Italy at Expoqueijo Brasil 2021
Italy participated in the Expoqueijo Brasil 2021 – International Cheese Awards, the most important cheese competition in Brazil, held a few days ago in Araxà, a city in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. The gold medal went to a cheese from the Piedmont region of Italy: Bra Duro DOP, and at the inaugural ceremony […]
Read moreMontevideo: a conference on Anita Garibaldi
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of her birth, the Embassy of Italy in Montevideo, together with the Italian Cultural Institute, organised a conference on 4 November at the Museum of Visual Arts on the life and work of Anita Garibaldi, the famous wife of the Italian soldier, revolutionary and politician, Giuseppe Garibaldi. This celebration of […]
Read moreA visit to the IILA projects by the Ambassador of Italy to the Dominican Republic
The Italian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Stefano Queirolo Palmas, recently visited the Technology Transfer and Vocational Training Project at the San Ignacio de Loyola Institute (ITESIL) in Dajabón (on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti), which is being implemented by the International Italo-Latin American Organisation (IILA) thanks to Italian funding from the […]
Read moreLa Farnesina alla XXXVIII Assemblea dell’ANCI
Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale insieme all’Agenzia ICE partecipa alla 38a edizione dell’Assemblea ANCI (Associazione Nazionale dei Comuni Italiani) in corso a Parma dal 9 all’11 novembre. Si tratta del tradizionale appuntamento annuale dell’Assemblea che riunisce sindaci, amministratori e rappresentanti del mondo istituzionale e che rappresenta anche un’importante un’occasione di incontro […]
Read moreMadrid, an exhibition of “Dantesque Illustrations in the World 1983-2021”
An exhibition entitled “Hyper modern Dante: Dantesque illustrations in the World 1983-2021” has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid, under the aegis of the Italian Embassy in Madrid, in collaboration with the Società Dantesca Italiana and the ADI (Italianists’ Association). The event, set up on the Institute’s premises, will run from 11 […]
Read moreBrussels, 08 November. Second appointment in the series “Conversazioni in piazza” with Benedetta Craveri
Belgium. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Brussels and the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the cycle of “Conversazioni in Piazza” (Conversations in the square) featuring Italian journalists, essayists, writers, critics and scientists in conversation with representatives of the Belgian and international scene, is continuing in the two “Italian squares” (the Italian Cultural Institute and […]
Read more“Lesson on Sciascia” in Madrid
The Italian Institute of Culture in Madrid, in collaboration with the University of Oviedo and the University of Salamanca, has organized a conference event for November 11 (at 6 p.m.) devoted to the writer Leonardo Sciascia. The event will be held at the Institute (Calle Mayor 86) under the aegis of the Italian Embassy in […]
Read moreMoretti guest of honour at the Italian Film Festival in Berlin
Director Nanni Moretti will be the guest of honour at the eighth edition of the Italian Film Festival in Berlin, which will take place from 10 to 14 November 2021. The famous and prestigious director will be in Berlin on Saturday 13 November. He will meet the festival audience in the evening (at 8 pm) […]
Read moreWebinar on “The Renaissance of Pastels “
On the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, and in collaboration with the Legion of Honor Museum, a webinar will take place today, 09 November (11 am pst; 8 pm in Italy) on “The Renaissance of Pastels”. It will include contributions by Furio Rinaldi, Curator at the Fine Arts Museums of San […]
Read moreLeonardo and Bramante at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Helsinki
The Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki is organising an online meeting on Leonardo’s and Bramante’s works at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, on Thursday 11 November. Those behind the meeting, to be held in Italian on a Zoom platform (from 17:00 to 18:00), are the Politecnico di Milano and Turku University. The event will […]
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