Florence mayor Dario Nardella, right, and Franco Zeffirelli's son, Filippo, left, pose for photographers at the Franco Zeffirelli International Centre for the Performing Arts during a preview in the late 17th century San Firenze Complex in Florence, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The center, besides its educational activities, brings together the entire artistic and cultural patrimony of the Italian director's almost 70-year career, including over ten thousand books from his personal library, thousands of professional documents and notes, designs, sketches, scripts, screenplays and storyboards, as well as a substantial collection of photographs of his works from the post-war years to present days. The center will open to the public on Sept. 1. (Maurizio Degli Innocenti/ANSA via AP)
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