CULTURE, HISTORY, TOURISM, POLITICS, FASHION, FOOD, MUSIC, ART & LEISURE
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FABIO VIALE: EMOTIONS IN MARBLE Italian Caffès
AN ESPRESSO WITH THE FLAVOR OF ANTIQUITY
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ROME, WHAT A SHOW YOU ARE Achille Castiglioni
THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN DESIGN
“La cultura è l’energia pulita del nostro paese.” Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele La Fondazione Cultura e Arte, diretta emanazione della Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Internazionale, opera nella diffusione di iniziative culturali, sulla base dell’assunto che l’arte e la cultura – nelle loro molteplici forme e manifestazioni – svolgano un ruolo di primo piano nella formazione della coscienza collettiva, annullando le differenze e appianando i conflitti, a favore dell’inclusione sociale e del dialogo costruttivo
fra i popoli. La Fondazione è attiva nel campo delle arti visive e dell’attività espositiva,della multimedialità, dell’editoria, della musica, della poesia e della promozione ed organizzazione di convegni e think tank. I progetti realizzati accrescono l’offerta culturale attuale e valorizzano, attraverso specifici interventi, il patrimonio artistico-culturale non solo nel nostro Paese, con uno sguardo particolare al Mediterraneo e all’Oriente.
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EDITORIAL
ITALY, OR BETTER, THE ART OF SURPRISE
This creative volcano known as Italy is where a dialogue amongst objects, style, and protagonists lives on, making up a symphonic fresco of art. A story composed of many voices, all coexisting with history and time, respecting the details just as the country itself with its many small national realities, in its many cultures within culture, traditions in tradition. Unparalleled economic and cultural wellbeing spring from the creative process, starting with conception, segueing to production and finding completion in the grand finale of works and services. “Creativity and culture are the wealth of a society, the expression of a people,” it is often said. Personally, I find that there is no truer statement, especially when considering the “Belpaese”. The entire heritage of the boot can be reduced precisely to that ability to create with a unique and non-replicable style. A genius that embraces the history of this great country indelibly falls under the great “Made in Italy” banner, living and proliferating. This latest addition to the Lamborghini line is motorized proof… it presents a new style icon that joins the long history of Italian-driving elegance — a car that goes beyond the road to become a masterful example of design and shape. The art of Fabio Viale, eccentric, perhaps, provocative, when needed, is another swath of truth: he is a child of our time and manages his talent with the maturity of those who know that art is not just on display in a case, but must break the glass to get across a message to those willing to listen.
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PHOTOREPORTAGE
VILLAGES BECOME OPEN-AIR MUSEUMS
Over the past few decades, many villages all over Italy have welcomed official murals that, with the colors and imagination of artists and students of the Fine Arts Academies from all over the world, transformed walking in through the alleys into visits to museums. ARCUMEGGIA (VARESE) Since 1956, this small mountain village known as the “Painters’ Village” offered the external walls of its houses to artists interested in frescoing them. Today it has become an open-air museum where you can admire works by Giuseppe Montanari; Aldo Carpi; Umberto Faini; Ferruccio Ferrazzi; Francesco Menci; Eugenio Tomiolo; Carmelo Nino Found and many others. DOZZA (BOLOGNA) Since the first “Biennale of the Painted Wall” in 1965, every two years in September, the medieval village welcomes artists from all over the world who paint images of dragons and fairies, landscapes, and abstract visions on its walls. BRACCANO (MACERATA) The colorful paintings found on the houses, walls, and barns in this village on the western slope of Monte San Vicino in the Marche are the work of students of the Fine Arts from the academies of Brera, Urbino, and Macerata, with the participation of artists from all over the world. DIAMANTE (COSENZA) In this village, known as “the pearl of the Tyrrhenian”, the tradition of murals was initiated in 1981 by the Milanese painter Nani Razzetti. Since then, the village historical center has been enriched with more than 150 works created by Italian and foreign artists. ORGOSOLO (NUORO) In the heart of Sardinia, the murals on this village’s walls, dating back to the 1960s, have a political connotation and recount the shepherds’ commitment to the defense of their land and their daily life in Barbagia; many also inspired by a hope for world on peace. VALLORIA (IMPERIA) Here the doors of houses, stalls, warehouses, and cellars grab visitors’ attention. Over the years, dozens of internationally renowned painters and young artists painted about 150 doors, which, with their vivid colors, contrast nicely with the compact gray of the stone walls. Marco Bertollini
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PHOTOREPORTAGE
