{"id":30317,"date":"2021-07-14T12:57:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/?page_id=30317"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:41:18","slug":"diplomazia_culturale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/temi\/diplomazia_culturale\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Culture is an essential part of Italy\u2019s identity around the world, representing a tangible and intangible asset which can be drawn upon to face contemporary challenges. The Italian language represents an important part of this, acting as both a legacy of the past and a bridge to the future, as does scientific research, a sector in which Italy boasts excellent achievements on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>Cultural promotion therefore plays a key role in foreign policy, representing one of the main tools for promoting Italy abroad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mt-3\">\n\t\t\t<!--start card-->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card card-img card-bg card-big border-bottom-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"416\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IICPechino-Gara-Canto-768x576.jpg\" srcset= \"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IICPechino-Gara-Canto.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IICPechino-Gara-Canto-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IICPechino-Gara-Canto-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IICPechino-Gara-Canto-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IICPechino-Gara-Canto-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" title=\"IICPechino Gara Canto\" alt=\"IICPechino Gara Canto\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon icon-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-calendar\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data\">6 July 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card-title big-heading text-uppercase\"><a class=\"text-body text-decoration-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/07\/pechino-gara-canora-in-omaggio-al-festival-di-sanremo\/\" title=\"Beijing, Song Contest in Tribute to the Sanremo Music Festival\">Beijing, Song Contest in Tribute to the Sanremo Music Festival<\/a><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">The fourth song contest dedicated to the Sanremo Italian Music Festival, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, came to an end. The initiative was matched by exceptional success: approximately 300 spectators in the Institute&#8217;s auditorium and over 5,000 users connected online via live streaming on Instagram and Weibo. The contest, open to non-professional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Beijing, Song Contest in Tribute to the Sanremo Music Festival\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/07\/pechino-gara-canora-in-omaggio-al-festival-di-sanremo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-arrow-right\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!--end card-->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- col-12 .mt-3-->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mt-3\">\n\t\t\t<!--start card-->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card card-img card-bg card-big border-bottom-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"416\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Italian-Design-Day-2026-a-Tripoli-768x576.jpeg\" srcset= \"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Italian-Design-Day-2026-a-Tripoli.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Italian-Design-Day-2026-a-Tripoli-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Italian-Design-Day-2026-a-Tripoli-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Italian-Design-Day-2026-a-Tripoli-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" title=\"Italian Design Day 2026 a Tripoli: Design, Architettura e formazione per rafforzare il partenariato tra Italia e Libia\" alt=\"Italian Design Day 2026 a Tripoli: Design, Architettura e formazione per rafforzare il partenariato tra Italia e Libia\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon icon-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-calendar\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data\">30 June 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card-title big-heading text-uppercase\"><a class=\"text-body text-decoration-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/06\/italian-design-day-2026-a-tripoli-design-architettura-e-formazione-per-rafforzare-il-partenariato-tra-italia-e-libia\/\" title=\"Italian Design Day 2026 in Tripoli: Design, Architecture, and Education to strengthen the partnership between Italy and Libya\">Italian Design Day 2026 in Tripoli: Design, Architecture, and Education to strengthen the partnership between Italy and Libya<\/a><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">The 2026 Italian Design Day took place today in Tripoli, organized by the ITA Tripoli Desk in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Libya and the Libyan Board of Architecture, as part of the Urban Forum, the country&#8217;s main event dedicated to urban planning, architecture, and sustainable development. The initiative, inspired by the theme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Italian Design Day 2026 in Tripoli: Design, Architecture, and Education to strengthen the partnership between Italy and Libya\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/06\/italian-design-day-2026-a-tripoli-design-architettura-e-formazione-per-rafforzare-il-partenariato-tra-italia-e-libia\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-arrow-right\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!--end card-->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- col-12 .mt-3-->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mt-3\">\n\t\t\t<!