At the end of October, the Ministry of Culture will announce the winner. Padua, Capri, Pozzuoli and the Civita di Bagnoregio–Bolsena partnership are competing for the title and a €1 million award It is now a matter of weeks: at the end of October, the Ministry of Culture will reveal…
From Rome’s Baroque terraces to the hidden courtyards of the Po Valley, and the fairy-tale clearings of the Pontine Plain. A journey to rediscover Italy’s memory and landscape There is an invisible geography running through Italy, made up of heavy wooden doors guarding silent courtyards, wrought-iron gates beyond which time…
ISPRA launches the National Database of Underground Cavities and Sinkholes. Between historical archives and machine learning models, a journey into the geo-archaeology of Italian cities Beneath the polished paving stones of historic centres, below the asphalt of metropolitan arteries and the foundations of residential buildings, there extends a silent and…
The small Sardinian municipality becomes Italy’s first village of the stars. A four-year programme to improve the efficiency of public lighting has led to the creation of micro-architectures dedicated to celestial observation and panoramic stations equipped with astronomical maps At a time when the marginality of small urban centres is…
From Palestrina to Naxos, the multidisciplinary festival “Ierofania – Sulle vie del sacro” transforms six archaeological areas in central and southern Italy into living theatres of the contemporary Six regions, six theatres of millennia-old memory and a single creative breath. From 18 July to 27 September, central and southern Italy…
From the silent dawn at the Royal Palace of Caserta to Rome’s archaeological nights, a journey to discover how our perception of beauty changes when daylight fades There is a subtle magic that comes alive when the gates of Italy’s great monuments open outside their usual visiting hours. When daylight…
Interview with Roberto Padulo, CEO of Dimensione and founder of the Samnium Innovation Hub, on a project that brings together 10 Gigabit connectivity, abandoned buildings, distributed coworking spaces and new communities Molise does not only exist: it has become the most connected region in Italy. What began almost by chance…
From July to December, Fondazione FS reopens the historic rooms of Italian railway stations, where railway architecture becomes art, political narrative and a manifesto of style Summer is, by definition, the season of movement. It is the time of year when railway stations fill with the murmur of travellers, the…
Celebrations begin for the 100th anniversary of the death of the architect behind the Sagrada Família. In July, the global festival returns with exclusive tours and special openings in more than 230 cities Italy is preparing to celebrate Antoni Gaudí — and much more besides — in grand style. One…
Murals and large-format billboards appear across Sardinia to raise awareness in nightlife areas, ports and airports. The works are by artists Sardomuto, Marinetti and Stella Ziantoni. The disapproving gaze of a woman in traditional dress, the proud profile of a flamingo, the tentacles of an octopus that seem to protect…
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