Roman Victories on Exhibition at Colosseo

The Colosseo, the symbol of greatness of Roman civilization and art in the world will house until 14th September 2008 “Trionfi Romani. I giorni della Gloria” (”Roman Victories. Glory Days”), a very particular exhibition which wants to honour the great Roman civilization’s glory.
The Flavian Amphitheater infact, has become from 5th March the seat of about one hundred works, between which we find bas-reliefs, bronzes, ancient coins, sculptures and frescoes, all witnesses of the great victories in history from Etruscans’ age until Costantine’s period.
The exposition is part of the exhibitions’ cycle organized by Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma (Archaeological Board of Rome), and it is divided into two different sections according to the topic.
The first one is dedicated to the Triumph, and shows the exposition of works and archaeological finds which are witnesses of celebrations and rites from Etruscan Age to the Hellenistic Period, and also a wide range of iconographic artworks which tell the typical ceremonies of the great Roman Triumph’s Age.
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MUGELLO DANCE FESTIVAL

On the 30th and the 31st of August, in the International Racetrack of Mugello (that for the first time opens the doors to a musical event instead of a sport event), the most important electronic music event of the Italian summer will take place: “MooDJay”. Thanks to the hospitality of Mugello Circuit the festival, a product of the Main Project, will take place from the 30th to the 31th August 2008. Two days and nights of electronic music and cultural activities will transform the green hills around the Mugello circuit in a new futuristic colony divided between nature and digital innovation of music. The protagonist of the festival will be “dance music” performed by Italian and international artists of the electronic music scene. The Orb, Speedy J, Culdcut e Fischerspooner, are the exclusive acts of the Mugello Dance Festival nights. There will be stars of the international electronic music scene but also a concert of the star of the 80’s dance music: the oddball Boy George. An historical overview of the electronic music starting from the exhibition of the great

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PALIO DI SIENA (Palio dell’Assunta)

It is drawing near the date of August 16th, when the Palio di Siena (Palio dell’Assunta) will take place, the most ancient horse race in the world. The Palio is one of the most famous and popular Italian manifestations and it takes place every year on July 2nd (Palio di Provenzano) and August 16th (Palio dell’Assunta). The Palio is an historical secular tradition closely connected with the origin of the “Contrade” of Siena (districts into which the town is divided): ten horses and riders represent ten of the seventeen “Contrade” in a spectacular horse race around Piazza del Campo, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. The districts (”Contrade”) are characteristical agonistic institutions each having their own government, oratory, coat of arms, appellations, sometimes titles of nobility, emblems and colours, official representatives, festivities and patron Saints; they have a delimited territory and its population consists of all those people who were born or are living within the topographic limits of the district.

The history of the Palio needs to be searched in medieval traditions, and in the games that

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“Puccini al cinema”

In honour of the 150° anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s birth, a motion-picture exhibition called “PUCCINI AL CINEMA” was organized, created and developped by the Prof. Pier Marco De Santi, Italian movie-picture history lecturer at the University of Pisa and strongly desired by the Puccinian Festival Foundation.
“Puccini al cinema” is taking place from the 28th of June until the 30th of September at the Auditorium of the New Open-Air Theatre of Torre del Lago Puccini (recently built, dedicated to Lucca’s composer) and it is the first collection of motion-picture operas related to Puccini: more than forty films, some of them from the dumb cinema, included the untold film of Puccini’s funeral.
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10° Carnevale estivo 2008

As well as last year the 10th edition of summer carnival in Torre del Lago Puccini is coming soon , with a full calendar of events and entertainments for everyone, from children to adults. The event will take place from the 7th of August until the 17th of August in Piazza della Pace, situated in the center of the versilia’s city.
The programme is variegated and foresees a lot of different events like Latin American music, a beauty contest of the summer carnival (the winner will be the representative of the national finals), an evening dedicated to our four-legged friends (they will walk the runway for a fund-raising devolved to dogs), a cabaret show and dancing exhibitions.
Everyday from 9pm the kitchens will be open for a typical and local sea food dinner with the chefs “Lorenzo e Laura” who will cook the speciality “Gran Cacciucco” and other characteristic dishes.
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Oro di Roma: Exhibition about Italian Jewellery.

