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READ MOREFerrara is a magnificent city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, home to extraordinary sites like the stunning Ducal Palace. But once a year, it becomes something truly unique: the world’s largest open-air stage for street musicians. The Ferrara Buskers Festival, taking place this year from August 27 to 31, brings artists from across the globe...
READ MOREFerrara is an Italian city with an exceptionally rich artistic and urban tradition. This place, brimming with top-class monuments, boasts a rarity – the Palazzo dei Diamanti. The Palazzo dei Diamanti is one of the world’s most recognisable masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. The striking edifice has stood on Corso Ercole I d’Este for more than...
READ MOREThe Sister Cities Open Golf Tournament took place the first week of October. The tournament began Oct. 2 and teams played over a two-day, 42-hole challenge in both Italy and Toledo. Five teams of two played between Ferrara and Sylvania during the first edition of the tournament. The second edition will take place as part of the Italian Bowl week in...
READ MOREFerrara has been welcoming a new space of cultural attraction since last spring: it is the Antonioni Space, a museum dedicated to Michelangelo Antonioni (Ferrara, 1912 - Rome, 2007), a great filmmaker and intellectual known for his ability to explore human emotions and social change through his refined cinematic language. The opening of the Antoni...
READ MOREI’m in the cacophonous kitchen of Trattoria da Noemi, a restaurant established in 1958 in the northern Italian city of Ferrara. Maria Cristina Borgazzi, daughter of the titular owner, is demonstrating how she prepares her pièce de résistance. A thick layer of sweet pastry sits on a wide plate. As I watch, perplexed, Borgazzi deftly piles on cooked...
READ MOREThe day begins early for those who practice l’arte bianca. The so-called “white art”, more commonly known as baking, is named for the artists’ medium: flour. By the time I arrive at Panificio Perdonati–on the corner of a cobble-stoned street, midway between the medieval walls that encircle Ferrara and the castle at its center–its bakers have alread...
READ MOREFerrara, a city steeped in history and graced with architectural marvels, harbors a jewel within its urban fabric — the Palazzo dei Diamanti or, to say it in English, the “Diamonds Palace.” As one of Italy’s most unique and recognized buildings, Palazzo dei Diamanti stands tall with its distinctive “diamond” cladding, a visual nod to the brilliance...
READ MORECharming, welcoming and... tailor-made for cycling! Ferrara is one of the most important cities of the Italian Renaissance and deserves to be fully explored, on foot or on two wheels. The hand of the Estensi shaped to this medieval jewel: this powerful family made Ferrara an essential center for politics and culture in medieval Italy. There is so m...
READ MOREVisiting a Jewish quarter means approaching a fascinating world that perhaps many people still know too little about. It's not only a very ancient civilization, from which the three main monotheistic religions are derived, but also a culture with a strong identity that has found expression in literature, art, phylosophy, complex symbolism, and even...
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