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5 June 2012
UNESCO – Milan beats Moscow and Abu Dhabi: for the ICOM 2016 General Conference

Meeting in Paris, the Advisory Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) chose Milan for its 24th General Conference, which every three years gathers over 4,000 museum and culture professionals from all over the world. Milan, which took 66% of the votes, was short-listed with other finalists Moscow (25%) and Abu Dhabi (9%). “This […]

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4 June 2012
Exhibit of Titian, Veronese and Tiepolo at Poznan: Terzi, Italy and Poland share ancient cultural ties

The exhibition “Titian-Veronese-Tiepolo: masterpieces of Italian painting from the collection of the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo” opened on 2 June at the National Museum of Poznan, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Poland. Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia attended the opening. The exhibition of Venetian and Lombard painting masterpieces from the 15th to the […]

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4 June 2012
Beach resorts of Emilia Romagna safe, says government – Embassies activated to encourage tourism

Tourists, including those from abroad, may continue to use the perfectly safe and secure resort facilities of the Emilia-Romagna Riviera. People need to know that “nothing has happened here”, said Affairs, Tourism and Sport Piero Gnudi, urging the development of a “correct information” campaign aimed at the broad dissemination of information on the perfect usability […]

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4 June 2012
BRATISLAVA – Dolce Vita Festival, italian culture in all its forms

For the entire month of June, Slovakia’s largest city will host the 5th edition of the Dolce Vita Festival, dedicated to Italian culture. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava with the participation of with other components of System Italy, the festival consists of 40 events that range from an exhibit of paintings by […]

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1 June 2012
LONDON – Honour for writer Gaia Servadio

To coincide with Italy’s national day, the Italian Ambassador to London, Alain Giorgio Maria Economides, has awarded Gaia Servadio the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. The honour was bestowed by the President of the Republic for the author and journalist’s special merits in the cultural field. Read more, in Italian.

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1 June 2012
PARIS: Exhibition on “The Seven Obsessions of Italian Design”

The splendid rooms of the Italian Embassy in Paris are hosting the exhibition “The Seven Obsessions of Italian Design”, which runs from 31 May to 4 June. The show, organised in collaboration with the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, is set in the wider framework of the 2012 edition of “Designer’s Days”. This aim of […]

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31 May 2012
JORDAN – Exceptional discovery by Italian restorers at the Qasr Amra site

The Jordanian press has devoted ample space to the exceptional discovery at the Qasr Amra site by the team from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s Higher Institute for Conservation and Restoration. Qasr Amra is a Jordanian castle that in 1985 obtained UNESCO World Heritage status. The restoration work by the Italian team has brought […]

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31 May 2012
BALKANS – Conference in Belgrade on the Italian language

“Beyond Borders. The trans-regional and intercultural dimension of Italian”. This was the theme of an international conference in Belgrade organised jointly by the Faculty of Philology of Belgrade University and the Italian Cultural Institute. The conference coincided with the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Department of Italian Language and Literature at the University. […]

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30 May 2012
BUDAPEST – Exhibition featuring Masaccio, Beato Angelico and Piero della Francesca

On Friday 8 June 2012 the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia will host the opening of the exhibition on “Masaccio – Beato Angelico – Piero della Francesca. L’avventura della conoscenza”. The curator of the exhibition, Prof. Alessandro Rovetta, from Milan’s Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, will speak at the event. The exhibition, which will run […]

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28 May 2012
MADRID – The Prince of Asturie opens the Book Fair, Italy guest of honour

On 25 May the Prince of Asturia, accompanied by Princess Letizia, opened the 71st Madrid Book Fair, where Italy is this year’s guest of honour. Italian Ambassador Leonardo Visconti di Modrone welcomed the Prince at the Parque de “El Retiro” along with Spanish Minister of Culture Jose’ Ignacio Wert, President of the Book Fair Pilar […]

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28 May 2012
LIMA – Photography Exhibit on Italian emigration to Peru

The photography exhibit entitled “Italia y Peru’. Hermanados por la migracion”, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima and dedicated to Italian emigration to Peru and vice versa, comes to an end on 30 May at the Parliamentary the Peru-Italy Friendship League. The League’s president Carlos Tubino Arias Schreiber expressed his gratitude to Italian […]

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