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"Sarà soprattutto un luogo di memoria, inclusione e democrazia". Così, Piero Campodonico, direttore del Muma (Museo del Mare di Genova) presenta il futuro Museo nazionale dell'emigrazione italiana, ospitato nell'edificio della Commenda di Pré, nel centro storico di Genova, a due passi dal mare.  Il termine dei lavori è previsto nei primi mesi del 2...

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This year's Sanremo Song Festival will not have an audience in its historic venue, the Ligurian Riviera town's Ariston Theatre, Italian public broadcaster RAI said Monday. Outdoor events and programmes linked to the annual extravaganza will also be stopped, RAI said in a safety protocol it is sending to the government's COVID technical and scientif...

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Filming for the documentary film “Le vie Aleramiche and Normanno Sveve”, which tells the story of the Norman and Swabian dynasties, is now almost completed. Fabrizio Di Salvo, its creator and director, chaired an online meeting with the key European partners in this ambitious cultural project. The Aleramici brought their culture to Sicily, where it...

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As an Italian tour leader and travel designer, this past year has been difficult to say the least. I miss my native land, taking my travel clients around, sipping cappuccino or wine, or strolling with a gelato in hand. But while we can’t travel to Italy right now, there’s no stopping us from planning our next adventure. Anticipation of a future tri...

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What a pity that in Liguria often people only stop on the coast. Meaning you lose all that magnificent inland, especially in the west which is made up of continuous valleys that intertwine with each other and covered with olive trees making it impossible to see the beginning and the end. Nestled among these small villages, carved out of the rock, w...

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A five-day walking itinerary in a beautiful corner of Liguria was inaugurated this summer. It’s called Cammino nel Tigullio and takes place, as the name suggests, in the Gulf of Tigullio in the eastern Riviera.  The walk is 75-km long and can be divided into five stages - five days, four nights, sleeping at local facilities affiliated with the proj...

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PALAZZO SAN GIORGIO OR THE Palace of Saint George, may not be among Genoa’s top tourist attractions, but its historic significance is more than worth noting. Not only is it the site where Marco Polo’s famous memoirs were written, but it also once housed one of the oldest banks in history. Originally constructed in 1260 by Guglielmo Boccanegra, uncl...

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Enit will be exhibiting at the IBTM World Virtual, an innovative three-day event, representing 23 participants and "crowds" the international market with "visual winds of Italy". The National Tourism Agency exports the Italian spirit by taking part in the main global event of the MICE industry (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) whi...

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It is time to buy basil to prepare the tastiest of Ligurian sauces at home. Choose uprooted plants with small leaves and grown in sea regions. Careful as there is a difference if the cultivation has taken place outdoors or in a greenhouse, as well as between the mortar and blender… Late July is the best period for one of the tastiest and highly val...

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The Italian gardens are some of the most beautiful sights to behold. There is the Italian Renaissance garden, a style that emerged in the late 15th century at villas in Rome and France. The style is an inspiration of the Italian traditional ideology of beauty. The landscape and view of the gardens are incredible. One can enjoy the sounds, smells, a...

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