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Masks and confetti: all carnivals in and around Florence

freelancer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:13:28 +0000

For lovers of masks, confetti and streamers this weekend there will be spoiled for choice. There are many, in and around Florence, the initiatives planned for Carnival. So here are some suggestions: http://www.bednbreakfastfirenze.it/

FLORENCE … A Florence, sabto February 18, there are festivals, parades, shows and in various ways: via Maso Finiguerra, by Doni, by Monteverdi, Viale Redi, by Galliano, Villamagna Street, Nanjing Road, via Datini , Antioch street, plaza and lane Gualfredotto Laugh.

AND … OUT. But even those who want to celebrate out of town will not have to choose from.

CERTALDO HIGH. A Certlado Alto, Saturday 18, is planning a great celebration of Carnival, free admission, from 15: Program in dress parades, marching bands, stilt walkers and street performers, as well as games for children.

SAN PIERO A SIEVE. Appointment Saturday 18 at the San Piero a Sieve, which is scheduled for the fourth edition of San Piero in Maschera. From 14 onwards big party with touring shows, music, jugglers, clowns, dance performances, tastings and masks. In bad weather the event will be postponed until Saturday, February 25.

DICOMANO. dicomanese Carnival Sunday 19 and Tuesday, February 21. 14.30carri in the parade, marching bands, folk groups and trains for children around the country, as well as food stalls with local delicacies. Admission free.

CALENZANO. Carnival also Medieval Castle Caledon South, also on Sunday 19 February. Here, the time machine will bring them all back over seven centuries and will turn to 14, when a colorful procession made ??up of over 500 from all the villages of Caledon as Sommaia, Settimello, Legri, Borgo Antico, Name of Jesus, Donnini , The Cross, The fogliaia, go through the whole center of Caledon with its delegations to arrive in Piazza Vittorio Veneto for the salute to the voice and the wobbling of the ritual puppet of King Carnival, which will be burned to 18.00. Then everyone at Caledon Castle High in the setting where the ancient walls desks crammed with merchandise, games, local produce, arts and crafts, wait for the greeting of costumed re-created for the occasion. It will start at 3 games: the piñata, the sword of Horseshoes, and sack race. The score of these three tests will decide the winning village to which the tower will be the trophy of gold. Another game called the ball in the circle will be reserved for kids to win the Tower D’Oro. There will be even more attractions and surprises.

Rome, Sunday, February 19 Events

freelancer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:12:25 +0000

A show of international level , that is the envy of specialized exhibitions across Europe where some of the biggest names in world of horse shows pay homage to the great tradition of Italian Renaissance art equestrian vaulting with acrobatic numbers , liberty work at its best, dressage and High School, the carousels of cowboys and the great Lorenzo, a character unique in the international equestrian spectacular. Among the most anticipated artists, moreover, the French champion in dressage Alizee Froment, godmother the last edition of the Carnival in Rome, Manolo’s Theatre du Centaur, Pasquale Beretta, Gianluca Cup, Silver Massarenti, Andrea Giovannini, Messina Bartolo, Count Alessandro di Maremma and the Knights. Go see that: http://www.bednbreakfastroma.it/ Artistic coordination of Mark Hare, directed by Umberto Scotti. Friday, February 17 hour 18.00/20.00 tests open the show “The horses of Rome” Piazza del Popolo

On February 19, Massimo Troisi was made 59 years

freelancer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:10:33 +0000

A full day dedicated to Massimo Troisi is so that the City of San Giorgio a Cremano decided to celebrate this year’s anniversary of the famous actor and director sangiorgese died in 1994 and that Sunday would have turned 59 years. To see that there are Hotel Napoli Centro, here: http://www.hotel-napoli-centro.it/

“The ways of Troisi are endless,” in fact, is the day interdisciplinary events scheduled for February 19 and through which the municipal administration headed by Mayor Giorgiano Mimmo decided to recall and reconstruct, thanks to an idea of ??the University of University of Naples “Federico II” and the collaboration with Massimo Troisi Prize for the establishment and in particular its vice president Peter De Martino, the activity and artistic development of the actor, both in the context of a cabaret theater in which he has made school with the project “The Grimace” is that of the film.

The goal is to reconstruct the profile of Massimo Troisi not only the artistic contribution of actors, directors and personalities from the entertainment world but also with the “scientific” philologists, linguists, experts in film, theater and film historians and journalists.

To open the celebrations in the city’s mayor will be at 10 am Mimmo Giorgiano that will go to the cemetery of San Giorgio a Cremano to lay a wreath on the memorial dedicated to Massimo Troisi Sangiorgesi.

