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The 2006 “Versiliana Festival”

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Since Saturday 8th of July, at Pietrasanta, in Tuscany, the “Versiliana Festival” is begun and it’s going to keep us company until 31st of August.
This Festival is at its 27th edition and it attracted us for the variety of its programme about culture, dance, music and theatre.

Theatrical performances and dancing shows are going to […]

A beauty of Sicily: Cefalù

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Would you like to know a delightful sea, a luxuriant nature and an attractive landscape?
The last news of It-Schools, in the “Travels and Culture” section, offers you the right chance to know better the town of Cefalù, famous resort in Sicily.

Visiting this site, you could have some more information about the naturalistic beauties […]

A walk in “Parco dei Gessi”

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

There is a park, near Bologna, which protects a very special landscape, where crystalline gypsum and gullies crop out: they characterise one of Europe’s most studied karst complex.
Regional Park “Gessi Bolognesi” offers you a green area rich of impressive erosive forms, where different animal and vegetable species, of great scientific interest, take shelter.

Inside the […]

Military bands in Modena

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Do you know that Modena International Military Tattoo is organised from 10th to 15th of July?
We, personally, discovered it this year thanks to a press release, sent us by Modena’s municipal district.
This event is unique in Italy because there are military bands from all over the world, such as: the Royal Band of the Belgian […]

A trip to Chiavari!!

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

How about going on tour of Liguria and, particularly, visiting Chiavari, a small seaside town between Portofino and Cinque Terre?

The last It-schools news in the “Travels & Culture” section really gives you the chance of getting yourself attracted by the sights of this Ligurian town, which is in the middle of the wonderful Tigullio […]

Originality of spanish cinema

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

We’d like to mention to you a film festival, very interesting in our opinion, about the last ten years Spanish cinema: it started at Rome on 20th March 2006 and it will end on 22nd May 2006.
Perhaps we are partisan because we have a Spanish teacher as one of our friends, but this proposal, born […]

The Felsinarie in Bologna

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Well, we really must admit: we like Bologna very much and we confess you, without delay, that we also live here and we chose it as “our town”, even if we weren’t born in Bologna.
For this reason, we would like to spend some words about the Bolognese “Feste Felsinarie” (“Felsinarie Celebrations”). The name […]

Lume a Marzo (Light at March)

Monday, February 20th, 2006

Maybe we desire to see the first flowers sprouting as soon as possible, or maybe we are tired of winter, so we are gladly thinking about the arrival of spring.
The “Lume a Marzo” (“Light at March”) festival, that will take place on 5th March in Castrocaro, in the Forlì-Cesena province, will offer you the chance […]

Satire and art at Viareggio Carnival

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Among all the Carnivals celebrated in Italy, at this time, we have decided to inform you about Viareggio Carnival.
Its longevity is what more impresses us: Viareggio cerebrates 133 years of history and parades, whose stars are huge papier-machè floats and, of course, a lot of enthusiasm and creativity.

You will enjoy yourself very much visiting […]