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23 August 2016
Spain – “La Terra Santa”, Alda Merini’s verses in Catalan

“Ho conosciuto Gerico, ho avuto anch’io la mia Palestina, le mura del manicomio erano le mura di Gerico… ”: these are verses by Alda Merini, taken from the collection of poems entitled “La Terra Santa”, which will be presented in the Catalan translation (published by Editorial Arrela) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, 8 September at […]

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19 August 2016
USA – Requalification of endangered Iraqi heritage on show in the US

An exhibition on the requalification of Iraq’s cultural heritage will open in the U.S. on September 7. “Heritage in danger. The Centro Scavi Torino and the requalification of the Iraqi cultural heritage,” the exhibition promoted by  the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington in collaboration with the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi […]

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19 August 2016
Germany – “Nella sabbia del Brandeburgo” to be screened in Berlin

“Im Markischen Sand – Nella sabbia di Brandeburgo”, a documentary film unveiling a very sorrowful past, will be screened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin on September 8 at the presence of the directors: Katalin Ambrus, Nina Mair and Matthias Neumann. In the film, the authors undertook a long journey through the memories conserved in Italy and Germany. Their exploration of […]

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19 August 2016
Ireland – Dublin hosts an exhibition on Aquileia and the Roman Empire

An exhibition, which was originally set up in 2009 and has since then toured all of Europe, arrives in Dublin. “Aquileia: the Crossroads of the Empire” will open at the Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin on August 23, where it will run till September 23. The exhibition narrates the story of Aquileia and the role […]

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18 August 2016
United Kingdom – “Italians and the UK” multimedia project presented in London

T​he Italian community is one the UK’s most numerous, well-rooted and long-standing. To narrate this ‘love story’, Lorenzo Colantoni, journalist, and Riccardo Venturi, a world-renowned photographer, in partnership with the Italian Foreign Ministry and National Geographic Italia, have launched a multimedia project called “Italians and the UK”. The outcome of the project is a book […]

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16 August 2016
Australia – “Italy, a regional power”

Italy will be the focus of a debate in Sydney on how the Country evolved into a regional power and on how it has changed from the Unification of Italy to date. The debate will follow the presentation of Gabriele Abbondanza’s book “Italia potenza regionale: il contesto africano dall’Unità ai giorni nostri” (“Italy, a regional […]

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16 August 2016
Russia – In September Moscow to showcase Italy, from Raphael to Giuseppe Verdi

Italian painting and music will take centre stage in Russia’s September art scene. Thanks to the cooperation between Italian and Russian cultural institutions, with the support of the Italian Embassy, three major cultural events are scheduled to open in Moscow in September. The first, opening on Sept. 2 at the Pushkin Museum, is the exhibition […]

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11 August 2016
Serbia – Film retrospective pays tribute to Mastroianni in Belgrade

The Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade is dedicating a section of its “World Movie Stars” screenings to Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni. The retrospective kicked off on 7 July and ends on 1 September, with films shown every Thursday. Films starring the Italian actor already shown include: Mario Monicelli’s “Big Deal on Madonna Street”, in which […]

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