The village of Pievasciata in the heart of Chiantishire has reinvented itself as a centre of contemporary art. Near Castelnuovo Berardegna, in an area where many foreigners have set up second homes, Pievasciata has given itself an original image with a series of contemporary art works distributed around its territory.
The 76 Edition of the Mostra Vini Trentino, (Trentino Wine Fair) will be held in the Castello di Buonconsiglio and Roccabruna Palace between the 18-21 May 2012. The event will be attended by 45 regional wine producers and the Institute for the Protection of Trentino Grappa.
The Park of the Treja Valley, which has some of the most spectacular scenery in Lazio, is organizing a series of weekend excursions this spring within its territory. Places are limited and advanced booking is obligatory.
A Bronze Age gold cup dating from between 2200-1600 BC discovered recently during excavations at the Spalletti quarries of Montecchio Emilia was presented in Florence at the Prehistoric and Proto-historic Italian Institute (Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria) on the 23 April 2012.
Urbino, one of the most important centres of the Italian Renaissance, is hosting an exhibition centred round the enigmatic work, La Città Ideale, painted by an unknown artist in the second half of the quattrocento.
Until the 25 June 2012, the public will have a chance to have a close-up view of amagnificent stained glass window designed by Ghiberti in Florence Cathedral after cleaning and restoration by the specialized Florentine Studio Polloni G & C, which has been working on the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiori cycle of windows since the 1970s.
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width=183 height=141><BR><BR>In spring of 2013, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises will add another extraordinary river cruise destination to their collection of itineraries: Italy. Tours will take in the Po River and the Venice Lagoon. <BR>
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To mark the centenary of the Titanic disaster, the city of Rome has erected a plaque with the names of two Italian waiters who died aboard the fated cruise ship on the 15 April 1912.
The Artichoke Festival of Ladispoli, one of the oldest and most popular celebrations of Lazio region culinary products, concluded its sixty-second edition on the 16 April 2012.