MOPI – THE MUSEUM OF PIZZA IS OPENING IN NEW YORK It is called MoPi – Museum of Pizza – and it will open on October 13, in Brooklyn. A whole museum which, for a limited amount of time, will delight visitors with a full immersion experience in the pizza world on the initiative of Kareem Rahma, head of the Nameless Network, a Brooklyn company. The Museum will allow visitors to learn about the history of pizza retracing its origins and spreading all over the world. It will also offer an interactive overview of the important role of the food acquired in pop culture and customs, so much to be awarded the status of world heritage by UNESCO. On Mopi’s website, the museum is described as “a place to capture timeless memories and take in largerthan-life, immersive installations. A space to bask in multi-sensory, psychedelic pizza joy (…) an act of creation sure to make your every minute inside the museum a timeless pizza memory.” And it will do so thanks to exhibits such as: The Museum of Pizza artists “gallery”, the Pizza cave, the Pizza fun house, the Pizza beach, The interactive history (and untold story) of Pizza, “Pizza Zen”, Pizza games, and The official #MoPi Pizza Films screening room and media lab. In consideration of the numbers of pizza consumption in the US in general – the equivalent of 50 hectares every day -, and in New York in particular – where 10% of American pizzerias are concentrated -, it is not a surprise that an undisclosed, for the time being, location in the Big Apple will host this museum dedicated to the role that this food has in pop culture around the world. Indeed, in MoPi’s view pizza is “more than a tasty epiphany of cheese, dough, and sauce – it’s a uniter, a universal language, a cultural exclamation point.” Margherita Pituano
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PEOPLE XXX
LAURA PAUSINI AMBASSADOR OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
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nternationally renown Italian singer Laura Pausini has been nominated as Goodwill Ambassador of the World Food Programme (WFP), the Rome-based United Nations agency that works in over 80 countries providing food assistance to people affected by conflicts and natural disasters. In her 25-year international career, Pausini has won many awards – including 1 Grammy Award, 3 Latin Grammy Awards, 4 Lo Nuestro Awards, 6 World Music Awards -, and she supported WFP in its fight against hunger on several occasions like the 2008 charity concert – whose proceeds were donated to UNHCR and WFP to support the refugees repatriated to Afghanistan - and the #ZeroHunger world campaign in 2015 of which she was testimonial. WFP works in over 80 countries around the world, feeding people affected by conflicts and natural disasters and laying the foundations for a better future. In her new role Laura has the opportunity, as do the other celebrities that work with the United Nations like Angelina Jolie, Leonardo di Caprio, Cate Blanchett, Bryan Adams, Scarlett Johansson and Ben Stiller, to amplify the voices of the 815 million people in the world who go to bed every night on an empty stomach. Indeed, she will have the chance to meet the children of the 76,000 schools participating in the WFP School meals program, raising public awareness on the agency’s work by supporting its campaigns and initiatives on her social channels. The UN World Food Programme saves lives during emergencies and transforms the lives of millions of people through sustainable development. Alessandro Creta
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ITALIAN BEAUTY
IVREA, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE “Just inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site: Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century, #Italy. Congratulations!” With this Tweet, UNESCO announced the listing of the Piedmontese city as the 57th Italian site considered a World Heritage. The decision was taken during the 42nd World Heritage Committee that took place in Manama, Bahrain, and that ran until July 4th, 2018. Founded in 1908 by Camillo Olivetti, the industrial city of Ivrea developed mainly between the 1930s and the 1960s under the direction of Adriano Olivetti – in parallel with the family company, “Olivetti”, manufacturer of typewriters, mechanical calculators, and office computers – and comprises a large factory and buildings designed to serve the administration and social services, as well as residential units. This architectural ensemble, designed by leading Italian urban planners and architects, reflects the ideas of the Community Movement. As a social project, Ivrea expresses a modern vision of the relationship between industrial production and architecture. The Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Alberto Bonisoli, said that he is “happy and excited, both as Italian citizen and as Minister of Cultural Heritage, for the recognition of Adriano Olivetti’s humanistic conception of work.” The nomination was promoted by the municipality of Ivrea and the Adriano Olivetti Foundation, together with the Guelpa Foundation, the Piedmont Region, the Metropolitan City of Turin and the municipality of Banchette. Ilona Catani Scarlett
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INTRODUCING THE WORLD’S FIRST SUPER SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. A super sports car soul with the functionality of an SUV: this is the Lamborghini Urus, the world’s first Super Sport Utility Vehicle. Identifiable as an authentic Lamborghini with unmistakable DNA, pure Italian design and an outstanding performance of 0-62 MPH in 3.6 seconds; the Urus is a first for drivers who strive to command the most of any environment.
