UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: new elements for Italy
Italy can boast two new UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage elements: “Lipizzan Horses – Lipizzan Horse Breeding Traditions” and “Tocatì, a Shared Programme for the Safeguarding of Traditional Games and Sports”. The two new elements were announced during the XVII session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage taking place in Rabat […]
Read moreScientific diplomacy takes centre stage at the Rome Science Festival
On Monday, 21 November, the opening day of the Rome Science Festival (21 – 27 November), the event titled “Science in Rome”, moderated by the Festival’s Director, Vittorio Bo, was held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica at 6:00 PM. The event was attended by the representatives of the capital’s major research agencies and universities, […]
Read moreScopri il mondo della diplomazia
Partecipa al concorso del MAECI “Come la diplomazia contribuisce al benessere e alla sicurezza del Paese?” Vuoi essere un protagonista della prossima Conferenza delle Ambasciatrici e degli Ambasciatori d’Italia nel mondo? Vuoi entrare alla Farnesina e avere un contatto diretto con i nostri Capi Missione all’estero? Partecipa al bando di concorso! Mercoledì 21 e […]
Read moreThe 7th Week of Italian Cuisine in the World
The 7th edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, called “Conviviality, Sustainability and Innovation: the ingredients of Italian cuisine for people’s health and the protection of the planet”, will be held today at the Farnesina. The event – moderated by Maddalena Fossati Dondero, Editor-in-Chief of La Cucina Italiana, the event’s media partner, and opened by […]
Read moreMED Trident Workshop on cooperation in nuclear forensics
A MED Trident Drill took place from 9 to 11 November 2022 at the National Fire Prevention Institute (Istituto Superiore Antincendi – ISA) in Rome. The drill consisted of a multilateral workshop promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and dedicated to capacity building in the detection of radiological-nuclear material and judicial […]
Read moreAmbassador Angeloni attends “Multilateral Development Banks come to Italy” event
The Farnesina’s Directorate General for Country Promotion has organised, jointly with the Ministry for the Economy and Finance and ICE-Agenzia (the Italian Trade Agency), a seminar entitled “The Multilateral Development Banks come to Italy”. The event took place on 10 November 2022 at Rimini Fiera, in the framework of the “Ecomondo” and “Key Energy” expos. […]
Read moreFrom Prague to the world: 100 hundred years of cultural diplomacy
The Farnesina’s Aldo Moro Hall hosted the event “100 years of cultural diplomacy” to present the initiatives organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, the first in the world, and illustrate the agenda of the events promoted […]
Read moreFarnesina – “Sala delle Bandiere” opens to the public
The “Sala delle Bandiere” (Hall of Flags), unique in Italy and the jewel in the crown of Palazzo della Farnesina, is opening to the public. It contains the biggest collection of international flags held by any Italian government body. Hundreds of flags (over 600 and 400 for interior and exterior use respectively, and over 200 […]
Read moreElisa Talentino in Farnesina Collection
The recent acquisitions of the Farnesina Collection include the illustrations of Elisa Talentino (Ivrea 1981): “Tuffo” (2020), “Salto” (2019), “Sisterhood” (2018) and “Il Barone Rampante” (2019). Elisa Talentino is an artist working in illustration, printmaking, painting and animation. She has created illustrations for Italian and international magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, La Stampa […]
Read moreThe “Alphabets” of the Farnesina Collection appear in the magazine ‘Giornale dell’Arte’
The October issue, and the next four issues of “Il Giornale dell’Arte” – a historic Italian magazine associated with the world of art and culture – feature five thematic chapters to the Farnesina Collection, written by renowned art historians and historians, offering an unprecedented account of the contemporary art collection of the Ministry of Foreign […]
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