After the central Umbria region in 2018, this year the northern Italian region of Lombardy will be the guest of honour at the second edition of the National Festival of the Most Beautiful Borghi of Italy. The festival will be held at Bologna's FICO Eataly World November 22-24 and will showcase medieval villages across the entire country and local producers.

There will also be events, meetings, and shows. "In the first edition we welcomed 40,000 visitors and this year we are aiming for 50,000," said the director of the Most Beautiful Borghi of Italy Association, Umberto Forte, to Italy's national tourism board.