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30 January 2025

Manama, “Breeze of Tarantella” Concert

On 29 January 2025, just days after the visit of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Italian Embassy in Manama, in collaboration with the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), organised the concert “Breeze of Tarantella: A Journey through Southern Italy”. The event took place as part of the annual […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 January 2025

Miami, 2025 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

Holocaust Remembrance Day event, organized by Italy’s Consulate General in Miami and Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with American Jewish Committee of South Florida, met with tremendous success. The event, which was intended also as a tribute to the work of the great Italian writer Primo Levi, offered the opportunity for a deep reflection on […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

30 January 2025

On Rai 5 this evening: “The Italian vision”

On 30 January 2025 at 21:15 CET, Rai 5 will broadcast “The Italian vision: culture in the world”, the special dedicated to the States General of Cultural Diplomacy (Matera, 5-6 November 2024). At the same time, the special will be available worldwide via live streaming on Rai Play. From 31 January 2025, it will be […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

30 January 2025

Tokyo, The Greek and Roman world in Japanese manga

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo hosted a roundtable entitled “The Greek and Roman world in Japanese manga: representations of the classical world and impact in the age of globalisation”. The event offered a reflection on the cultural dialogue between the West and Japan through the art of manga, which has enabled the rediscovery of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

29 January 2025

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Once again this year, Italian Embassies and Italian Cultural Institutes around the world have organised events to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the international commemoration held annually on 27 January in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. This date was chosen as it marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland by […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 January 2025

Brussels, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp (27 January 1945), the Theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels hosted the theatrical performance Auschwitz’s Swimmer, written and directed by Luca De Bei.  Italian actor Raoul Bova, […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 January 2025

Helsinki, “Colourful Evenings” for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute of Helsinki, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy in Finland, organised a concert in the form of a musical narration titled Ferramonti. Colourful Evenings. The event was curated by Laura Vergallo Levi, Sofia Weck, and Francesco Grigolo from the Civica Scuola di […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

28 January 2025

Cuba, 26th Week of Italian Culture

Organised and promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Havana, in collaboration with the Cuban Ministry of Culture and the Oficina del Historiador de La Habana, and with the support of various Italian and Cuban companies and institutions, the 26th Week of Italian Culture in Cuba has come to an end.  The programme proposed a series of activities to […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

28 January 2025

Paris, “Un Natale a casa Croce”

The premiere screening of director Pupi Avati’s new docufilm, “Un Natale a casa Croce” (Christmas at Croce’s House) (2024), dedicated to the figure of Benedetto Croce, took place in France with great public participation. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, opened with a video-message by Pupi Avati, who, although unable to […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

27 January 2025

27 January 1945: The liberation of Auschwitz

On 27 January 1945, the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland (1940-1945). More than 6,000 Jewish deportees from Italy were imprisoned there, representing the vast majority of Italian prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. Only a few Italian Jews were sent to other camps, such as Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald. Many of the deportees […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

27 January 2025

London, “We Rise by Lifting Others”

The Italian Cultural Institute of London is delighted to support the light sculpture “We Rise By Lifting Others”, created by Marinella Senatore and inspired by the Southern Italian tradition of luminarie (traditional festive lights). The artwork is part of “Winter Light”, an outdoor exhibition (on display until 2 February), free to visit and showcasing light-based […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 January 2025

Washington, Piero Sartogo and the Italian architecture in the USA

On the 25th anniversary of the opening of its current location, the Embassy of Italy in Washington honored the creators of the “Palazzo sul Potomac” (“Palace on the Potomac”) during an evening dedicated to Piero Sartogo and the significance of Italian architecture in the United States. The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, […]

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