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Florence celebrates the festivity of its Patron
2007-06-22 06:02:14
On June 24th, like every other year, Florence celebrates the festivity of San Giovanni Battista, Saint Patron of the city. According to the tradition, it’s a day in which several festivities take place in Florence throughout the day, such as parades, the ’sbandieratori’ show, the Rowing Club competition along the river Arno, fireworks, the famous marathon called “Notturna di San Giovanni”, and to conclude the night, the famous fireworks (the ‘fochi di San Giovanni’) at around 9:00pm. This year, however, the festivities will start a day before, on Saturday. On the 23rd of June there will be a couple of activities that you won’t want to miss: the Notturna di San Giovanni (marathon race) and “Nottarno” the white night in “Oltrarno” (the southern streets of Ponte Vecchio) that offers music, art shows and several amusement activities throughout its squares and quarters. For this special occasion, all restaurants will remain opened throughout t


Welcome to Pitti Immagine 2007
2007-06-21 06:30:48
On the 20th of June, today, Florence will open its doors to the 72nd edition of PITTI IMMAGINE which means one of the most famous event in Florence and one of the most important shows in the world of fashion. The show is divided into three events in an interval of two weeks: PITTI UOMO June 20th - 23rd: World-wide preview collections of apparel and accessories for spring-summer 2008 PITTI BIMBO June 29th – July 1st: International preview of apparel and accessories collections for children, boys and teenagers from 0 to 18 years of age, maternity and toddler articles for spring-summer 2008. PITTI FILATI July 4th – 6th: Preview of the collections for spring-summer 2008 of spins to you for maglieria. The event opener, as it is now by custom, will be PITTI UOMO, the male fashionable preview that every year gives the way to the season of the European and international fairs. (more…)
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Discover the city of Water… under Rome!
2007-06-15 09:04:26
A new incredible suggestion, read and discover it. The Vicus Caprarius, called also “La Città dell’Acqua” (The city of Water), is an archaeological area in the quarter of Trevi, a few metres from the most popular fountain in the world: the Trevi Fountain. 8 metres underground, in a suggestive atmosphere, are visible different levels of an ancient district on the Caprarius Road (Vicus Caprarius). In the enchanting ruins it’s possible to see water cistern, labirinth, staircases, passages, domus from IV century a.D. and many archeological find like amphora, coins, votive statues. In the Vicus Caprarius the same water of Trevi Fountain gushes out&hellip ; Information provided by About Rome, your travel guide to Rome, and Paesionline.com, a tourism and vacations portal offering guides to places and countries.
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The Italian Design Revolution
2007-06-08 08:35:00
Everyone of us know that Italy is all along the motherland of different kinds of art. From painting to sculpture, from literature to cuisine, Italian art is probably one of the few things that more gather people from all over the world. Design is one of the most recent art Italian people have acquired and it is an important recent event which happened at the beginning of the 20th century, when some Italian artists called “designers” (essential figures for the development of design in Italy and for its success in the other countries) such as Giò Ponti, Corradino D’Ascanio and Flaminio Bertoni (and someone else before and after them), entered in touch with the famous English movement of Arts and Crafts making of it a source of inspiration for their design creations. Just think about Giò Ponti’s works for Richard Ginory brand, or to the Corradino D’Ascanio’s Vespa and Flaminio Bertoni’s 2CV, objects which have contributed in a substantial way t


The shine of Luna Rossa!
2007-05-30 04:38:24
After a hard escalation to compete for Louis Vuitton Cup trophy, Luna Rossa is now in the finals! Francesco De Angeli’s team won the title seven years ago, first and it has gained great results during this yacht race new edition, defeating without hesitations the teams encountered till now. The LVC includes 13 challenges among the various teams and the Italian yacht appeared to be inferior than teams like BMW Oracle and Team New Zealand, anyway it has been able to gain the third place, equal to the American Oracle. The decisive date was on 20 of May, when the Italian yacht won on the American team with a final result of 5 scores against 1. Now, the Italian team is going to face Emirates Team New Zealand in the finals, then the winner team will dispute an important challenge against the Swiss Alinghi, on the occasion of the 32° edition of the America’s Cup challenge, that’s to say the most famous award concerning this sport and the most ancient trophy worldwide known,


