The Calcutta International Book Fair opens on 24 January, where Italy has been invited as guest of honour. With over one million participants and proceeds of nearly two million euro in books sold at every recurrence, the “Kolkata Book Fair” is India’s most important event of the kind. It takes place at this time every […]
Read moreIn the course of a moving ceremony held at the Élysée on 13 January, French President Nicolas Sarkozy conferred the rank of Commandeur of the Legion d’Honneur on Italian writer and semiologist Umberto Eco, whose prestige and renown in France are equal to that which he enjoys in our country. To read more select ITALIANO […]
Read moreWith the support of the Embassy of Italy in Prague and the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition “Tauromaquia”, curated by Serena Baccaglini of Milan’s Catholic University, opened at the Prague Town Hall (Obecni dum) and will run through 9 April. The exhibition presents a selection of works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Francisco Goya […]
Read moreSix million burnt matches and 17 years went into the construction of a model of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Rila, Bulgaria’s most important and famous: and this is only one of many attractions offered by an architectural model exhibition entitled “Tolerance: a beacon for faith and life” that opened at the national archaeological museum […]
Read moreThe Italian Cooperation recently decided to make a €400,000 contribution to UNESCO for the “Capacity building for safeguarding cultural heritage” programme in Myanmar. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
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