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by Claudia Astarita   The Lombard city of Mantua vigorously beat its rivals out, namely the nine finalists Aquileia, Como, Ercolano, Parma, Pisa, Pistoia, Spoleto, Taranto and Terni. Not only it received the "glory of capital", but also 1 million Euros to carry out all the activities related to this new title awarded.   Dario Francesc...

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The American Institute for Roman Culture's Executive Director, Darius Arya, appeared on Italian television news channel RAI News to discuss the idea of recreating the arena floor of the Colosseum to allow visitors to access an area rendered off-limits by excavations during the past 100 years.   The idea, proposed by Italian archaeologist Dan...

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Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism has published an online travel guide for the Roman Catholic Holy Year with 20 routes guiding pilgrims through the Eternal City's 2000-year church and cultural history. The routes take the traveler past a total of 354 sights, introducing them with short texts in Italian and English. Included are sma...

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Six hundred musicians, 100 concerts, 20 venues and 12 hours of continuous music will render the Il Jazz Italiano per L'Aquila (Italian Jazz for L'Aquila) musical marathon a veritable "Woodstock of jazz", Culture Minister Dario Francheschini said Thursday. With Paolo Fresu as artistic director, the event will bring together Italian and international...

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Si è insediato questo pomeriggio al collegio romano il Laboratorio del turismo digitale del Mibact (TDLAB) che ha il compito di definire e favorire l'attuazione della strategia digitale per il turismo in Italia.   "Sulla digitalizzazione e sull'integrazione tra cultura e turismo – ha detto Franceschini in apertura dei lavori – l'Italia si gi...

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"Expo and Territories" is a new initiative promoted by Italian Government in parallel with Expo 2015. Its main aim is to connect the universal exposition to the beauties of Italian territories. In particular, this initiative involves 19 regions and stands as a chance to put in evidence the richness of Italian resources (both cultural and environmen...

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by Mostafa Heddaya   As part of sweeping culture ministry reforms, 20 major Italian museums, including world-renowned institutions like the Uffizi in Florence and the Borghese in Rome, have announced a search for new directors.   A January 8 listing in The Economist describes the search as an "international call for applications," and...

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by Antonello Cherchi   The art of walking is something that Italy plans to revive through the preservation and development of important roads in the country's history. First and foremost, the focus will be on the Appian Way, dubbed in the 1st century AD by Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius "Regina Viarum."   The "queen of the roads"...

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Dell'olandese Maarten van Aalderen, esce per Albeggi Edizioni un libro che renderà orgogliosi gli italiani. Disponibile in versione ebook e cartacea; dal 18 febbraio in libreria.   Il 19 febbraio l'autore lo presenta a Roma presso l'Associazione della Stampa Estera con il Ministro dei Beni culturali Dario Franceschini, Josè Rallo (Donnafugat...

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di Arcangelo Rociola   Un incontro con Dario Franceschini, hanno presentato il loro progetto che è piaciuto al ministro. La startup incubata da H-Farm racconta l'accordo e perché sono stati scelti per monitorare la reputation dei musei italiani. «Abbiamo incontrato il ministro Dario Franceschini ad un evento qualche settimana fa. Gli ab...

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