Erasmus in Rome!!!
2007-05-30 03:58:22
Would you like to study in Rome? In Rome, you could combine study with fun, in the eternal city you can satisfied all your needs. Rome, the beautiful Italian capital, it’s famous in the world not only for its historical beauty but also for its Universities. The University “Sapienza” it’s not only one of the most ancient Universities of Italy but it also represents the most extensive University in Europe. One of the largest Universities in the world for numbers of students enrolled. Today “Sapienza” offers 21 faculties and lots of departments, schools of specialisation and university institution. Visit www.aboutroma.com and you will find new information about studying in Rome especially for Erasmus students. Another important Roman University is “Tor Vergata”. Even though it is a young University, during recent years it has had a fast development.It offers six majors: School of Economics, School of Engineering, School of Humanities, Schoo


Ricco’, more than a simple win
2007-05-28 11:01:42
Force test of Ricco’ yesterday at the Giro d’Italia. Both with his team’s companion Piepoli, he won one of most difficul race of the Giro. From Trento until the mounatin Tre Cime di Lavaredo; a distance of 190 kilometers with 4000 meters of unevenness. After the deserved stop of today in the village of Auronzo, Tommorow the course will take the cyclists until Lienz, in Austria, after the top of Campolongo the stage will come down to Brunico to go up again through Dobbiaco, S.candido and Bannberg in Austria, Finally will go towards the goal, in the plain, to Lienz


Florence: how to move into the city chaos!
2007-05-25 05:08:28
Sometimes the movement into the city traffic can be an adventure, mainly for who doesn’t know the area. Have you arrived in Pisa with the airplane and don’t you know how to reach the city of Florence?Are you into the Milan’s station and don’t you have an idea of how to reach your hotel?Would you like to rent a bike or a car, but don’t yuo know from where to leave and how you have to spend? Finally, we collected some useful hints to learn how to move into the big cities’ caos. Often, the information is limited and/or confused, the solutions to arrive in a sight can be varied, and the same citizens sometimes don’t know all the easier and faster ways to reach a place. We have always addresses to foreign people, since the birth of our first web site (About Florence), we have always tried to pay great attention to this theme. During the time, the single page dedicated to transports in Florence has turned into a real section, made of information, adv


Seven times Rossonero!!!!!
2007-05-24 10:11:09
Yesterday night at the beautiful frame of Olympic Stadium in Athens, thousands of viewers around the world witness the Milan Football Club conquer its seventh Champion’s League trophy. Paolo Maldini who is a month shy of his 39th birthday, is the 10th captain who has had the fortune to raise one of the most important trophies of the Football World for the 5th time. The Milan Captain and his team have accomplished a historical and unforgettable feat. A magic night for Filippo Inzaghi who scored Rossonero’s two goals (’45 – ’82) that took Milan to the Glory for a special Milan which strikes a perfect Liverpool. (more…)
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Welcome to the blog About Italy!
2007-05-03 07:59:56
Welcome to our Blog! We are pleased to announce the born of a new way of reading and finding news, suggestions, tips, events and much more About Italy . About Italy is a non-commerical webiste still working in progress but it has many brothers and sisters on the net, as About Florence, About Milan, About Mugello, About Rome, About Siena. The idea of this NewsBlog is to create a place were collect all the news about Italy, from the net and from our website’s network. Any suggestion will be appreciate! Come back as soon as you can, and we promise you new and interesting post periodically.
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Enjoy Erasmus in Milan!
2007-06-27 06:12:54
Milan is without any doubt the economic capital of Italy. It is a big city full of life, social and cultural activities, cinemas and teathres, discos and pubs of any kind, moreover, in Milan are located some of the main Italian schools and universities. Would you like to study abroad, may be in one of the numerous beautiful Italian cities? Why don’t you choose Milan for your learning abroad? In Milan you can find some of the most important Italian schools and universities and lots of students every year move from other Italian regions to attend courses at Milan university’s faculties. The University of Milan (Università degli studi, UNIMI) is one of the larger universities in Italy, with about 60,000 students. The main university systems are represented by the “Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore”, the “Bocconi University” and the “Politecnico of Milan”, offering also several specializations and master tracks. (more…)
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Discover art cities… with a pda!
2007-07-06 12:11:44
There’s a new wa to discover art cities, Arianna. Although the traditional guide books are still captivating, they have to compete with the new multimedia guides on pda. Imagine while you are visiting Florence, a local takes you around the city. Imagine that Arianna is a born and bred Florentine, pointing out monuments in the heart of the city and showing you the most interesting routes to take to get around while telling you the anecdotes, interesting facts and legends on Florence, passed on from person to person throughout the centuries. Arianna was created by Econoetica srl in 2006: it is a small pocket pc with audio and video contents, pictures, historic gossip and thematic itineraries for everyone. (more&hellip ;)
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The Colosseum: One of the New Seven Wonders of the World
2007-07-10 07:31:59
Among the newly elected wonders of the world we can find our Colosseum !!! These new wonders are considered as such because they are added to the previously selected ones in 140 BC from Antipatro of Sidone that have almost completely disappeared. The new wonders are a result of a big private opinion survey proposed by Bernard Weber, a Swiss-Canadian director during the Olympics of Sidney 2000, after the destruction of giant Buddhas in Bamiyam, in Afganistan, by the hand of the Talibans. (more…)
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Milan: discover the Navigli of Leonardo
2007-07-16 04:34:31
Thanks to About Milan and Paesionline.com in the last few days we rediscovered the beauty and the historical and scientific importance of the Navigli of Milan. To our astonishment we have discovered that there is a company that organizes, as a result of the last year’s success, excursions on the Navigli of Leonardo during the whole summer. In fact, until 30th September it is possible to book an excursion on the Navigli on three different routes: The Valley Line: from Alzaia Naviglio Grande 4 to dam “Conchetta”, passing along Darsena of Milan; The line Delizie: along the route Robecco sul Naviglio - Castelletto di Cuggiono; The line Parco Sud that unravels along the path that connects Milan with Gaggiano. It is very unusual that the term “Navigli”, in Milan, is identified with only the two opened routes of Navigio Grande and Naviglio Pavese and in more general sense the area between the two navigable canals characterized by the presence of numerous nights


