Heritage

Siena’s Cathedral unveils the beautiful mosaic floor, crafted by 40 artists and artisans between 1300 and 1500.   It is composed of 56 panels, with different size and shape, which have been made with different techniques: the graffito, the famous …

Luxurious carriages for children drawn by ponies or baby goats, an endless collection of nineteenth-century ceramics, and royal baby prams pushed by servants, will be displayed to the public at the Quirinale Palace. Halls filled with tapestry collections, chandeliers made of …

The history of embroidery comes to life thanks to the exhibition called “Lino, Lana, Seta, Oro” which will open July 29 until November in Turin at Palazzo Madama. It features an outstanding loan: a dress baiadera of Gianfranco Ferré completely embroidered …

The Assumption Day, the Italian national holiday celebrated on August 15, is held all around in Italy when businesses and shopsare closed. Most museums and tourist sites are open on August 15. Many Italians spend the day at the beach …

Sicily’s Arab-Norman architecture has been granted UNESCO world heritage status in Bonn: the world heritage committee examined the candidacy of the Arab-Norman Palermo together with the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale.   The Arab-Norman architecture is iconic and appreciated all …

What comes to mind when I say to you “Italian craftsmanship?” Many things…other than food…the crafts of creating glass or working with leather, jewelry, furniture, marbled paper, masks … and we could go on for so long. Italians are so …

Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini inaugurated the reopening to the public of Pompeii’s Palestra Grande (Large Gymnasium) along with a permanent exposition of frescoes from the nearby town Moregine.   The Palaestra is the area that would be used for …

The Estense Gallery reopened in Modena three years after the earthquake in Emilia Romagna. Indeed, the event damaged the museum but now, 600 artworks including 327 paintings, 40 sculptures and 50 pieces held in deposits, are now again on display …

Master Matteo Fedeli, known to the public as “the man of the Stradivari” for having played 25 of these famous violins, will perform a tour of eight concerts entitled “A Stradivarius for FAI”.

The star of the evening is a completely …

The Festa della Repubblica Italiana is the national Italian celebrate which marks the birth of the Italian Republic. Indeed, June 2 and 3 in 1946, after the fall of Fascism and the end of Second World War, a referendum was …