The History of Telescopes on display in Turin

Posted on March 20th, 2009 by oriana.
Categories: About Italy, Arte, Cultura, Curiosità, Da vedere, Eventi, Fun, Itinerari, Storia, Tempo Libero, Turin, mostre.
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This year is the fourth centenary since the first use of a telescope by Galileo Galilei and as many of you maybe already know, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2009 the International Year of Astronomy.

One of the most active Italian cities which celebrate and commemorate this extraordinary step of mankind toward the sky, is the city of Turin.

On 21st March in fact, at the University department located in Via Verdi, a very very special exhibition will be set up: “La Storia dei Telescopi” (“The History of Telescopes”). This exhibition will show you in a very peculiar way the history of this invention, from the intuitions and discoveries which allowed to a great mind like Galileo Galilei, until the extraordinary telescopes of NASA which (more…)



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The Last Samurai at Royal Palace of Milan

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by oriana.
Categories: About Italy, Art, Culture, Curiosity, Events, Exhibitions, Free Time, History, Itineraries, Milan, To see.
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In the next few days, Milan will be the protagonist of a really special exhibition: Gli Ultimi Samurai (The Last Samurai).

In fact, from February 25th to June 2nd, many materials, objects, drawings and accessories all belonging to the legendary world of the Samurai, will be put on display in the halls of the Royal Palace, and they will be very useful to reenact the Edo period of the Japanese history, that is to say the one included between 17th and 19th century.

This exhibition boasts of the primacy to be the first exhibition in Europe entirely dedicated to the Samurais, myth and legend which from time immemorial fascinated the western world. In addition, besides the loans of the collections of eastern art coming from the Sforza Castle, this exhibition will be enriched with the extraordinary presence of (more…)



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