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4 April 2014
Innovative technology and services for Pompeii – Finmeccanica donates nearly 2 million euros

Finmeccanica, one of Italy’s leading industrial groups in the technology and innovative services sector, signed an agreement this morning, Friday 4 April 2014, with the Ministry for Culture and Tourism on a donation to monitor and protect the archaeological site at Pompeii. Dario Franceschini, the Minister for Culture, and Gianni de Gennaro, Chairman of Finmeccanica, […]

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4 April 2014
Cultura – Editoria e lettori a Settimana Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (in translation)

“Scrivere la nuova Europa: editoria italiana, autori e lettori nell’era digitale”: questo il tema che leghera’ i vari eventi che animeranno la XIV edizione della Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel mondo, indetta dal 20 al 25 ottobre 2014. Con questa scelta, si vuole valorizzare il ruolo del libro nelle sue molteplici connotazioni, dal cartaceo al […]

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3 April 2014
Hong Kong – Caravaggio exhibition attracts enthusiastic art-lovers

“Light and Shadows: Caravaggio – the Italian Baroque master”, organised by the Italian Consulate in collaboration with our Cultural Institute, the Farnesina and the Ministry for Cultural Assets, continues to attract enthusiastic art-lovers in Hong Kong. The exhibition opened on 11 March and runs until 13 April 2014. Read more, in Italian.

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3 April 2014
Buenos Aires – EXPO 2015 presentation

The Italian Ambassador to Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, recently opened an event in Buenos Aires to present EXPO 2015 to the Argentinian authorities and business community. The presentation coincided with the mission by Argentina by the Director General for EXPO events, Piero Galli, and Alessandro Mancini, who is in charge of tourism promotion for the EXPO. […]

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2 April 2014
Bulgaria – Sofia explores Renaissance Montefeltro

Sofia has hosted an event organised by the Italian Cultural Institute to present a study of the landscapes of Montefeltro as depicted in the work of Renaissance masters Piero della Francesca and Leonardo da Vinci. The study was produced by painter and landscape photographer Rosetta Borchia and Olivia Nesci, a lecturer in Geomorphology at the […]

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2 April 2014
Farnesina – Two Italian schools join UNESCO’s Associated Schools network

The Farnesina is delighted to hear that the Italian state schools in Addis Ababa and Istanbul have been included in the UNESCO schools network for academic year 2013/14. Founded in 1953, members of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) work in support of international understanding, peace, intercultural dialogue, sustainable development and quality education in […]

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2 April 2014
Dublino – “Pirandello. La famiglia e l’epoca”, dibattito all’IIC (in translation)

Chi dice Luigi Pirandello dice “Il fu Mattia Pascal”, “Uno, nessuno e centomila”, “Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore”, “Il berretto a sonagli”, “Così è se vi pare”. Queste, tuttavia, sono solo alcune delle tante opere dello scrittore siciliano che hanno lasciato un segno nella letteratura italiana. Pirandello è stato scrittore e poeta. Fu il teatro, […]

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1 April 2014
Prague – Umberto Galimberti on nihilism and the young

The Czech translation of “L’ospite inquietante: Il nichilismo e i giovani”, by philosopher and essayist Umberto Galimberti, was presented recently in Prague. Moderated by philosopher Ondrej Svec and journalist and translator Andreas Pieralli, the presentation was attended by the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Giovanni Sciola. Read more, in Italian.

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31 March 2014
Paris – Exhibition for Rosso Fiorentino a success

At one month from its closing, the exhibition on Renaissance painter Rosso Fiorentino, organised in Paris by the Italian embassy under the high patronage of the President of the Republic, was a great success judging by the reactions of over 14,000 visitors who appreciated both the works as well as the technical ability that went […]

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31 March 2014
Culture – From Futurism to Canova, Italy exhibited in New York

Italian culture takes the Big Apple by storm, with a variety of events. Let’s start with the Futurist exhibition at the Guggenheim, much anticipated by critics and public. The exhibition will run through September and includes 300 works that tell the story of the movement from Marinetti’s Manifesto through painting, sculpture, architecture, design, fashion, cinema, […]

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28 March 2014
Italy-Turkey – New “Italyan Koleji” school presented

The new “Italyan Koleji” was recently presented in Istanbul, bearing witness to Turkey’s growing interest in the “Bel Paese”. The school aims to offer a place for encounter and the dissemination of Italian language and culture. Read more, in Italian

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