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DESIGN GOURMET
PRADA FOUNDATION’S TORRE RESTAURANT IN MILAN Finally, at the end of Milan Design Week, the Prada Foundation opened Torre, its new nine-storey tower in Milan that offers visitors a new perspective on the city, through its large windows. This last building completed by architect Rem Koolhaas’s project that converted a former distillery into an art hub for the billionaire fashion designer and collector Muccia Prada. In the long-awaited Torre, a 60-meter-high white concrete building with an irregular profile, art, fashion, and food merge into a multi-purpose, yet coherent, ensemble. A total of 2000 square meters of exposition area is spread between first six floors – currently hosting the Atlas projectwhile other three floors are dedicated to restaurants and services, with the roof-top terrace conceived as a flexible space to accommodate a bar with a 360 degrees view on the city. The restaurant on the sixth and seventh floor, with windows and terrace overlooking the city center, is furnished with pieces from New York’s Four Seasons Restaurant, which was designed by Philip Johnson in 1958, as well as pieces from Höller’s pop-up nightclub experience, which made its debut at Art Basel in Miami Beach in November 2017. For the Torre restaurant, resident chef Fabio Cucchelli has sourced recipes inspired by regional recipes without focusing on a personal style, indeed, in collaboration with Care’s (the worldwide project that brings together ethical chefs), the kitchen will host for four or five times a year young chefs under 30 from all over the world: each of them will work with Cucchelli for a couple of weeks, offering a distinctive menu from their country. In Torre, the furnishing, the gourmet dishes, and the works of art on the walls all the elements contribute, with “a collage of pre-existing themes and elements” – as Koolhaas says – to create an atmosphere that has both an old-world charm and an international appeal. RESTAURANT „TORRE“ Largo Isarco, 2 / Via Giovanni Lorenzini, 14 Milan Bar: 18.00 – 2.00 / Restaurant 19.00 – 24.00 Tel: 02 23323910 www.fondazioneprada.org Marco Bertollini
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TRADITIONS
ITALIANS IN NEW YORK: LITTLE ITALY AND THE BRONX Little Italy for a long time has been New York’s most famous Italian-American neighborhood, home to thousands of Italians who emigrated there from the late nineteenth century to the 50s. However, since the 70s second and third generation Italians went in search of other spaces where to move, and they found them in the Bronx, which by now is a second Little Italy where the taste of authenticity is still the same. The families running some of the most historical establishments, in the 70s, resisted the change, thus in Little Italy there are places like “Di Palo”, the most famous food and delicatessen store in the city. It has been run by five generations of Italian migrants with the aim to spread the authentic Italian culinary culture, choosing products made by small companies from all the regions, symbols of the Made in Italy artisan excellence. Also, “Angelo’s”, historic restaurant opened in Little Italy in 1902, continues to serve there the same traditional dishes of Neapolitan tradition: Posillipo clams, Santa Lucia
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mussels, and fried calamari. While Apulia’s traditional recipes can be appreciated in an authentic familiar trattoria atmosphere in “Puglia”, other historical restaurant founded in 1919. Another iconic establishment is “Caffè Ferrara”, founded in 1892, the first espresso bar and the first Neapolitan pasta maker in the city. Nonetheless, also in the Belmont area in the Bronx, where many Italians settled between the 50s and 70s, it is possible to experience an authentic Italian atmosphere. There the Italian tradition is preserved and passed on by Italians like Marco Coletta, Roman chef at “Tra di noi” restaurant, who offers only authentic Italian recipes that bring the flavors of the past, such as “Trippa alla romana” and “Pollo alla cacciatora”. However, in Bronx Little Italy, the Italian atmosphere extends beyond the walls of stores and restaurants; walking down the street it seems to be in a small Italian village where shopkeepers know your preferences and give you advice, people on the street stops to have a chat. John Daporto
CINEMA
“CATCH-22”, CLOONEY’S MINI-SERIES FILMED IN ITALY
