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17 December 2013
Italy “off the beaten track” to be showcased in Tourism Year

Exhibitions, festivals, workshops, cultural events, fairs and meetings with tourism operators will form the “backbone” for the Italian-Russian Year of Tourism. Italy will be promoting less well-known destinations in the Federation’s growing tourism market. As our Ambassador in Moscow, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, explained, the aim is to help Russian visitors discover villages, UNESCO sites and […]

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17 December 2013
Iraq – Italy working to save the archaeological heritage

The Italian archaeology community is helping restore Iraq’s heritage. On Friday 20 December, the reconstruction project for the Madrasa al-Mirjaniya in Baghdad’s Iraq Museum will be presented in Rome at the Ministry for Culture’s Conservation and Restoration Institute. The project was implemented by Monumenta Orientalia and supported and funded by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for […]

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16 December 2013
Helsinki – Finland discovers the Italian crèche

The Italian art of crèche building comes to Finland, with an exhibition that retraces the history and styles typical of various regions. The exhibition runs through 6 January in the Finnish capital. Read more, in Italian.

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16 December 2013
Romania – Art treasures returned to Italy

Another happy ending in the retrieval of stolen Italian artworks: the Romanian authorities handed over 22 paintings and 18 books to the Carabinieri specialised art-retrieval corps, which had probably been stolen from churches many years earlier. Italian ambassador Diego Brasioli praised the excellent cooperation between the Italian and Romanian police. Read more, in Italian.

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13 December 2013
VI Conferenza Italia-America Latina

VI CONFERENZA ITALIA – AMERICA LATINA E CARAIBI Si è svolta nei giorni 12 e 13 dicembre presso Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri la VI Conferenza Italia – America Latina e Caraibi. Quest’anno la Conferenza ha festeggiato il suo decimo anniversario e si è evoluta fino a divenire un momento d’incontro e riflessione propositivaad alto […]

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Press Releases
13 December 2013
VI Conferenza Italia-America Latina

VI CONFERENZA ITALIA – AMERICA LATINA E CARAIBI Si è svolta nei giorni 12 e 13 dicembre presso Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri la VI Conferenza Italia – America Latina e Caraibi. Quest’anno la Conferenza ha festeggiato il suo decimo anniversario e si è evoluta fino a divenire un momento d’incontro e riflessione propositivaad alto […]

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13 December 2013
Italy-USA – Symposium in Washington on Levi Montalcini

“I am not my body. I am my mind”, is the title of a symposium organised by the Embassy of Italy in Washington on the first anniversary of her death. The seminar will concentrate on the social changes that medical research can generate over the coming decade, and falls within the context of 2013 – […]

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13 December 2013
Jerusalem: Botticelli celebrated in music

Jerusalem at the Museum of Israel before the great master’s famous fresco “The Annunciation” (on loan from the Uffizi Gallery), which will remain on display through 10 February. Diplomats – including Italian ambassador to Israel Francesco Maria Talo’ – joined business persons, artists and others from cultural spheres despite the bad weather to meet in […]

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13 December 2013
Los Angeles – L’arte italiana diventa 2.0 (in translation)

L’arte italiana a Los Angeles diventa 2.0. Il merito e’ di una nuova applicazione, “Italy Art LA” e del relativo sito web (www.italyartla.com), che permetteranno agli utenti di scoprire l’arte italiana nella citta’ californiana grazie a un sistema basato sulla geolocalizzazione e attraverso una varieta’ di strumenti, quali una piantina personalizzata ed interattiva, testi scritti, […]

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13 December 2013
Istanbul – Appuntamento con il cinema italiano (in translation)

‘Appuntamento con il Cinema Italiano a Istanbul’: si intitola così la rassegna cinematografica che per una settimana ha catalizzato l’attenzione dei cinefili nella metropoli turca. L’iniziativa, organizzata dall’Istituto italiano di cultura e dall’Istituto Luce Cinecitta’, in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata italiana ad Ankara e il Consolato generale d’Italia a Istanbul, ha visto la proiezione in anteprima […]

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12 December 2013
Afghanistan: Bamiyan conservation, experts’ meeting concludes in Orvieto

Over 60 international experts and Afghani government representatives met in Orvieto for the 12th work group meeting for the preservation of the Bamiyan World Heritage Site. The meeting, organised by UNESCO and ISPRA, with the contribution of the Italian and Japanese governments, made it possible for the participants to discuss a series of questions regarding […]

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