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On September 14th, 2011, at4.30 pm , will be held the ceremony aimed to offically dedicate the Amphitheater of the Auditorium al Duomo to Andrzej Tomaszewski. The Auditorium al Duomo is part of the Centro “Congressi al Duomo”, collaborates with the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco® and Life Beyond Tourism®, and it is a cultural complex in the hearth of Florence, [...]

Every year, UNESCO and ICOMOS celebrate the 18th of April as the World Heritage Day, and they dedicate this day to a different topic every year. In 2011, it has been addressed to the Heritage of Water. In Italy, ICOMOS Italia has promoted a series of events and initiatives in Florence, Venice and Assisi - all happening on [...]

ITALIAN NEWS: Aprirà domani l’Edizione 2011 del Salone dell’Arte del Restauro di Ferrara: ‘ il palcoscenico di riferimento del dibattito internazionale sulla tutela e la valorizzazione dell’architettura antica e moderna’. Il Salone resterà aperto fino al 2 aprile presso il Quartiere Fieristico di Ferrara in Via della Fiera, 11 (44100 Ferrara, Uscita Ferrara Sud - Autostrada A13) e si compone [...]

Are you in Florence this weekend?? Come celebrate the 150′ Anniversary of the Unification of  Italy, and you will also discover that Florence was the first capital of  Italy: at this link! Otherwise, you can adopt an Italian monument here! Do you know about other relevant initiative in Florence about this event?? Send it to us [...]

Heritage Education and Tourism by Dr. Anna lobovikov-Katz, 2011 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ELAICH Coordinator ELAICH is a EU-funded Project in the framework of Euromed Heritage 4 Programme, and it is aimed at awareness raising among the general public, and especially youth in cultural heritage, its values and its preservation and conservation. The [...]

Within the project ‘La Città degli Uffizi‘, remarkable art exhibitions continue within the Florence area, in Italy. The aim of the project is to disclose masterpieces that are usually hidden in the Galleria degli Uffizi‘s deposits, and to connect them to the public and to local territories sourrounding the city of  Florence. Consequently, it is [...]

Success is judged by quality and is not simply calculated in terms numbers. This is the standard of excellence by which the Costume Colloquium II: Dress for Dance will be judged, noted and remembered. Costume Colloquium II: Dress of Dance did not disappoint and lived up to the high expectations of all its organizers and [...]

The Comune di Castelfiorentino, the Assessorato alla Cultura, and the BE–GO Museo Benozzo Gozzoli are organizing a new exhibition in the context of  “La Città degli Uffizi”: from April 30th to July 31st 2011 the exhibition Benozzo Gozzoli e Cosimo Rosselli nelle terre di Castelfiorentino. Pittura devozionale in Valdelsa will be held in Castelfiorentino at [...]

A new edition of  ‘La Città degli Uffizi’ is going to open soon in Figline Valdarno! ‘La Città degli Uffizi’ is a project including a series of art exhibitions scheduled to be in different towns within the Province of Florence, and showing to the public important art works usually stored in the Uffizi Gallery’s deposits. [...]

Interested in costumes, textiles, and fashion? Then you can’t miss Costume Colloquium II: Dress for Dance!!! A four day conference/event dedicated to the international, interdisciplinary and intercultural themes associated with all aspects of the history of fashion, dress and dance. Costume Colloquium II: Dress for Dance (www.costume-textiles.com), promoted by the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation in [...]