Ambassador Zappia visits the INNOVIT hub in San Francisco
As part of her mission to San Francisco, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, together with Consul General Sergio Strozzi visited the Italian Innovation and Culture Hub INNOVIT, opened at the end of 2021 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as an outpost of Italian innovation in Silicon Valley. “Over 100 startups […]
Read moreWeek of Italian Cuisine in the World in Ghana
Italy’s Ambassador to Ghana Daniela d’Orlandi and the Director of the ICE Office in Accra Alessandro Gerbino celebrated the eighth edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World with the event “Italian Taste“, organized at the Ambassador’s Residence in order to promote the Italian excellence of wine production and its culinary heritage. The […]
Read moreThe flavours and traditions of Italian cuisine in Uruguay
As part of the Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, the book La cucina italiana in Uruguay – un’eredità di sapori e tradizioni (Italian cuisine in Uruguay – a legacy of flavours and traditions) was presented yesterday at the Italian Cultural Institute of Montevideo. The work, promoted and realised by the Italian Embassy […]
Read moreSpace Food Experience: space cuisine for the Italian National Space Day 2023
Dishes inspired by Italian food and wine culture and eaten in orbit by ESA astronauts arrive in Italian Embassies and Consulates abroad. The Space Food Experience, a gastronomic format promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the occasion of the Italian National Space Day 2023, is kicking off. It is […]
Read moreKazakhstan, Tourism and Design for Italian Cuisine
Tourism and design are the themes around which the Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World was organised in Kazakhstan by the Italian Embassy in Astana, which, in collaboration with GoodProject (a platform of ten of the country’s top-rated restaurants) and star chef Chiara Pavan, developed a programme of various convivial and promotional events. […]
Read moreSchinasi’s Neofuturism on show in Amsterdam and The Hague
The Italian Cultural Institute of Amsterdam, in partnership with the Italian Embassy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, presents a double retrospective exhibition devoted to the artist Daniel Schinasi, founder of the Neofuturist movement. The retrospective, edited by the artist’s daughter, Sarah Schinasi, allows visitors to explore the painter’s artistic world and discover his contribution to the contemporary […]
Read moreThe Italian culinary tradition stars in Algeria
On the occasion of the Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, the Italian Embassy in Algiers has devised a programme full of activities to present and illustrate the Italian culinary and gastronomic tradition. Guest of honour will be Chef Giuseppe D’Alessio of the Settimo restaurant in Rome. The events were organised together with […]
Read morePrague celebrates Baroque architect Jan Blažej Santini Aichel
On the 300th anniversary of the death of Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (1677-1723), the great Czech Baroque architect of Italian origin, the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague organised the conference “Un mistero chiamato Santini, 300 anni dopo” (A Mystery Called Santini, 300 Years Later). The event was held in the Institute’s Baroque Chapel and featured […]
Read moreThe Greccio Nativity scene on display at the Vatican
Italy will be the guest of honour at the 6th edition of the international exhibition “100 Presepi in Vaticano” (100 Nativity Scenes in the Vatican) with the Greccio Nativity (RI). The event will take place from 8 December 2023 to 7 January 2024 under the Bernini colonnade in Saint Peter’s Square. Every year, the Dicastery for Evangelisation […]
Read moreUkraine, Italian cuisine at the service of solidarity
In Ukraine, the Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World has a special significance: that of solidarity. “In the light of the dramatic context of Russian aggression, and the strong desire of the Ukrainian people for a return to normality, in Kyiv we are interpreting this year’s theme in a social key: well-being with […]
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