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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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Cultural Diplomacy
24 January 2025
Krakow, “Echoes of hope: Art and Memory of the Holocaust”

On 16 January 2025, in connection with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp on 27 January, the Italian Ambassador to Poland Luca Franchetti Pardo inaugurated at the Italian Cultural Institute of Krakow the exhibition Echoes of Hope: Art and Memory of the Holocaust. The exhibition, curated by art historian and […]

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Press Releases
23 January 2025
Undersecretary Tripodi speaks at “Empowering higher education in Africa: Italy and the UNESCO Chair Network”

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, spoke today in Rome at the event “Empowering higher education in Africa: Italy and the UNESCO Chair Network”, organised by the coordination network of Italian UNESCO Chairs (ReCUI) and the Treccani Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia. “The Italian Government has a clear strategic […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 January 2025
Manama: “Media and culture in the field of archaeology”

On 20 January, the Italian Ambassador to Bahrain, Andrea Catalano, inaugurated the conference titled “Media and Culture in the field of archaeology”, organised in collaboration with the Shaikh Ebrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research. The conference was delivered by Ms. Stella Falzone, Director of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto (MArTA). […]

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Events
22 January 2025
Launch of “Espresso Radio”, the new podcast by the Italian Foreign Ministry

Next Friday, 24 January 2025, the first episode of “Espresso Radio“, the new podcast conceived by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will be released on the Italian Foreign Ministry’s Spreaker channel. The podcast is produced in collaboration with SIAE – the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers. The format aims to […]

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Press Releases
21 January 2025
First meeting of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation members of the National Committee “Neapolis 2500” at the Farnesina

Today, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani chaired the first meeting at the Farnesina with the members of the “Neapolis 2500” Committee he appointed, aimed at planning and guiding the international programme of celebrations for the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the city of Naples. The Committee will be chaired by the Prefect […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
21 January 2025
Rabat, ‘InCanto d’Amore’ Opera Gala

Soprano Silvia Colombini, accompanied by soloists from Milano Classica, performed the best-known opera masterpieces singing of love in the ‘InCanto d’Amore’ Opera Gala, organised by the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Rabat, in collaboration with the ‘Fondation Ali Zaoua’. The first performance was held at the Palais Soleiman in Marrakech, during a charity evening. A second concert was […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
17 January 2025
San Francisco, “Art + Propaganda in the European Tapestry”

On display at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the exhibition “Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries” presented, for the first time in the United States, the complete cycle of seven monumental tapestries depicting the Battle of Pavia, fought on 24 February 1525 between the French army led by […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
17 January 2025
New Delhi, “Objects between the lines”

The Italian Cultural Institute of New Delhi, in collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, presents an exhibition at the KNMA in Noida dedicated to the relationship between Italian literature and design. The exhibition, titled “Objects between the lines“, curated by Andrea Anastasio, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, and Domitilla Dardi, design historian […]

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Cultural Diplomacy
15 January 2025
Vienna: Retrospective on Italian Directors Zampa and Salce

The traditional Italian retrospective at the start of the year at the FilmMuseum in Vienna, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, is dedicated to two directors who embody the satirical and socio-critical essence of comedy, offering a portrait of social and moral evolution: Luigi Zampa (1905–1991) and Luciano Salce (1922–1989). Alongside great classics like […]

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