About 7.7 hectares of surface with 38 rows of vines will be planted on the sloping roof of the new Amerigo Vespucci terminal at Florence airport in Tuscany. Roof lights 1.2 metres in size will be installed between the vine rows to fill the inner building with natural light. The vineyard will be visible from the sky and from the top of Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in the city. The architects conceiving this project explained that the green roof will not only serve as a new landmark for the city’s sustainable future, but also as a symbol of the tradition, history and innovative spirit that continue to drive the Italian economy into the 21st century. A local vintner will farm and harvest the “flying vines”. The resulting wines will be made in a cellar built beneath the roof. However, the first plantings are scheduled to occur in a distant future, by 2035, at the end of the project.