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10 February 2015
Pakistan – Italy for the protection of cultural heritage

Literature has always played a major role in connecting distant countries and fostering better intercultural understanding, as Italian ambassador to Pakistan Adriano Chiodi Cianfarani underscored at the opening of the Karachi Literature Festival. The festival is one of the subcontinent’s most prominent events, attracting over 125,000 visitors, and was co-sponsored by Italy for the third […]

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9 February 2015
Budapest – Italian Caffè Letterario hosts Tabucchi discussion

Budapest’s new Caffè Letterario continues its activities with a calendar of events promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of that city. One Monday afternoon a month, from January to June, the Institute hosts a readings from great Italian literature accompanied by a great cup of coffee Italian-style (a contribution from DeLonghi-Kimbo). The season opened on […]

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9 February 2015
Prague – Great lyrical music in the heart of Bohemia

The most beautiful of Verdi’s arias will take centre stage in Prague in a concert organised by the Italian Cultural Institute at 19:30 in the city’s Smetana Hall featuring Bass baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, who returns to the capital nearly two years after his sell-out success at the Rudolfinum’s Dvořák Hall. The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted […]

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9 February 2015
Minsk – Italy a top participant in the 22nd International Book Fair ‎

The 22nd Minsk International Book Fair opens on 11 February, and Italy will be participating with a stand arranged by the Embassy showcasing two Italian publishing houses specialised in didactic literature – Alma Edizioni and Edilingua – as well as the many opportunities to study the Italian language in Belarus. Visitors to the stand will […]

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6 February 2015
Madrid – Photography – Fontana’s colours in Spain

“Photography must make the invisible visible, not simply reproduce the visible”. These are the words of photographer Franco Fontana, whose work on colour will be on display in Madrid in a personal exhibition entitled “Color” at the Mondo Galería. Running from 20 February to 4 April 2015, the exhibition is organised by the Italian Cultural […]

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6 February 2015
Hanoi – Italian architecture with “Small Utopias”

The exhibition entitled “Small Utopias: Italian architecture in the third millennium between history, research and innovation” opens tomorrow, 7 February 2015, in Hanoi. The initiative was organised by the Italian Embassy in Vietnam, headed by Ambassador Lorenzo Angeloni, as part of the Y-Viet 2015 programme. Hosted by Casa Italia, the exhibition consists of 10 panels […]

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6 February 2015
Hamburg – Focus on Calabria, with events at the Italian Cultural Institute

Calabria is in the limelight in Hamburg, where the Italian Cultural Institute has organised a programme of events illustrating the region. Calabrian musician Peppe Voltarelli presented his first book, “Il caciocavallo di Bronzo”, while Calabria in film features in screenings of “Un ragazzo di Calabria”, directed by Luigi Comencini, and “Il Sud è niente”, by […]

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5 February 2015
Los Angeles – TaorminaFilmFest to launch in the USA

In the run-up to the 61st TaorminaFilmFest, which will run from 12 to 20 June 2015, the organisers have announced an important new development for 2016: the Festival will be extended to Los Angeles. Thanks to an agreement with the Italian Cultural Institute, our Consulate General and the Italian Trade Agency-ICE, the city will host […]

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5 February 2015
USA – Our Embassy in a mission to promote cooperation

Claudio Bisogniero, the Italian Ambassador to the United States, has been on a mission to Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky to meet state authorities and promote economic, cultural and scientific relations with Italy. Another goal was to underscore the importance of EXPO Milan 2015 and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Bisogniero’s programme also […]

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5 February 2015
Nice – Exhibition features Italy’s UNESCO sites, with the focus on Piedmont

All eyes on Piedmont at the opening of the exhibition on “Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites: a journey in 50 Images”, organised by the Italian Consulate General in Nice, the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseille and the association for Italian World Heritage assets. The recently included Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato took pride […]

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4 February 2015
Minsk: An exhibition featuring the Madonna and Child

A selection of paintings, drawings and prints featuring the Madonna and Child and ranging from the 15th to 19th centuries will feature in an exhibition entitled “Mater Dei. Iconografia di un amore. Opere da Musei e Fondazioni di Perugia e Minsk, sec. XV-XIX”. The exhibition, which will run from 13 February to 3 May 2015, […]

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