Events of the Milanese summer
2007-07-17 08:01:50
After the very animated summer 2006, this year the Milan’s municipality offers to the citizens staying at home and to all the tourists visiting the city, a more “moderate” summer, putting in the calendar a series of concerts and cultural events with the aim of delighting, but without shocking, the hot nights of this big Italian chief town. 15 exhibitions, more than 76 concerts, 6 musical reviews, 24 theatrical performances for 95 projections and 4 thematic film reviews are the numbers of this Milanese summer, which takes the name of “La Bella Estate”. From a cultural point of view, the summer program is rich and varied. Several film reviews have already been projected, which wanted to be tributes to the big Italian cinema and literature’s personalities, such as the tribute to Alberto Moravia on the occasion of his birth’s centenary. City sights like Vilaggio Barona, the Grassi Theatre, the Studio Theatre, Leonardo Theatre and Libero Theatre, re


“NOTTE BIANCA” in Rome and around Europe.
2007-08-02 11:22:02
On Saturday 8 September takes place the fifth edition of the Notte Bianca the event that capital can never lose. From 2003 on, there has been four editions of this huge collective event that every year has welcomed thousands of people. Rome citizens, italian and international turists and people from all aronud the world shared with curiosity and emotions this uniqe experience and that good development brings it success. The Notte Bianca is a cultural event, open to all with no admission charge, held each year between the end of the summer and the beginning of autumn and lasting one whole night. One feature of the Notte Bianca is to promote contemporary creativeness in all its forms and to be present in public areas in such location that generally are closed: from suburban areas to prestigius locations like museums, monuments, theatres and churches too. (more…)
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Tours in Vatican and Sistine Chapel
2007-08-10 10:31:47
All trip to Rome is not complete until you have visited the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel . Skip the Line: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Coach Tour: Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Coach Tour starts from Piazza della Repubblica with the Fountain of the Nayads and follows the ancient Aurelian Walls. You will admire the famous Villa Borghese gardens and the northern gate of the ancient city leading into Piazza del Popolo, where you will see an Egyptian obelisk. Upon arrival at the Vatican Walls, you can visit the Vatican Museums taking the beautiful Spiral stairway and continuing through the Gallery of the Tapestries and the Gallery of the Geographical Maps before arriving at the famous Sistine Chapel, where you can see the magnificent fresco of the Last Judgement by Michelangelo. The Last Judgement was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere to Michelangiolo to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The “Fresco” covers the entire end wall of the Chapel. But
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FLORENCE: SAINT LAWRENCE FESTIVITY
2007-08-14 09:00:44
Like every year on 10th August, in quarter San Lorenzo in Florence, took place the celebration in honor of Saint Lawrence and the Church of which he is also a patron. The procession, that here we show with some pictures, paraded on the streets in the city center to the Basilica of San Lorenzo (Saint Lawrence), the most antique in the city. Loved through the centuries, by Lords and poor people, the Church was consecrated in 393 from Saint Ambrose. The Church became famous thanks to Medici family who created there their own mausoleum ( Cappelle Medicee, in reality are the part of the monumental complex of San Lorenzo). The festivity in the honor of the Saint, prince of martyr, has antique traditions: on 10th August, apart from costume procession (which takes place also nowadays on the day of San Lorenzo), there was also horse Palio, from Porta San Gallo to Borgo San Lorenzo and during the celebration Mass memorabilia of the Saint were exposed. (more…)


