Cultural Italy Blog: Art, Coffee & Love

Buon San Valentino!

Buon San Valentino!

NEWS
This country is known as one of the most romantic places in the world. Antique architecture, picturesque towns, magnificent landscapes and Latin-lover-characters definitely help to keep un with this Italian stardust image.
However, the question is WHAT IS THE MOST ROMANTIC CITY OF ITALY?

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Vitraria

Vitraria

ART & EXHIBITIONS
Vitraria is not just not another museum in Venice. It is an interesting project, a permanent museum dedicated to the glass in all its forms, and different from the classic Murano glass. It is situated in the magnificent Palazzo Barbarigo Nani Mocenigo, in the museum mile, just opposite the church of San Trovaso.

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Leonardo is back!

Leonardo is back!

ART & EXHIBITIONS
From April 15th to July 19th, 2015, Palazzo Reale in Milan will host the largest Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition ever organized in Italy! Don’t miss the chance to discover the secrets of Leonardo’s creative mind and practical visions: all evolved into unique works of art and technology.

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KISS at the Arena di Verona

KISS at the Arena di Verona

CONCERT
June 11th 2015
Just imagine the surreal encounter between the Arena, aplace older than the Colosseum, and which has seen the history of the world, hosting the – in my opinion – world’s most famous living rock band. A show per se. Kiss too, have seen the history of rock unfolding.

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Castelvittorio: small treasures of Liguria region

Castelvittorio: small treasures of Liguria region

OFF THE BEATEN PATH
Anywhere you go in Italy, don’t forget to explore small towns around. … I am convinced, small borgos with no tourists and guides around, often hidden from non-expert travelers, are the best and the most authentic experience one could ever have in Italy.

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Milan Expo Gate

Milan Expo Gate

ART EXHIBIT
Expo Gate is a new temporary architecture in the heart of Milan. It was officially open on May, 11 of this year and it will be disassembled in November of the next year, once Expo 2015 is ended.

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Wine & Truffles in Ovada

Wine & Truffles in Ovada

OFF THE BEATEN PATH
One of the best occasions to visit Ovada is its Fest of Wine and Truffles. Ovada is a small town near Genova. Only 11,714 people live there. But as any small borgo of Italy, Ovada is rich with its culture, architecture and gastronomic tradition.

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