Farnesina Collection: new Catalogue now online
The new Farnesina Collection Catalogue on photography, illustrations, graphics and street art is now available online. Set up on the fifth floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the photographic gallery includes, among others, works by Paola Agosti, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Antonio Biasucci, Silvia Camporesi, Luciano D’Alessandro, Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Luigi […]
Read moreItaly first donor country of COVID-19 vaccines in Syria
At the Global Health Summit held in May 2021 and organised by Italy during its Presidency of the G20, alongside the European Commission, the Italian government undertook to donate millions of vaccine doses to priority countries, such as Syria. “Italy is donating doses via COVAX, after pledging 470 million dollars to Gavi COVAX Advance Market […]
Read moreItaly-Spain: the Foreign Ministry’s Secretary-General meets with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Congress, Pau Marì-Klose
The Italian Foreign Ministry’s Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, today received a delegation of the Spanish Congress of Deputies led by the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Pau Marì-Klose. The meeting offered the opportunity to further tighten cooperation between the two Countries, also in view of the upcoming Italian-Spanish Summit. In particular, Ambassador Sequi […]
Read moreCultural Itineraries for Dialogue between Generations
With the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in the framework of the Italian Presidency Semester of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the event Cultural Itineraries for the Dialogue between Generations took place on Friday 17th December at the State High School “G. Pantaleo” of Castelvetrano (TP). […]
Read moreVirtual Renaissance Museum: the best of culture for a new beginning
The first 4D virtual museum comes into being on the sites that are the symbols of the Italian cultural heritage. Promoted by the Foreign Ministry and supported by the Ministry of Culture, the prototype of the “Virtual Voyage through the Renaissance and the Renaissances of the Italian Museum” was presented yesterday, December 14, at the […]
Read moreEnvironmental education for Italian schools abroad
Starting this year, with the collaboration of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the educational projects of RICREA (the Italian national non-profit consortium for Recycling and Recovery of Steel Packaging) are open to the students of the Italian schools abroad. “We are pleased to have involved the Italian schools abroad, institutions that are […]
Read moreAmbassador Sequi spoke at the Sky TG24 award ceremony in honor of the young diplomats, Attanasio and Claudi
The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, participated today in the third program of Sky TG24 “Live In”, a series of events consisting of meetings organized to create opportunities for discussions with Italian and international guests from the sectors of politics, economics, science, culture, industry, entertainment and sports. The theme of the […]
Read moreThe Khaled Al Asaad Award goes to Prof. Morandi Bonacossi
On November 26, during the 23rd edition of the Mediterranean Bourse of Archeological Tourism in Paestum, Prof. Morandi Bonacossi received the “Khaled al-Asaad” International Archaeological Discovery Award for 2020. The award is named for Khaled al-Asaad, the Director of the archeological site of Palmira who defended the cultural heritage at the cost of his life, […]
Read moreExperimentation of electronic voting for COMITES elections
On November 24, experimentation of the digital voting process got under way. The occasion was the elections of the Committees for Italians Abroad (COMITES) organized by the Farnesina. Electronic voting involves electors in eleven consular districts: Berlin, Munich (for the committees of Munich and Nuremberg, Marseilles, London (for the committees of London and Manchester), The […]
Read moreDiary of Ornament by Iacurci enters the Farnesina Collection
The Farnesina Collection has been enriched with a new project: “Diary of Ornament”, by the famous street artist Agostino Iacurci. It consists of a series of paintings inspired by the urban landscape of Brooklyn, where Iacurci has lived: details that he photographed and collected during his journey from home to the studio, later reproduced as […]
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