HERITAGE MEETS CREATIVITY The third edition from June 4 to 8 Bologna Portici Festival is back From June 4 to 8, the Bologna Portici Festival is back, the great urban festival promoted by the Municipality of Bologna to celebrate the Portici of Bologna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, through creativity. On June 6, the firstContinue reading “BOLOGNA PORTICI FESTIVAL”
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BOLOGNA HIDDEN JEWELS
VILLA MAZZACORATI Villa Aldrovandi Mazzacorati is a historic 17th-century building located just outside the center of Bologna. After being acquired by Annibale Marescotti, towards the end of the 17th century the house with garden passed to the Aldrovandi family who carried out various restoration works. At the end of the 18th century the villa becameContinue reading “BOLOGNA HIDDEN JEWELS”
LA MOKA – IL CAFFE
In 1933, in a small laboratory in Piedmont, a man watched water boil… And from that simple, domestic scene, he would invent the most Italian gesture in the world: making coffee with a moka pot. His name was Alfonso Bialetti, a craftsman with a careful and practical eye. It was a difficult period: Italy wasContinue reading “LA MOKA – IL CAFFE”
IL.TIMBRO DEL PANE IN LEGNO / bread stamp
The bread stamp is one of the symbols of the pastoral art of the Murgia Materana. Until the 1950s, housewives kneaded bread at home and delivered it to the oven boys for baking, but not before stamping each loaf to distinguish it from those of other families. The stamps were commissioned to shepherds who madeContinue reading “IL.TIMBRO DEL PANE IN LEGNO / bread stamp”
Sunday 27 April: Leonardo Day.
History tells that the Genius was born in the family home in Anchiano on April 15, 1452 and that in 1952, to celebrate the fifth centenary of the birth of the Genius, Luigi Einaudi and Alcide De Gasperi took part in the first great historical reenactment of Leonardo’s birth, within an event that involved theContinue reading “Sunday 27 April: Leonardo Day.”
Ferrara has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for 30 years: the city of the Renaissance
Since 1995, Ferrara has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the title of City of the Renaissance and in 2025, to celebrate 30 years since the great event, it has organized a calendar of many events from May to December to liven up the city. From signature cuisine to the cycling soul,Continue reading “Ferrara has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for 30 years: the city of the Renaissance”
March 17
The anniversary of the Unification of Italy is an anniversary that falls annually on March 17 and celebrates the birth of the Italian State, which occurred following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on March 17, 1861 in Turin. the complete unification of the national territory, however, occurred only in the following years: inContinue reading “March 17”
UNIBO SINCE 1088
There is a place in Italy where knowledge has been passed down for almost a thousand years. In 1088, while Europe was still living in the Middle Ages, Bologna gave birth to the first university in the Western world, an institution that would change the face of culture forever.Just think: when printed books did notContinue reading “UNIBO SINCE 1088”
The picturesque Carnival of Comacchio, on the water and one of a kind
In Comacchio, a fascinating area in the province of Ferrara, a truly unique event of its kind has been taking place for a few years now: a Carnival on the water, full of magic, colours, fun and unmissable events. Also in 2025 the “craziest” party of the year is ready to take off in thisContinue reading “The picturesque Carnival of Comacchio, on the water and one of a kind”
The Blackbird Days begin: what they are and why they have been called that for millennia
Among the many traditions linked to winter, there is one that seems to contain the very essence of frost: the days of the blackbird, three dates that mark the heart of winter, 29, 30 and 31 January. According to popular belief, these would be the coldest days of the year, capable of announcing what springContinue reading “The Blackbird Days begin: what they are and why they have been called that for millennia”