The town of Cervia (Emilia Romagna region) launches the 6 th edition of its European Street Market: Products and Tastes of Europe, on the 18 th September.
With the entrance into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites of Italy Dolomite mountain range, Italy now boasts 44 listings and continues to be the nation endowed with the greatest number ofcultural, scenic and artistic sites, patrimony of the world.
The Nicolis Museum of Villafranca (Verona )is offering a special treat for car lovers as part of the current exhibition: The Italian Car from 1899 to 2009, ....
The former Royal Palace of the Bourbon family at Caserta, near Naples (Campania region) has been awarded the 2009 prize for the Most Beautiful Park in Italy.
The VaticanMuseum launched an experimental evening opening on 24 th July 2009. Museum Director, Antonio Paolucci, said that the decision to open the museum doors to the public outside normal opening hours had been made in order to allow Roman families to enjoy the museum treasures and the Sistine Chapel normally overcrowded with foreign tourists.
Michaelangelos last frescoes, depicting the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul in the Vatican Paolina Chapel, have now been restored to their former glory.
Capri, the isle renowned for its beauty, presented the first edition of Abitare la Bellezza (Live within Beauty), a festival of contemporary dance organized by the new Fondazione Capri, with a homage to the famous American choreographer Carolyn Carlson where several of her most celebrated works were performed in the magnificent setting of the Certosa of San Giacomo.