Then the celebrations move to Villa Bruno Righetti Foundries at 11 where the Mayor will open with Massimo Marrelli, rector of the University of Naples Federico II, the work of the conference-event “Troisi’s ways are endless.” Two sessions

By bus straight to the airport the bus to Fiumicino and Ciampino wanted expats in Canada

freelancer — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:03:50 +0000

With these words, the mayor of Sulmona, Fabio Federico, gave meaning to the new service “Prontobus” that connect from January 1, Sulmona, Abruzzo Pratola Peligna Center and to the airports of Hotel Aeroporto Fiumicino and Ciampino airports. The new service, offered by the cultural Peligna Valley in Toronto, bringing together the Peligni emigrated to Canada, will be furnished by the Consortium charterers Abruzzo. Buses from Sulmona and Pratola reach airports in the capital, also touching Marsica, with stops in Avezzano and Carseldine. The stops will be in the square in the capital Peligno Tresca, near Bishop’s Palace, Naples and Port Hospital. The Square will be in May instead of Pratola terminus, the bus terminal and shopping center in Avezzano Carseldine 2. Every day, weekdays and holidays, buses will be available between the two pairs of Peligna and the capital. “A miracle realized this, meeting the needs of many migrants who often like to go in cities and countries of origin – said Aldo Di Cristofaro, president of the Peligna in Canada – I am grateful to the Region and to the mayors that Peligni have worked in unity to activate an important service. ” Units also found useful by Federico Mayor. “We thank the Regional Minister for Transport, Giandonato Morra, who shared our need this, I express gratitude for Peligni mayors who supported this battle – Frederick said – when he joined the results you get.” Appreciation for the region came from the mayor of Pratola, Antonio De Crescentiis. “This time the region has been attentive to the needs of our citizenship Peligna and emigrated – said De Crescentiis – cuts in times of a new service is just a miracle.” And even that seems a small miracle made the Councillor to the Municipal Transportation, Mauro Tirabassi, who yesterday announced that it has obtained the approval of the City Council for deliberation that marks a step forward for the pedestrian center, eliminating the step of buses from Corso Ovidio. The resolution expected in September, has recently been a source of controversy in the majority. “It is true, was not quick approval – Tirabassi said – but before such an important decision, which marks a completely new organization of urban transport, I preferred to listen to stakeholders, beginning with the regular users in mostly elderly, who now take the bus Tresca in the square, Piazza Garibaldi and Porta Napoli. “

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Tourism boom in the 2011 season in Venice after the fall of 2008

freelancer — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:25:36 +0000

The City Councillor for Tourism in Venice, like Hotel Economici Venezia, Roberto Panciera, this morning presented and discussed data on arrivals and overnight stays in the municipality for the current year: tomorrow morning, Auditorium Santa Margherita, Starting from 9.30, the earth ‘the annual appointment system”Venice”Tourism”focuses this year on tourism, events and multimedia communication.”

Panciera stated that the 2011 data are updated until September, while for the last three months of the year of the projections were made, pointing out that the term ‘presence’, must understand the actual nights spent in accommodation facilities in the municipal area . The year is starting and the conclusion ‘the boom years after the fall of 2008, stabilizing in 2009 and resumed in 2010: since 2005 the attendance has almost doubled, rising from 5 million to 10 million, with that the average stay is around 2.25 days.

”The growing trend confirms – Panciera said – that the decision to apply the tax holiday did not affect the number of tourists in town ‘and I’m sure a year from here to the neighboring towns also decide to apply for compensate for the reduction of state funding.

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On “Dossier” this is the company that makes Venice

