ItalyUpdate

Florence, the famous city of art, takes on an unusual role between the 28 and 31 May 2010, when the Icecream Festival will be held in some of the citys finest squares.

The small town of Salemi in Sicily has organized its own special celebrations to mark the coming 150 th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.

The town of Ariccia (Lazio) has just concluded the 20 th anniversary celebrations of the conversion of its aristocratic residence, Palazzo Chigi, into a public museum and art gallery.

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 Italy is about to be graced with an exciting new theme ...... 

Spring in all its splendour awaits garden lovers at the Flowers on Vergante Festival, organized by the tourism departments of the Province of Novara,...

Some 2 million visitors from all over the world are expected to visit Turin for the 10 th Ostentation of the Holy Shroud, believed to have covered the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion.

According to data published at this years Vinitaly Wine Fair at Verona, a new star has emerged in the Italian wine world.

Data on the number of domestic animals rescued during the L'Aquila earthquake on the 6 th April 2009 were released at a recent international conference entitled Vets in Emergencies at Montesilvano , Pescara (Abruzzo).

The Tourist Board of Rimini (Marche region) has issued a list of beaches which welcome visitors canine friends this summer.

 Protagonist of this years edition of Cartoon on the Bay at Rapallo (Liguria) is the famous rodent detective Geronimo Stilton.