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From April 16 to 25, on the occasion of the 12 Annual "Culture Week", the Ministry for Cultural Heritage of Italy offers free admission to over 3,000 museums and artistic sites all over Italy.
Italy is planning to celebrate its 150th anniversary as a united nation. Turin (Italy's original capital city) is preparing grand international celebrations to mark the anniversary; an opportunity to look back at past glories, but also to consider the present and take a look at the future of Italy.
For more information visit the celebratory committee's official website: http://www.italia150.it/?language=en
2009 has been declared by the UN General Assembly the International Year of Astronomy. Coincidentally, 2009 also marks 400 years since the invention of the telescope by Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).
For more information visit the official website of the 2009 celebrations: http://www.astronomy2009.org
2009 is the 100th Anniversary of Futurism: the Committee for the Celebrations of the Futurist Manifesto has organized several exhibitions and meetings to pay homage to the Italian avant-garde movement.
For more information visit Committee's website (in Italian): http://www.centenariofuturismo.it
The newly established Centre for the Study of Ancient Sicily within the Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies of the University of British Columbia has a mandate which includes the conducting and publishing of world-class research on ancient Sicily. The Centre is virtually the only centre of excellence on Ancient Sicily outside of Sicily.
200th Anniversary of Giuseppe Garibaldi's Birth: all the events organized by the Italian National Committee for the Celebrations of Garibaldi's Bicentennial.
Want to know more about Garibaldi? See what Wikipedia has to say about him.
2006 Year of Italy in China: China and Italy are both countries with a long history and a rich cultural heritage, and they share a century-old tradition of trade and friendship. Since diplomatic relations were established, the relationship between the two countries have kept growing stronger and more successful, and have yielded important results >>>
DOCtorCLIP - The first Italian festival of poetry videos: the second edition of the international competition DOCtorCLIP, which was very successful last year. The number of applications was very high (over 200 videos) and the initiative was praised by both critics and the public. Download the information package (IT) (EN).
Announcement of competition: http://www.romapoesia.it/2006/regit06.pdf
"Unistrapg": the new-born Alumni Association of the University for Foreigners of Perugia hopes to have as many subscribers as possible, among the over 300.000 students from 200 countries who have attended this important institution since its establishment. >>>
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