freelancer — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:24:45 +0000

One aspect of Venice hitherto neglected by the national media. Dossier choose to be the voice of the city business. The capital of Veneto, always in the spotlight for its cultural heritage through dossier now expresses his soul, and industrial production. For the first time an analysis focused on its economic excellence. “At a time of great change and we have chosen a city symbol of Italian culture to testify as character stubborn, tenacious and industrious of the Venetians is once again a source of pride for the country – the publisher said Maria Elena Golfarelli -. The Venetian companies are proof that the economic downturn, despite having hit all sectors, can also be the strongest stimulus for renewal. ” Dossier of a key reading for all those who observe the crisis an opportunity to reformulate their business strategies, opening new markets and new forms of organization.
“In this region – supports Golfarelli – the proper administration of the governor Luca Zaia not no one has caught unprepared, and in particular Venetian entrepreneurs have reacted to the difficulties that the economy today puts before the road to development. We want entrepreneurs in Venice, the real protagonists of this new dossier, is a great example. ” On this first edition, dedicated to the Venetian Republic, the elite entrepreneurship reflects the area’s future. An investigation on the candidate city to become European capital for innovation and infrastructure, just think of projects like the Mestre and Moses, among the main attractions of the next Expo. Dossier on the choir offers an insight into economic and political issues relevant to the development of the area. In a lengthy interview, the president of Confindustria Venice, Brugnaro Louis, says that it is necessary to restore competitive conditions with reforms and concrete actions, in view of the common good. Because ‘now’ is what counts continue to walk faster. Businesses are the strategic asset in a country where the only raw material at our disposal is the man. We must ensure that the Venetian territory to become globally competitive and establish an overall framework in which companies can move freely and find fertile ground to make their investments. ” Just recently also Andrea Riello Riello Sistemi president and former regional leader of the industry, has prompted interventions to support the internationalization of the business. Alessandro Bianchi, president of Unioncamere Veneto, the challenge for growth is played on trust. “We need to support businesses, restore confidence to our entrepreneurs, increasingly pessimistic about the evolution of economy, and bring their concerns forward decisively – Bianchi said -. Much will depend on how the political landscape will evolve Italian. “

Back to the Christmas market crafts in Rimini

freelancer — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:23:54 +0000

The craft associations Confartigianato and CNA in Rimini, organize the 30th ‘Exhibition of artistic and traditional – Christmas 2011′.
The event takes place in Rimini at the Old Fish Market is adjacent to Piazza Cavour, December 3 to 24, with hours of open to the public from 9.00 am to 13.00 and from 15.00 to 20.00, near Hotel Economici Rimini.
The initiative involves the participation of the most skilled craftsmen of the Province of Rimini, who exhibit and offer for sale articles and typical products of local tradition, such such as printed fabrics rust, terracotta objects, pottery and hand-decorated majolica. Alongside these artifacts are accompanied some local processing are particularly representative of estrus and manual dexterity such as articles for furniture, both wood and ceramic compositions and candles wax, and giftware paper mache, silver jewelry, knitted works, producing handbags, handmade hats, processing mineral stones, fused glass giftware, satin and tiffany, bookbinding, printing on fabric. The Exhibition-Market of Traditional arts and provides an important opportunity to promote and market to participating companies. The event is considered full citizens and tourists from visiting Rimini, as a fixture for the gift during the holidays and a unique event in events artistic / cultural proposed in Rimini. The inauguration of the event – scheduled for Saturday, December 3 at 11:00 am in the presence of the Department of Economic activities of the Municipality of Rimini Jamil Sadegholvaad – represent a particularly attractive as will the involvement and performance in a duo concert of bells that will feature bagpipers bagpipes and bagpipe music for Christmas.

Paralimpico sport in festivity In public square 30mila students

freelancer — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:24:27 +0000

To London the mayor Boris Johnson and the First British minister David Cameron have played a game of mixed double quantity with tennisti in carrozzina to Trafalgar Square. Difficult that Prime Minister and mayor can defy themselves to Rome or Milan, but the National Day of the Paralimpico Sport, than is carried out in the morning of 13 thursdays October, will be still larger than that of the city of Giochi: 11 public squares been involved with beyond 30 thousand students, hundred of athletes and volunteers, passages in directed tv on SkySport24 and radius on Dimension Sound, great champions and famous singers in Hotel Economici Milano.

A game of basket in carrozzina. The archives
EDITIONS – the sixth edition of the GNSP, indetta from the Paralimpico Committee with the aid of Enel Heart, door the young people to meet the paralimpico sport in a promotion optical and social inclusion. Evocative the places: from that dense of history of the Terme di Caracalla to Rome to the ipertecnologica and majestic covered public square of the new center of Lombardy Region to Milan to the sicilian Tonnara of Bonagia to Valderice. Meaningful the choice to insert the Aquila with cities that touch all Italy: from the Piemonte (Verbania) to the Puglia (It is drunk a toast), passing for Vicenza, Parma, Pistoia, $terni, Benevento.

TESTIMONIAL – the boys will be able also to try paralimpici sports, between which basket and tennis in carrozzina or the handbike that pedala with the hands. Many the testimonial: to Rome the Tosca singers D’ Aquino, godmother of the event, and Alexia with biker the Brumotti; to Milan, some of the greatest paralimpici champions, like Silvia Relative (not seeing, only to the world with tito them world-wide and paralimpici in three disciplines: ski, sail and sport climb), iridato of the nautical ski the Daniel Cassioli (not seeing) or the promise of the athletics amputated Giusy Versace; to Parma the show is mixed to the sport, with the singer Annalisa Minetti and its objective to participate in the mezzofondo blind to London 2012.