Venice Film Festival
2007-08-24 08:01:48
  The next week stars the Venice Fim Festival : one of the must important event in the World of Cinema. Looking at the program of the Mostra of Venice number 64 (64th edition) you can see how good is the competition. Also in cinema . Because the program of Lagoon Kermess, that will be presented from 29 August to 8 September, brings a lot of great authors with both quantity and quality: from Woody Allen to Brian De Palma, from Kenneth Branagh to Paul Haggis, from Ang Lee to Takeshi Kitano, from Peter Greenaway to Todd Haynes, from Eric Rohmer to Claude Chabrol, from Wes Anderson to Nikita Mikhalkov. A lot of movie start are presented among whom: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Keira Knightley, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, Scarlett Johansson. The great challege for the competitors of the Festa di Roma and Festival di Torino. (more…)


Comiconvention returns in Milan
2007-09-26 05:07:54
The city of Milan welcomes its annual appointment with Comiconvention, famous comics Fair which celebrates this year its XVIII° edition. On 29th and 30th of September the comics’ protagonists will appear inside the Quark Centro Congressi. Started in 1990, Comiconvention celebrates this year its 18th birthday. It represents one of the most expected events for comics fans and collectors, who every year rush here to admire and take rare and unique pieces. (more…)


WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS TO LEARN ITALIAN LANGUAGE
2007-10-11 04:09:15
The “Leonardo da Vinci Italian School” for next Christmas has decided to dedicate to its students a “Special Christmas Course”. This is particular course because it gives them not only the possibility of learning to speak Italian, but also to live a typical Italian Christmas, by coming in contact with the most popular Italian traditions during Christmas time. In Italy Christmas time goes from the 8th of December to the 6th of Genuary, and it is characterized by many strange and particular traditions which make this feast unique. In this period, in fact, all the Italian people decorate their houses in a special way: they are dedicated to the preparation of the typical Presepe Napoletano’s but especially they spend a lot of time by preparing (more…)


Italian language lessons in Second Life are coming for the Festival of Creativity
2007-10-23 12:33:02
Experience a real Italian language class from your home. It is not a new e-learn software or a DVD language course, neither an Audio Couse nor a home tuition! What is it then? Log in Second Life, come to our Italian Campus Classes and enter one of the first experiment of Italian language courses held by Scuola Leonardo. The Italian language lessons will be hosted at the “Second Life Festival ” by the Official Island of Tuscany during the “Festival della Creatività” (Creativity Festival) organized from 25th to 28th October. This is a testing organised by Sigmasei in collaboration with Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, the leading italian language school in Italy, which counts more than 30 years of experience and is officially authorized by the Italian Ministry of Education. (more…)


About Venice: your tourist guide in Venice, Italy
2007-10-29 05:01:33
Now aboutvenice.org is online, another site of About Italy network, that from many years dedicates to the publication of no commercial sites and portals of tourist ic guides. Aboutvenice.org is a site completely dedicated to the “Serenissima”, that gives you a full idea of what is the city of Venice , one of the most beautiful cities of Italy. Venice is one of the most fascinate city of the world, build on the water, with all its islands, it is unique in its gender; the most means of transpoting is the gondola. It is the romantic city par excellente, an important turistic destination. On the site you can indeed find information on how to reach the city, what to see, events month by month, where to sleep, to know the stories of famous people who have done great the name of Venice, but also where to look to hire a bicycle or where to find a laundry! ! ! ! (more…)


In Venice the 52nd International Biennale of Contemporary Art
2007-11-14 09:06:09
Is taking place until the 21st of November the 52nd International Biennale od Contemporary Art of Venice . The Venice Biennale of Art is an exposition dedicated to showing works of contemporary art, both Italian and international, some of which created by the artists exclusively for their participation to the event. This year the exposition is entitled “Pensa con i sensi, Senti con la mente” and it will have many locations distributed among the Corderie, Artiglierie dell’Arsenale and the Padiglione Italia on Giardini. The artistic director of this 52nd edition of the exibition wants to reproduce the traditional formula on which the event is based: internationality. In fact, the foreign countries that participate to the Biannual every year are numerous (about 76), providing visitors the possibility of seeing the best creations of the worldly artistic scenary. Besides the exibition, 34 collateral events such as conventions, meetings, laboratories and artistical pro


