On 2012 April 30th, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, the Italian National Commission for UNESCO celebrates the first “UNESCO International Day of Jazz”. The event is a tribute to a musical style born in the United States, [...]
The Cinque Terre and the Ligurian coast, a unique ecosystem, UNESCO Heritage, seemed to have been swept away by the flood of 2011, October 25, but just after a few months, are back as one of the most beautiful tourist [...]
There is a very special way to visit all of Italy: Italia in Miniatura . The miniature theme park, realized in 1970, and placed in Rimini, is visited annually by over 500,000 people. The park offers a path through 272 [...]
From April 3rd to July 1st Palazzo Pitti celebrates Japanese art, culture, and traditions. The event, fruit of a cultural exchange between Italy and Japan, will be articulated in three distinct exhibitions. The Museo degli Argenti hosts the exhibition “About [...]
The significant increase in international arrivals (+4.4% in 2011 compared to 2010, with prospects for growth in 2012) makes us reflect on this economic, social and cultural phenomenon. Tourism demand is directed towards countries offering attractions of great prestige but [...]
This year, from April 14th to 22nd, MiBAC opens italian museums, mansions, monuments, archeological sites, archives and state libraries, for nine days in order to promote the Italian cultural heritage. The Culture Week offers a full calendar: exhibitions, conferences, special [...]
Till May 13th Treviso will host the exhibition dedicated to the Manchu dynasty, that ruled the Celestial Empire from 1644 to 1911, and completes the cycle “The Silk Road and Chinese Civilisation”. In the Casa dei Carraresi museum are exposed [...]
The tradition of Easter in Sicily is one of the most exciting in Italy. There are many rituals related to the celebration of Easter, they have origin from the Iberian traditions, from the medieval Christian traditions in which the zeal [...]
Holy Week in Sardinia is a unique and exciting experience. The celebrations during the week before Easter blend secular rituals of ancient Iberian origin with local, religious and mystic customs (campidanesi, logudoresi and barbarian) of pre-Christian origins who celebrate the [...]
In the halls of the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome from March 16th until June 10th, 2012, it will be possible to admire more than 80 works by the Catalan master. A special focus will be dedicated to the art [...]
