, exception made for the slightly sloping stretch of road at the start. Those characteristics make it particularly flowing and appreciated by all the athletes.

PONTE VECCHIO

Visit Florence and stay at Hotel Mario's: its staff will help you in your visit!!!

Ponte Vecchio is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge, but there are far older segmental arch bridges such as Alconétar Bridge. Ponte Vecchio's two neighbouring bridges are Ponte Santa Trinità and Ponte alle Grazie.

The bridge spans the Arno at its narrowest point where it is believed that a bridge was first built in Roman times, when the via Cassia crossed the river at this point. The Roman piers were of stone, the superstructure of wood. The bridge first appears in a document of 996. After being destroyed by a flood in 1117 it was reconstructed in stone but swept away again in 1333 save two of its central piers, as noted by Giovanni Villani in his Nuova Cronica. It was rebuilt in 1345, Giorgio Vasari recorded the tradition in his day, that attributed its design to Taddeo Gaddi, besides Giotto one of the few artistic names of the trecento still recalled two hundred years later. Modern historians present Neri di Fioravanti as a possible candidate. Sheltered in a little loggia at the central opening of the bridge is a weathered dedication stone.

The Torre dei Mannelli was built at the southeast corner of the bridge to defend it.

The bridge consists of three segmental arches: the main arch has a span of 30 meters (98 ft) the two side arches each span 27 meters (88 ft). The rise of the arches is between 3.5 and 4.4 meters (11½ to 14½ feet), and the span-to-rise ratio 5:1.

It has always hosted shops and merchants who displayed their goods on tables before their premises, after authorization of the Bargello (a sort of a lord mayor, a magistrate and a police authority). The back shops (retrobotteghe) that may be seen from upriver, were added in the seventeenth century.