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8 January 2020

The Art of saving Art: Carabinieri for the protection of Cultural Heritage

“Recovered treasures. The Art of saving Art” is the title of the exhibition opened yesterday at the United Nations of New York with the aim of showing the innovative commitment of the Carabinieri of the Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC). The exhibition took place in occasion of its 50th anniversary.  The core […]

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30 December 2019

Leonardo da Vinci’s viola organista concert in Metz

To commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, on 18-19 December the Italian Consulate General in Metz and the local Committee of Società “Dante Alighieri” have organized in Metz (Saint-Clément Church) and Reims (Saint-Remi Basilica) a concerto for “viola organista” performed by M° Sławomir Zubrzycki. The “viola organista” was designed by Leonardo da Vinci […]

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24 December 2019

Sardinia: “The Creativity of an Island” at the IIC in Paris

The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Paris closes 2019 with a homage dedicated to “Sardinia: the Creativity of an Island”, that offered 12 events to enliven the cultural agenda of November and December. In addition to culinary workshops by Chef Nicola Pisu, the concerts by jazz musician Gavino Murgia with his “Mattanza trio”, the […]

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19 December 2019

Sao Paulo: M° Veronesi in concert with the Heliopolis Symphony Orchestra

The Heliopolis Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Alberto Veronesi and the voices of Paoletta Marrocu and Amadi Lagha were the stars of the traditional Christmas Concert organised by the Italian Consulate General at the Municipal Theatre of Sao Paulo. The Theatre recorded a full house with 1,500 spectators who appreciated the decision to combine great Italian professionals […]

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19 December 2019

Buenos Aires: on show the exhibition Italy: the Beauty of Knowledge

For three weeks, the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires hosted the exhibition “Italy: the Beauty of Knowledge”, promoted and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and designed by the National Research Council together with Italy’s four major science museums:   the City of Science in Naples, the Muse in Trento, the […]

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18 December 2019

Great success for the “De Rome à Paris” film festival

The “De Rome à Paris” film festival held in Paris from 13 to 17 December has just wound up. The festival is entirely dedicated to Italian film productions and is co-organised by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MIBAC) and ANICA (National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry) in partnership with the Italian Embassy […]

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16 December 2019

“The Lion and the Mountain” Italian excavation in Sudan exhibition

“The Lion and the Mountain” exhibition can be visited at the Museo di scultura antica Giovanni Barracco (Barracco Museum of Antique Sculpture) until 19 January next, promoted by the Municipality of Rome with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The exhibition presents findings from excavations by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Sudan, […]

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13 December 2019

Brasilia: Respighi Wraps Up 2019 Cultural Events

An “Italian Concert”, celebrating the 140th anniversary of the birth of the great Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, wrapped up the cultural program of the Embassy in Brasilia for 2019. The program featured an increasingly diversified offering, which has allowed thousands of people to attend, in most cases free of charge, quality initiatives in the most […]

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13 December 2019

Addis Ababa: Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio Concert Introduces New Sound

The first Ethiopian concert of the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, on Tuesday night, was a smashing success. At Addis Ababa’s National Theater, the Orchestra’s traditional world music repertoire was enriched by new sounds brought by Ethiopian folk music band Ethiocolor and local dancer Melaku Belay. 800 spectators attended what has been called the concert of […]

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Press Releases

12 December 2019

Satisfaction at the Foreign Ministry for the inclusion of Transhumance, Alpinism and the ‘Perdonanza Celestiniana’ in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

The Foreign Ministry welcomes with satisfaction the decision unanimously taken by the Member States of the World Heritage Committee convened in Bogota to include in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list three new elements proposed by Italy: the practice of Transhumance, together with Austria and Greece; Alpinism, together with France and Switzerland; and the Celestinian […]

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12 December 2019

Guinea: IULM videoconferences lessons for students in Conakry

As part of the “Italy, Culture, Africa” ​​program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, from March 2019, students from Guinea were given the opportunity of attending Italian language lessons, free of charge, at the Italian Embassy in Conakry.   Following the success of this first phase, a curriculum of lessons was set […]

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12 December 2019

Israel’s Year of Leonardo: between Humanism and Science

A synthesis between Humanism and Science. This was the leitmotif, so natural to a man of the Renaissance, of the events organised in Israel by the Italian Embassy and by the Italian Institutes of Culture in Tel Aviv and Haifa to celebrate the Year of Leonardo. It was also a way of conveying a comprehensive […]

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