--start card-->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card card-img card-bg card-big border-bottom-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"416\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NotiziaSFIM_giugno2026-768x470.png\" srcset= \"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NotiziaSFIM_giugno2026.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NotiziaSFIM_giugno2026-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NotiziaSFIM_giugno2026-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NotiziaSFIM_giugno2026-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NotiziaSFIM_giugno2026-1536x941.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" title=\"Online Il Numero Di Giugno Della Newsletter Sfim\" alt=\"Online Il Numero Di Giugno Della Newsletter Sfim\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon icon-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-calendar\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data\">30 June 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card-title big-heading text-uppercase\"><a class=\"text-body text-decoration-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/06\/online-il-numero-di-giugno-della-newsletter-sfim-2\/\" title=\"The June issue of the SFIM Newsletter is online\">The June issue of the SFIM Newsletter is online<\/a><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Every month the\u00a0SFIM\u00a0Newsletter\u00a0delves into the latest\u00a0news\u00a0on\u00a0Italian education abroad, ranging from the most relevant and interesting\u00a0initiatives\u00a0to the\u00a0educational projects\u00a0and\u00a0cultural activities\u00a0of the Italian Education System in the World. SFIM\u00a0includes\u00a0Italian schools and sections\u00a0abroad,\u00a0Italian language and culture courses,\u00a0as well as\u00a0lectureships and assistantships\u00a0at foreign universities. This issue focuses on the large participation of public and students in the SFIM presentations at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"The June issue of the SFIM Newsletter is online\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/06\/online-il-numero-di-giugno-della-newsletter-sfim-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-arrow-right\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!--end card-->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- col-12 .mt-3-->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mt-3\">\n\t\t\t<!--start card-->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card card-img card-bg card-big border-bottom-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-responsive\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"416\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IIC-Tokyo-Mishima-Pasolini-1-768x512.jpg\" srcset= \"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IIC-Tokyo-Mishima-Pasolini-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IIC-Tokyo-Mishima-Pasolini-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IIC-Tokyo-Mishima-Pasolini-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IIC-Tokyo-Mishima-Pasolini-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IIC-Tokyo-Mishima-Pasolini-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" title=\"IIC Tokyo &#8211; Mishima Pasolini\" alt=\"IIC Tokyo - Mishima Pasolini\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon icon-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-calendar\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data\">26 June 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card-title big-heading text-uppercase\"><a class=\"text-body text-decoration-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/06\/tokyo-al-via-la-mostra-mishima-pasolini\/\" title=\"Tokyo, the \u2018Mishima \u2013 Pasolini\u2019 exhibition opens to the public\">Tokyo, the \u2018Mishima \u2013 Pasolini\u2019 exhibition opens to the public<\/a><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">The exhibition \u201cMishima \u2013 Pasolini. Indizi per un confronto. Senza tacere e senza abbassare lo sguardo\u201d (Yukio Mishima and Pier Paolo Pasolini: Clues for a Confrontation\u2014 Without Silence, Without Looking Away) has been inaugurated at the Exhibition Hall of the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo. The exhibition is promoted by the Ministry of Culture, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Tokyo, the \u2018Mishima \u2013 Pasolini\u2019 exhibition opens to the public\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2026\/06\/tokyo-al-via-la-mostra-mishima-pasolini\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-arrow-right\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!--end card-->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- col-12 .mt-3--><ul class=\"list-unstyled mt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"media mt-2\">\n                        <a class=\"text-decoration-none fw-bold\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\" title=\"See all\">\n                                See all\n                            <svg class=\"icon icon-sm icon-primary\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/themes\/mae\/assets\/svg\/sprite.svg#it-arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>\n                        <\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Culture is an essential part of Italy\u2019s identity around the world, representing a tangible and intangible asset which can be drawn upon to face contemporary challenges. The Italian language represents an important part of this, acting as both a legacy of the past and a bridge to the future, as does scientific research, a sector [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":155958,"menu_order":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-diplomazia.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118821,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30317\/revisions\/118821"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}