PANCALLI – - In before row, like always, the president of the Committee Paralimpico, Luca Pancalli: “This Day wants to be an advertising event in order launch the idea of a sport that does not have only the scope of the attainment of a medal, but that it carries out an extraordinary pedagogical function above all, educational and of social inclusion. I think that in our Country it must be begun more and more to think that this that it is spold for the sport is not a cost, but an investment in terms of social policies. Every year approximately shakes it persons becomes disabili because of street incidents and must make to understand these persons that the sport is a fundamental instrument for riappropriarsi of own life”.

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Tourism: the Tuscany parades to the World Travel Market of London

freelancer — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:36:34 +0000

Florence and the Tuscany will be two times protagonists of the three days London. During the press conference of opening, the chairman of the Wtm, Fiona Jeffery, presentera’ an important international event that terra’ own in from Tuscany chief town, from the 18 to 20 May, in Fortress downstairs: Art and Tourism, the first international fair dedicated to the cultural tourism in London, near Hotel Economici Londra.

An event, only to the world, than fara’ to converge to Florence the best of the national and international offer cultural and operating the tourists. Sul forehead of tourism 2,0, sara’ the occasion in order to emphasize the increasing role of the www.turismo.intoscana.it portal cured from Foundation Tuscany System.

To say it they are the numbers: piu’ of 7.500 the pages visited every day and from september of 2010 to september 2011 have been published 1,650 offering. 2011 have been the year of the carried out one, with the start of the reservation system on linens, that it collects gia’ 1950 from Tuscany receptive structures. For the future the objective is to at best develop to new systems of communication, taking advantage of the Piece of furniture and the applications for smartphone, in order to guarantee the maximum fruibilita’ of the services and the tourist offered ones. In sight of this objective, the Region is using the best practical than travel web marketing.

Promoted Expo 2015 from Paris and Berlin

freelancer — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:35:26 +0000

There is a Italy that works”, the French says. “You will make Us, the machine now it is game”, it adds the German. Of these times to embed compliments from Paris and Berlin is not badly and to realize the average miracle it is the Expo. The Bie delegates who yesterday have assisted to Cernobbio (Como) to the presentation of event 2015 have been unanimous in plaudire to the steps ahead realized. Certainly, all still it is enclosed in a film in 3D, the visit to the site is only virtual, but the feeling is that the greater obstacles are by now to the shoulders, than in the passage of deliveries from politics to management us has been clearly a gain in Hotel Economici Parigi. “These three years have been terrible – the general secretary confesses us to fine morning of the Bie Vicente Loscertales – but now have confidence in this plan”.
The Country, goes said, appears compact and the synthesis is in the words of the Napolitano president who considers this “the event of greater relief of the last decades in Italy”. The leader of Confindustria Emma Marcegaglia assures the full collaboration of the world of the enterprise and currency 2015 like “an extraordinary lever in order to attract investments and to modernize the Country, to greater reason crucial event in a phase of great economic difficulty as that puts into effect them”. Formigoni, Podestà and Pisapia confirm the engagement of the administrations and yield the word to Giuseppe Know it, that it enters in the concrete of the plan. And after three years and means of impasse it is a relief. The carrying axis of the site, the decuman, is developed on beyond 1,5 kilometers and will be the heart of the event. To every stand, along this way, a “display window” of 20 meters, that they will be able then to be developed in depth on several cuts, from 500 till 4.500 meters pictures will be assigned. They will have to be places “green”, to low energetic consumption, with at least 30% of the open spaces or greens and 80% of recycled materials. The topic of 2015, to nourish the planet-energy for the life will have to pervadere the entire site (whose scenografia will be cured from the winner of two prizes Oscar Dante Ferretti) and for this It knows it and Pisapia the commissioner for the Italy Pavilion speeds up the Government in indicating. The Italian spaces, in fact, will be dislocated along the other axis of the area, the Thistle, “but their planning – it explains Knows it – will have to happen for time, having itself to integrate in a system: Italy therefore acts quickly”. The great innovation of Milan will be but “clusters”, you space municipalities that will around group more countries to a topic. “Coffees, cacaos, or laughed – it explains Knows it – will be able to combine more nations that they do not want or cannot to participate with single spaces”.
Started the intense activities in order to remove the interferences of the site, that they will leave tomorrow, the next stages see actions on more foreheads. “In the 2012 we want to combine to others 50 countries – clears It knows it – and the other target will be that one to be involved private sponsors and partner, from which we expect a contribution of 400 million. The only risks of difficulty are legacies to the contests, the delays and the resources. If necessary creed but that Pisapia Commissioner is ready to use its extraordinary powers”.