In Italy, gastronomy, wine and art are never far apart. The 19th February 2016 will see the opening of the first major exhibition dedicated to the Vivarini, the Venetian family of artists of the '400 and '500 who ushered in the Renaissance artistic revolution.
The Canapa Mundi fair, programmed for the 19th - 21st February 2016 at the PalaCavicchi venue near Ciampino Airport, Rome, aims to promote the many uses of the hemp plant as a health and eco-sustainable product of the future.
This year's Doge's Ball (6th February 2016), considered to be the most sumptuous event of the Venice Carnival, takes as its theme: The Secret Garden of Dreams. The guests will reconstruct the atmosphere of the celebrated Venice Carnival of the Casanova epoch, wearing the period costumes designed by Antonia Sautter, designer and events organizer.
An important international meeting of archaeologists, organized by the Belgian Academy of Rome, runs between the 3rd - 5th February 2016.
A full-immersion experience of life at the time of Charlemagne is on the way to completion at Poggibonsi, near Siena (Tuscany). Since it opened in 2014, the Archeodromo village has become one of the main attractions in the Fortezza Medicea (Medici Fortress) Park, reconstructing the typical way of life in the 9th - 10th century AD.
The Luminaria – the picturesque candlelit procession in honour of San Costanzo, the patron saint of Perugia (Umbria) – will take place on the 28th - 29th January 2016. This festival dates back seven centuries and involves the entire population.
After 167 years, the historic town of Montefalco, near Perugia (Umbria), has finally been able to welcome the return of one of its most precious works of art – the celebrated altarpiece known as La Madonna della Cintola (Madonna of the Girdle) by Florentine artist Benozzo Gozzoli.
Hollywood icon Tom Cruise is one of the benefactors who has contributed to the requalification of one of Italy's most celebrated sights – the Royal Palace of Caserta. Cruise shot some of the scenes of Mission Impossible 3 in the sumptuous former Bourbon summer residence, which has already been used as a backdrop by a series of film directors such as George Lucas in Star Wars and Ron Howard in Angels and Demons.
FLIC, the prestigious school for circus performers based in Turin (Piemonte) is to hold three appointments for the public in the Concordia Theatre in the Venaria Reale (Royal Hunting Lodge – a sumptuous palace once belonging to the Savoy monarchs).
Italy's long festive season draws to a close with the Feast of Epiphany on the 6th January 2016 and the arrival of the friendly old witch Befana who brings the last lot of presents to the children all over the country.
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