“Torino Film Festival” returns from the 23rd of November to the 1st of Dicember
2007-11-23 03:35:33
&ldquo ;Torino Film Festival &rdquo ;, at its 25° ediction, is now a traditional appointment for all lovers of contemporary cinema. The Festival is dedicated, in each ediction, to the search of new talents for the cinema, giving them the possibility of emerging without paying attention to the contents of their creations or the country which they come from. So the cinema is opened for all film-makers and video-makers, with special attention to young people from Piemonte to whom the festival dedicates the Space Torino. In every ediction of the Torino Film Festival, many competitions take place, but this year the Festival includes two new events, “La Zona” and “Lo stato delle cose”. “Zona” consists in analysing all the real experiments of contemporary cinema, working in particular on the “fuori formato”, that are the productions which are too short for being broadcasted at cinema or in television. (more…)
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The Divina Commedia becomes a theatral work
2007-11-22 03:03:04
On the 23rd of November, for the first time in wordly presentation, will be performed in Rome “La Divina Commedia. L’ Opera”, a musical inspired to the best Italian literary work. Ideator of the project and adaptator of Dante’s masterpiece texts for the musical is Monsignor Marco Frisina, director of the Cappella Musicale Lateranense and also author of the musics, which go from the Gregorian song to rock. The musical is divided in two acts: in the first the public will assist to the Prologue and the representation of the Hell, in the second, Purgatory and Heaven. The Divina Commedia will start from Rome and then continue with a long tour in many Italian cities and also in some of the most important European capitals. The show will take place in a mobile theatre created exclusively for the event, in the area “Giovanni Paolo II”, in the Tor Vergata university campus in Rome. (more…)


“Tuscany Feast” 2007.
2007-11-28 04:28:21
On the 30 of November Florence celebrates the abolition of death penalty. With the &ldquo ;Tuscany Feast &rdquo ; is celebrated a day that has marked the history of this region and even of the whole country: the day of the Riforma Penale Promulgata, promulgated the 30 November of 1786 by Pietro Leopoldo of Lorena, Grand duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. The reform Leopoldina, with whom the grand duke established the demolition of the hanging wherever it might be, represents an act of great civilty, that makes the whole region worth honour and it’s an important step in the history of civil rights. In occasion of the first “Tuscany Feast”, on the 30 November 2000, quite to confirm the “no” to death penalty and the refusal of entire centuries of inhuman acts, in Piazza della Signoria took place the fire of the gallows and of all the ancient torture instruments. Moreover, the city of Florence wanted to put in the Customs court in Palazzo Vecchio, a commemorati


FLORENCE NOEL 2007: Santa Claus comes to Florence!!!
2007-11-26 08:12:26
Do you know that Santa Claus has a small house in Florence with a place where you can throw the letters written for him? No, it’s not a joke… IT’S FLORENCE NOEL 2007! This year again the Station Leopolda, from the 24th of November to the 2nd of Dicember, will be changed in a Christmas microspace, housing a new ediction of Florence Noël. Florence Noël, organised by Country Florence is a market exhibition all dedicated to Christmas. To the exhibition participate every year many selectioned expositors, in a fairy- tale scenary which perfectly recalls Christmas atmosphere. (more…)
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Milan between ritual and Oh Bej Oh Bej
2007-12-04 09:03:09
Every year, on the 7th of Dicember the city of Milan celebrates the day dedicated to St. Ambrogio, saint and patron of the city. This day represents an event very significant for all the citizens, who are involved in celebrations both religious and popular. The 7th of Dicember, in fact, people goes to the special mess in honour of the saint, celebrated by the Archbishop of Milan in the Basilica dedicated to the city’s Patron. The Ambrosian Ritual originates even before the Saint, and has a duration and some characteristics different from the Roman Ritual. But what makes this celebration a special event and recalls every year not only the Milaneses, is the fair of the “Oh Bej, Oh Bej”. (more…)


“Carving the work” 2007
2007-12-13 05:36:38
Until the 28th of March 2008 the airport Galileo Galilei of Pisa will house a new ediction of &ldquo ;Carving the work&rdquo ;. “Carving the work” it’s an event of great importance both artistic and cultural. Born in 2001 from the collaboration with the Festival Pucciniano of Torre del Lago, the purpose of this manifestation is to spread the international contemporary art through Giacomo Puccini’s music. Every year, in fact, in the huge space of the airport, beautiful sceneries are made up inspired by Puccini’s compositions which serve as background to his music. These sceneries are realized by great artists of the international scene (more…)
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