http://www.italyculture.it news, events and curiosities about Italy and italian culture. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:57:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Posted by L’Acanto, Italian language school in Mesagne - Puglia. Web site: www.lacanto.it Puglia is rich in charming and ancient towns where Romans, Greeks, crusaders and other passed civilisations, left their imprint and much historical evidence on the people, towns and landscape. Coming here, you will feel as if you were taking ... http://www.italyculture.it/2010/03/10/enjoy-italy-in-puglia-with-us%e2%80%a6/ Posted by Sorrento Lingue, Italian language school in Sorrento. Web site: www.sorrentolingue.com Easter in Sorrento is a special emotion enveloping all the senses. Colors, scents, smells and flavors of this wonderful land characterize your journey in early spring marking the beginning of the tourist season. The guests will feel ... http://www.italyculture.it/2010/02/18/easter-in-sorrento/ Carnival has always been the craziest party of the year and in Tuscany there are ample opportunities to let yourself be carried away by the mood of pranks, silliness and merriment of this special moment. Tuscany boasts an exceptional tradition of parades and genuinely spectacular celebrations. What follows is a brief ... http://www.italyculture.it/2010/02/02/experience-carnival-in-tuscany/ Posted by Sorrento Lingue, Italian language school in Sorrento. Web site: www.sorrentolingue.com Sorrento, the town where our Institute is located, gives a lot of importance to religious holidays year round. As the holidays begin you feel the spirit in the air as you walk through the streets because the holiday of Christmas ... http://www.italyculture.it/2009/12/16/christmas-holidays-in-sorrento/ Monteveglio, Granarolo, L’Aquila, Lucca and Carimate are the first transition towns in Italy. But what are transition towns? The Transition Towns movement was founded in England in 2006 in the town of Totnes by Rob Hopkins. It is a cultural movement engaged in shifting the current economic model in our industrialised society, ... http://www.italyculture.it/2009/11/24/the-first-italian-transition-towns/ The National Chestnut Fair of Cuneo, that for four whole days will fill the historic town centre of this provincial capital with the tastes, smells and colours of the hundreds of exhibitors from all over Piedmont, and beyond. To accompany these purely gastronomic delights, the organisers have prepared some touristic ... http://www.italyculture.it/2009/10/12/national-chestnut-fair-cuneo-15-18-october-2009/ The International Rome Film Festival returns from October 15th to October 23rd 2009 with films, retrospectives, encounters, exhibitions, concerts and the attendance of great national and international stars. The pulsating heart of the Festival will be the Auditorium Parco della Musica - designed by Renzo Piano - and the neighboring Cinema ... http://www.italyculture.it/2009/10/04/the-international-rome-film-festival-from-october-15th-to-october-23rd-2009/ The historic rooms of the Tamerici Spa in Montecatini Terme will give hospitality to the exhibition The New after the Sketch: origins and success of Tuscan Naturalism, from 16th July 2009 to 18th January 2010. A hundred works of art have been chosen among the most famous and the never seen ... http://www.italyculture.it/2009/09/21/art-exhibition-%e2%80%98the-macchiaioli-the-new-after-the-sketch-origins-and-success-of-tuscan-naturalism%e2%80%99/ The National Park of the Valgrande Valley was founded in 1992. It extends in the heart of the Verbano Cusio Ossola province, just 100 Km away from Milan. It is the largest wild area of Italy, with a parched and scarcely reachable territory, a unique valley where endless woods, clear ... http://www.italyculture.it/2009/09/10/the-national-valgrande-park-and-the-%e2%80%9cthe-taste%e2%80%99s-paths%e2%80%9d-exhibition/ “Cheese – The shapes of milk”, a biennal event organized by Slowfood is coming back to Bra, in Piedmont, from 18th to 21st September 2009. This festival has reached its seven edition and is followed by a wide public of fans. Then it is a reference point for the milk ... http://www.italyculture.it/2009/09/03/%e2%80%9ccheese-%e2%80%93-the-shapes-of-milk-%e2%80%9d-international-event-organized-by-slowfood/