On the 2nd of July, surrounded by the wonderful scenary of Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, the jewel exhibition started its sixth edition: “ORO DI ROMA, Il gioiello Made in Italy“. In the collection exposed it is possible to look up to 600 handmade gold products and so one-off and unrepeatable pieces, then, together with the jewels some highfashion dresses will be exposed.
The “Oro di Roma” project, created by the Confesercenti Provinciale di Roma, promotes the Made in Italy goldsmith’s art with more than sixty companies; but it also promotes the revaluation of markets, especially the wine and food market and the tourism market, with the aim to exalt the best products of Italian market.
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Notte Lido Blu

On Saturday 26th of July, Lido di Camaiore will become the most funniest town of Versilia: twelve hours of entertainments of any sort will create the most important event of the versilian summer: “Notte Lido Blu” (Lido Blue Night).
Four squares of Lido di Camaiore and the near beaches will be the location of this event, that sees two special partners: RIP CURL and W.I.T.C.H. (the Disney monthly magazine).

In LEMMETTI SQUARE the second and last Italian stage of the Rip Curl Girls tour 2008 will take place. This is the 6th edition of the Rip Curl Tour and after six years they have taught surfing to more than 20.000 girls. Professional surf teachers like Elise Garrique, the Rip Curl official testimonial whose life is divided between fashion runways and surf boards, and Valentina Dazzeo, the 2007 Italian Champion, will be engaged in introducing girls to the waves riding. After the surf sessions (more…)

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RomaEstate 2008

Summer is coming…so “RomaEstate” comes back from the 5th of June to the 10th of August in the Foro Italico gardens, as well as last year with a calendar full of events. Starting with Max Giusti, back to cabaret with the 4th of July show and repeating it on the 26th of July (an exclusive show for RomaEstate), continuing with the concert of the legendary rock band Jethro Tull and concluding with the Tommy Emmanuel show, one of the most important guitar player now, famous for the collaborations with George Harrison, Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton.
But the program of “RomaEstate 2008″ foresees other entertainments:
The “Texas hold’em“, the texan poker that obtained a great success in the last edition and to which this year are dedicated 600 square metres with 20 card tables. In this edition new special (more…)

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The Barber of Seville: the great opera in the Tuscany summer.

Innovation and search, style and prestige on the new calendar of the OperaFestival 2008 season. Among these events we have to remark the presence of the Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa “The Barber of Seville“, that will be presented both in the charming atmosphere of the medicean villa of Cafaggiolo (near Barberino di Mugello) on Friday 18th of July and in the Boboli Gardens in Florence on Wednesday 30th of July.

The theme of Rossini’s opera is based on the first of the plays from the Figaro trilogy, by French playwright Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, while Mozart’s opera “Le nozze di Figaro” - composed 30 years earlier, in 1786 - is based on the second part of the same trilogy.
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Festa del redentore (The Redemeer Day)

The Redentore began as a celebration to give thanks for the end of the terrible plague of 1576, which killed 50,000 people (25-30 per cent of the population), including the great painter Tiziano Vecellio (Titian). The Festa del Redentore remains a major festival in the Venetian calendar, celebrated on the third Sunday of July. The most important place of the festival is Giudecca, one of the islands of Venice, situated to the south of the city center, where the Andrea Palladdio’s Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore (Church of the Most Holy Redemeer) was built.

On Saturday 19th of July, the eve of the festival, fireworks of the most varied colours and shapes are let off. Preparations start early in the morning when people begin to decorate their boats, or the small wooden terraces on rooftops from where they can admire the fireworks. From the early afternoon, Saint Mark’s basin fills with up to 2,000 boats of all kinds, decorated with balloons and garlands: the water surface is full of thousands of boats and lights, and thousands of Venetians awaiting the fireworks while dining on the boats. Around 10 o’clock at night (more…)

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