A US Air Force bombardier in World War II, Yossarian, is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. However, his real problem is the fact that because of rule Catch-22 he can’t dodge the ever-increasing number of missions he must fly to complete his service. According to Catch-22, in fact, a man can ask to avoid the assigned mission if he is insane, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty. The story of Yossarian will be told in the six-episodes mini-series entitled “Catch-22” co-directed by George Clooney, Ellen Kuras, and Grant Heslov. The series, based on Joseph Heller’s satirical novel of the same name, first published in 1961, will star Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Christopher Abbott, and Kyle Chandler, and it will air in 2019 on Hulu in the United States, on Sky Atlantic in Italy and on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Clooney, on top of being an interpreter, and director, will also function as executive producer with Grant Heslov, Luke Davies, David Michôd, Richard Brown, and Steve Golin. The series is co-produced by Paramount Television, Anonymous Content, Smokehouse Pictures, Sky Italia, and Channel 4, and it will be entirely filmed in Italy, between Sardinia and Rome. Sky Italia executive vice-president, programming Andrea Scrosati added: “We are very proud that a project like Catch-22 – a story that has shaped the mindsets of entire generations and still continues to thrill them – is filmed almost entirely in Italy, which in recent years has been able to fully show its creative and production potential, even at an international level. We were the first to believe in such a potential and creative heritage that, also thanks to projects such as The Young Pope, are now recognized and appreciated abroad too.” Sascha Mallinckrodt
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DESIGN
XI TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM IN MILAN The history and stories of Italian design from 1902 to 1998 told through 180 iconic XX century objects, five main themes, and an analysis of the contemporary design scene. This is the exhibition curated by Chiara Alessi for the XI Triennale Design Museum at La Triennale di Milano and entitled ‘Storie. Il design italiano’, which will be on show until January 2019. The five special thematic areas are those of Politics, curated by Vanni Pasca, Geography and Economics, both curated by Manolo de Giorgi, Technology, curated by Raimonda Riccini, and Communication, curated by Maddalena Dalla Mura. ‘Power and Forms. When designers do politics’ focuses on some key moments in the development of Italian design, from 1933 to the economic boom of the 1950s, through to the counter-design of the 1960s and 70s and on to globalization and world design, which began to take shape in the 1980s. ‘Maps. Shifting Geography’ looks at the manufacturing districts dotted around Italy and the particular aspects of their local areas, which constitute a unique setting for particular processes and uses of materials. ‘Stock Market. A carousel of numbers’ analyzes Italian design
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through the data that refers to it: from sales to royalties, to commercial successes and dismal flops.‘From the Transistor to the Moon. Design and Technologies’ concentrates on the ability of Italian designers to interpret innovation in the field of electronics and experimental materials, turning them into quality products. ‘Images and Imagery: through photography and magazines’ shows how the history of Italian design is also the history of the construction, projection, and multiplication of its image, as well as of its dissemination through the media. Here the visitor is taken through magazines and photographs from the 1950s to the 1980s. The 180 works have been selected as the most representative of Italian design. The choice is based on their innovative technology and shapes, their aesthetic qualities, experimental nature, iconic appeal, and success among the public. While, the decision to keep 1998 as the end of the selection, intentionally leaving out the past two decades, allows scholars to analyze the discipline from a distance, in terms of time and criticism. Ilona Catani Scarlett
ROGGI ROGGI
Andrea Roggi THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
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ViaTHE Casali, 6 CIRCLE Cortona (AR)
OF LIFE
www.andrearoggi.it Via del Marzocco, 5 www.thecircleoflifeartgallery.com Pietrasanta (LU) Via Casali, 6 Cortona (AR) www.andrearoggi.it www.thecircleoflifeartgallery.com
NEW PROJECT
POLOSUD, A SWEET AND REFRESHING TASTE OF SICILY IN NEW YORK Giacomo D’Alessandro is the pastry chef from Palermo that found the way to delight his customers in New York with perfect cannoli by using liquid nitrogen to use ricotta made by shepherds in San Biagio Platani, in the province of Agrigento (Sicily), as fresh as if it was prepared minutes before the moment it is used to fill the pastry. He has also recently opened a new location where he makes gelato with the same ingredients, procedures, machines, and passion with which it is made in his Sicily. The idea of PoloSud (South Pole) is to offer, in Mott Street, in the heart of North Little Italy, the authentic gelato that is made in the South of Italy thousands and thousands of miles away. Considering that freezing for the transportation would require to lower its temperature so much that it would end up resembling an American ice-cream, rather than a Sicilian gelato, the chef decided to produce it by hand on site. The most of raw materials come from Italy – the Sicilian pistachios from Bronte, the hazelnuts from Piedmont, the chocolate from Modica –
