The Gallery of Modern Art in the town of Nervi (near Genoa, in the Region of Liguria) is placed in the 16th-century Villa Saluzzo and it preserves over 2,500 pieces of art: paintings, sculptures, drawings and engravings which date back to the 19th century until contemporary age. Now it waits for you on the occasion of this great event.

As a matter of fact, the gallery hill host from September to December 2010 an exhibition dedicated to the beautiful dancer Isadora Duncan entitled Isadora Duncan in Italia, Un mito della danza sulle rive del Mediterraneo.

Such an exhibition will tell about the period Duncan stayed in Italy

From 2nd to 10th October 2010, the internationally renowned Boat Show will come back in the city of Genoa (Liguria Region), with its 50th edition.

The city is getting ready for welcoming visitors in style, with many events and surprises scheduled.

The most important events of the programme 2010 are the following:

- on Sunday 3rd October, the evening will be dedicated to the exhibitors and guests of the event, with a concert of the Italian singer Gino Paoli which will take place on the terrace of the pavilion B placed in the waterfront and designed by Jean Nouvel.

- Genoa will also be present at the celebrations on the occasion of the Columbus Day in New York

Florence, the heart of Renaissance, is also one of the nine world capitals of wine, and this year it will host the first edition of WineTown Firenze, an international fair of the highest quality wines, which will take place from 30th September to 3rd October 2010.

A great appointment with the best Italian and international wines for enjoying the flavors of traditions, territory, culture and life style that create such a magic potion called “wine”.

The event, promoted by the City of Florence and the Wine Town Committee,

A great appointment with the contemporary arts is coming back to Rome: the Roma Europa Festival 2010, an event entirely dedicated to music, dance, cinema and theater that this year is going to celebrate its 25th edition. As usual, in the works we’ll find many international artists, performances, surprises and emotions.

On Tuesday 21st September, the festival will be inaugurated with the Orphée of the Montalvo-Hervieu Company at the Auditorium della Conciliazione.

A real journey in the perspectives of the international artists and in the contemporary arts, where changes of our contemporary world will be put on the stage.

The event schedules 38 appointments, among which we find 20 national premieres

The 4th edition of the musical festival MITO is going to take place in Milan and Turin, as the
name suggests (MI+TO), in September.

MITO is not just the connection between such two important cities like Milan and Turin, but
a musical event that schedules over 200 concerts taking place in theatres, churches, villas,
streets and squares, from 3rd to 24th September in both cities.

The 4th edition planned a programme that meets many different musical styles: symphonic,
jazz, folk-rock, pop and ethnic music. In other words, a programme apart, with different
styles and languages (music, cinema and theater).

In addition to Milan and Turin, the festival schedules concerts also in the following towns:
Brescia, Como, Monza, Lecco, Bricherasio, Magnano,

The craziest night in Italy full of emotions and fun is coming to Rome in the night between 19th and 20th September: the White Night in Rome comes back!

The appointment with the eternal city is just around the corner, and once again it will be totally enlightened showing people the facades of the most beautiful palaces, stately monuments and ancient streets and squares all night long, where thousands citizens and visitors will be looking for fun and crazy events.

Cultural events, initiatives, parties, concerts, museums, galleries and shops open until dawn. If you love the eternal city you can’t miss such a fabulous event! Rome and its large squares and spaces, its fountains, the beautiful gardens, the architecture

Dear readers of About Italy Newsblog, we are good old Florentines and we’re proud to announce that the Duomo, the Cathedral of Florence, this year will celebrate its 714th anniversary from when the first stone was placed.

Celebrations will take place today, on Tuesday 7th and tomorrow, on 8th September 2010, at the Duomo in Florence (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore), Baptistery of St. John and the Museum of the Cathedral.

During such an event, Florence citizens are very proud to pay homage to the works that made the city famous all around the world for its artistic and architectonic treasures, from the stately Duomo, which every year draws the attention of thousands visitors from all Italy and abroad.

On this occasion, the cathedral’s balconies will be open to the public with free entrance from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. It will be possible to enter from Porta della Mandorla, on the side in front of Via dei Servi. On the same opening hours also the ancient Museum of the Cathedral will be open in Via dello Studio 23r, where the masters stone-cutters work for the restoration

From 1st to 11th September 2010, the great event beloved by the many cinema addicts in Italy and abroad comes back in Venice: the International Film Festival, with its 67th edition, once again organized by La Biennale di Venezia.

The aim of the festival is to promote knowledge of the international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance.

This year, visitors will have many surprises, including retrospectives and a homage to renowned personages in order to provide the audience a better awareness of the cinema history.

At the festival there will be 5 international juries that will give the official prizes to the winners belonging to the different sections: Venezia 67 (an international contest for full-length movies, with Quentin Tarantino as

A traditional and very ancient event of Florence has come back: the Feast of Rificolona!

The Feast of Rificolona is a traditional Florentine event that takes its origins before the 20th century and also this year it will take place in Florence on 6th and 7th September 2010.

The following events are scheduled:

September, Monday 6th:
Rificolona in Arno river. Parade – Papier mâché allegories on boats enlightened by paper lanterns and prize-giving for the most original rificolona.

September, Tuesday 7th:
From Santa Croce Square to SS. Annunziata Square there will be a procession led by the cardinal.

Such a special and original event represents the Florentine folklore and among the citizens the tradition continues, and every year they make these multicolored paper lanterns of different shapes and colors and bring them around the city hanging on a cane.

The event dates back to the years before the 20th century, when on every September 7th the farmers living in the surrounding area used to gather and walked with small colored-paper lanterns (the rificolonas) towards SS. Annunziata square, in the centre of the city, to pay homage to the Virgin Mary, and also to sell their hand-made products.

So, still nowadays, on 7th September in Florence people use to make these colored and original lanterns. The event is in the heart of Florence’s citizens and the colored lanterns are hanging at windows of the palaces, of houses and buildings and in the streets of the city.

So, don’t miss such a unique traditional event in Florence. An original moment of joy for citizens and visitors. An opportunity for visiting this wonderful city full of art and history.

For further information about Florence, museums, monuments and itineraries, please visit the tourist guide to Florence: www.aboutflorence.com