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The Classic Cars’ Road Race “Mille Miglia 2011” is at the Starting Line

From May, 12th to 14th, the historical commemoration of the Mille Miglia comes back in Italy. “The world’s greatest road race”, as it was called by Enzo Ferrari: 375 extraordinary classic cars on the historic Brescia-Rome-Brescia route.

There’s not long to wait now before the fabulous world appointment with the vintage motor racing. The Godmother of this edition’s race is the beautiful Madalina Ghenea, who comes from her success in “Dancing with the Stars”.

An event which every year becomes more and more important for the representation of the Italian capital and our

Rome celebrates art and sport with Contemporanea 5th edition and “Internazionali BNL d’Italia” Tennis Tournament

After the great May Day concert, beatification of Pope John Paul II, Rome continues with its several events that have as setting a beautiful and universal city renowned all over the world.

Until June, 5th 2011, the 5th edition of “Contemporanea, Art, visual, music, performance” comes back at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

Contemporanea reaffirms itself as the yearly Italian exhibition in which the spotlight is only on the brand-new music and the international, contemporary art, visual and performance scenarios.

Also this year, the great event will welcome its larger and larger audience

Rome and Florence celebrate Italian Springtime with Music and Concerts

At last, spring has come to Italy! The beautiful season seems to be here now and, with her, the music, which will give rise to vibrations in the largest Italian squares, including Rome and Florence.

Yes, because also this year Rome won’t let us down and the great Concerto del Primo Maggio (May Day Concert) comes back with many Italian and international singers, musicians and special guests.

In Italy, like in many other countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day,

Chocolate and culture: this is the Italian March

Spring has just arrived, temperature is rising and Italy is celebrating its 150 years of Unity. What better way to celebrate than tasting delicious chocolate and having a walk along the feasting streets discovering places ever visited but few kilometers or maybe meters far from our hotel?

In Turin, CioccolaTò has come back: the  famous chocolate fair, this year a cut above. The city, center of celebrations for 150th of Italian Unity together with Rome, throws a double charge of events dedicated to Gods’ Food, a gourmand and funny occasion both for tourists and for the ones well-knowing Turin.

Turin XIX century cafés with a great historical importance played a first line role in the spread of chocolate all along the Region and the country and they contribute in building Made in Italy chocolate tradition. That’s the reason why the event will involve not only the historical center fo Turin, but also

Italian Unity, the birthday of a Nation

We’re nearly arrived to the 150 years of Italian Unity eve and we’re all waiting curiously and quite impatiently for the celebrations in Italian cities to come.

Lots of exhibitions, events, lessons and many kinds of initiatives are already ongoing for a few days, in some cases also for months, dedicated to patriotism and to Risorgimento, a whole Italian riot movement against foreign oppressors and against devided Italian States for the unification of the country.

In January a list, available in full version in the celebrations official web site, has also been drawn with “Luoghi della memoria” (Memorial sites), monuments, squares and streets, often in state of neglect and forgetfulness, calling back the memory to the facts that led to the Unity. Amog them there are the Monumento alla Difesa in Venice, Parco del Gianicolo in Rome, Monumento a Garibaldi and Lungomare di Quarto dei Mille, Santa Croce in Firenze, Monumento alle Cinque Giornate in Milan, the Primo Parlamento Italiano in Palazzo Carignano , Turin,

Outlets in Italy, the brand-new Website about all the Outlets in Italy. Find your favorite Italian Brands Here!

The new and original website “Outlets in Italy is now online. As the name already indicates, the website offers many useful information and tips about all the outlets in Italy.

This website gives users the opportunity to search for their favorite Italian brands in Italy and discover where to find it in one of the thousands shopping centers and fashion malls placed throughout the country. It is also possible – and very easy indeed – to search by location, region, city, or category of products (accessories, clothing, home, sport, underwear, perfumery, shoes, kids).

In this way, it is possible to find the best outlet shopping centers in Italy in a very simple and quick way: at home, with your pc and with

Vincent Van Gogh comes back in Rome: out-of-time Countryside – Modern City

After 22 years, the art genius Vincent Van Gogh comes back in Rome with an exhibition at Complesso Vittoriano with more than 60 artworks, besides the ones made by the masters who inspired and guided the Dutch painter to the development of his technique and the predilection for certain subjects.

Van Gogh often painted rural and urban subjects bringing out values coming from tradition, countryside, warm hardness you could find in faces, humbles and peasants’ daily gestures.

By painting modern cities, the painter always chose to create alleys pictures of suburbs in full expansion in that period, while in his countryside representations Van Gogh inserted his personal idea of happiness in simple farmer life.

The Kiss by Hayez on display in Italy: Trieste, Genoa, Palermo, Turin, Florence and Rome

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Italian Unity, The Kiss, the masterpiece by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez that since1861 made generations dream with its charming and romantic gesture of love, will be put on display in Italy.

A masterpiece for Italy, a country celebrating its unity and art in the cities that were involved in the liberation from Austria and in the creation of the national unity.

The artwork, created in 1861, soon became the symbol of love pains and still today is as famous as The Kiss by Klimt.

The version belonging to 1860 represents the achievement of the ideal unity. It is a proud homage to the newborn Italian Unity, represented by the colors of the Italian flag: the white veil of the woman, the green

Hurry up, let’s go to the city! New Year’s coming!

After waiting for presents on Christmas Eve, Christmas lunches and dinners here it comes the end of year 2010 and everyone wants to start in a good mood, in a way or another.

Every year, lots of traditions are performed in Italy to ensure a happy and lucky new year: wearing red underwear, Ancient Romans’ symbol of blood and war used to exorcize fears, eating lentils, grapes or pomegranate to assure money as much as the number of grains you are able to eat, and, of course, shooting fireworks, originally coming from Ancient China where they used to shoot them to fear evil.

In recent years, besides private

Christmas Markets, Traditions and Special Events in the Italian Capital: Discover Rome in Christmas Time

Also this year, the traditional Christmas and Epiphany Market comes back in Rome in the beautiful Piazza Navona taking place from November, 26th 2010 to January, 6th 2011.
Visitors will find several stalls offering typical, Christmas culinary specialties, stockings filled with presents, sweets and chocolate, decorations for their Christmas tree, everything for the Nativity scene and much more.