and all the other ingredients are selected to guarantee the best quality – dark chocolate from South America, milk selected from a farm in the north of the state of New York with 60% less fat (identical to the Italian one). Everything produced and dispatched the same day. With this careful research of traditional ingredients, D’Alessandro combines the innovation of modern machinery imported from Italy, an essential combination to obtain a product of the highest quality unique in its kind. D’Alessandro admitted that combining American habits with Italian gelato has been a challenge, however, in the 21-traditional-flavors menu he introduced a flavor called “The American” that is made with fresh bananas and peanut butter, as well as one made with “Rum and Mint”. In addition to homemade gelato, there is also be Sicilian pastry, duly represented by cannoli, profiteroles with sweet cream, and “Brioche con Gelato”, a hot pastry filled with cold gelato. Stefano Valentini
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FERRARI UNVEILS THE NEW SP38 One of the Ferrari’s most dedicated customers, whose name has not been revealed, has just been handed over his/her tailor-made new supercar. The Ferrari SP38 is a commission designed and built by Ferrari’s One-Off program referencing the iconic F40. The unique specimen will make its debut, on May 26th, at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este car show on the shores of Lake Como. Like most Ferraris delivered by the One-Off program, the most important changes concern the exterior design. Indeed, the SP38 features a completely new bodywork boasting a fixed rear wing in homage to the F40, with the difference that it sits far lower than on the original model, so not to contribute to a high coefficient of drag. A reference to the three gills that sat at each side of the F40’s rear wing appear on the engine solid cover with three slats. The dual exhaust setup, on the other hand takes the mind to the Ferrari 488 GTB, on which also the underpinnings are base on, and with which the SP38 shares the mid-mounted twin-turbo 3.9-liter V8 engine and dual-clutch gearbox combination. The SP38 is just the latest in a series of tailor-made commissions built for Ferrari’s most loyal, and rich, customers. Other notable Ferrari’s unique creations include the SP12 EC – built for English musician Eric Clapton (from whom it took the initials), and based on the 458 Italia for which the English musician reportedly paid £3,000,000 in 2012 - and the 375 MM – created for Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman in 1954. John Daporto
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Christian Grande and Anna Fendi
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A NEW SPECIAL EDITION BY INVICTUS AND FENDI In Milan, the result of the collaboration between to geniuses of the Italian style will be revealed. Stylist and entrepreneur Anna Fendi, best known as Fendi’s head of development, and award-winning Italian yacht designer Christian Grande designed for Invictus Yacht the new Special Edition, one of the yacht brand’s most successful models. The interior design of the new yacht is characterized by the presence of markedly contrasting colors and thorough material research; moreover, it also features a choice of special furnishings unique to the yachting world. Talking about the collaboration, Grande revealed: “Last year I was at Villa Laetitia, the Fendi family’s residence in Rome sketching the lines for a design in the personal notebook that I always carry with me. Anna Fendi was curious as to what I was drawing, and we simply began to chat. That’s how the idea of working together on this project was born. Anna and I both share a deep love for details, and we are always searching for beauty, in all its forms and
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manifestations. She has a tremendous experience in the language of colour – this, combined with my knowledge of the yachting world, created a mutual understanding, binding, connecting and amplifying our cultural backgrounds.” Anna Fendi said: “In decorating this yacht I started thinking of travel as a concept, and I was inspired by old steamer trunks in parchment and Bulgarian leather. Following a precise colour scheme and using materials not usually found in the yachting world, I tried to decorate this little sea-borne jewel in a very special way and with a strong personality. I’ve always adored yachts of this size, they have an intrinsic sense of proportion, with an intimate and adventurous feel. With Christian. we tried to study every single detail and create something beautiful and very functional.” Stefano Valentini
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San Girolamo del Correggio’s ‘Madonna’, the ‘Turkish Slave’ by Parmigianino, Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Scapigliata’, the Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral or the Antelami Baptistery: it is not hard to understand why Parma has been tapped as Italy’s 2020 Capital of Culture
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Culture to discover
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arma, more than any other European city, has been the protagonist for the fate of numerous states and noted families. Crossed by the historic Via Emilia, the ancient Roman road cuts the region of Emilia Romagna in two, running from the shores of the Adriatic Sea to the city of Piacenza, just outside the region of Lombardy. Parma the “ducal city”. Parma, the Italian capital of culture. The city has earned this recognition thanks to its “virtuous and high-quality example of planning based on culture”. This is what motivated the jury of experts, chaired by Bocconi University professor and cultural transformation scholar, Stefano Baia Curioni. Every year an Italian city is chosen by a seven-member panel of sector specialists who have been appointed by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism. The selection based on present cultural development and future projects. The initiative’s objectives include the enhancement of the cultural and historical landscape of the city, stimulating growth while improving and increasing services dedicated to tourism.
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The Parma plan also involves a general enhancement of the ducal territory, particularly rich from the artistic, cultural and, as we will see later, a gastronomic point of view. The region of northern Italy, moreover, is a particularly lively, cultural territory: With this in mind, Bologna is one of the principal Italian cities, with Modena and, indeed, Parma following closely. So we are driven to travel to the Italian cultural capital, to experience the city, its monuments, and Parma’s stellar artworks Parma that will be even more recognized over the next few years. We start our visit to Parma from Piazza Garibaldi, the nerve center of the city where tourists are faced with the city’s first architectural and cultural beauties. The Palazzo del Governatore illuminates the square with its baroque and neoclassical forms. Built at the end of the 1200s, the palace had different functions over the centuries: it was conceived as a merchants’ center, Palazzo dei Mercanti, later the building was used for administrative and municipal tasks.
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Piazza Duomo. Inside the cathedral. After undergoing many renovations, the building is now a temporary modern-andcontemporary art exhibition site. Here is a nugget of information: the building’s wall, near the corner between Piazza Garibaldi and Cavour road, the “brick of Parma”, an ancient unit of measurement by Parma builders, is still there today. The square takes its name from the statue of Garibaldi who, from 1893, dominates and observes all the surrounding context. The monument dedicated to the hero of the two worlds replaced the precedent Bourbon-era Ara Amicitiae that stood in the square since 1769. The square itself is a mixture of history and tradition, which draws its origin from Roman times with the route of the Via Emilia, circa 190 BC. For art lovers, a visit to the Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista is a must. The church, decorated with a series of frescoes by Correggio, dates back to around 1520. The works that decorate
An ideal journey through the Italian capital of culture 2020, to experience the city’s monuments and art works by the great protagonists of Parma
the dome include the “Vision of Saint John at Patmos” (also known as the Ascension of Christ among the apostles). Roaming through the streets of Parma these days, between the works and the “noble” palaces, means, therefore, breathing a lung full of history, found in few other places in the world. A tour of Parma, therefore, cannot exclude a visit to the imposing Palazzo della Pilotta, which is located in the center of the city and derives its name from the Basque game ‘Pelota’, played by Spanish soldiers in the “Guazzatoio” courtyard. The National Gallery of Parma is the custodian of one of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces: “La Scapigliata”, a painting on a panel that over the centuries has known illustrious owners such as the Gonzaga family and the Este family. Created in the early 1500s, the piece is an unfinished work by the famous artist and is one of the most fascinating paintings in the museum. Even music plays a crucial role in Parma, both historically and contemporarily. The birthplace of Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, whose home today has become a museum, together with
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San Giovanni Evangelista Abbey, a Benedictan palace in Parma center city
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