Italian Government Tourist Board - North America
ITALY NEWS # 60 - August 29, 2008
Air Transat direct new flights to Italy from Toronto
Starting Spring 2009
Air Transat will expand its direct flights to Italy. Starting in spring 2009, the Montreal based airline will be offering three new Italian destinations departing from Toronto, as well as additional flights on existing routes. With the addition of these new flights to the ones on its current 2008 flight schedule, Air Transat will maintain its position of leader in Canada, with more than 130 flights every week between Canada and Europe. New flights in 2009, departing from Toronto to Milano: new direct flight beginning May 27 every Wednesday; Toronto to Roma: new flight starting April 17, three times per week; Toronto to Venezia: new flight starting May 8, every Friday.
Caterina and Maria de' Medici
Firenze - October 24, 2008 - February 8, 2009
This exhibition tells of the power of imagery and how images of powerful women were used by the two Medici queens of France to legitimize their rule at a time when women in such positions were rare. It brings to Firenze's fifteen monumental tapestries commissioned by Caterina de’ Medici (1519-89) in the mid-16th century and completed by Maria de’ Medici (1573-1642) which depict Artemisia of Caria, widow of Mausolus, who ruled after his death from 352-350 BC, conquering the island of Rhodes. Further sections of the exhibition expand on the themes depicted by the tapestries as well as studying in depth the character of the two Medici queens, using portraits and works of art loaned from various Firenze's museums to illustrate the extraordinary refinement that characterized their lives and their patronage.
Dream, the idea of future in Italian car design
Torino - September 19 - November 11, 2008
The history of cars in Torino has developed along two lines that in many cases have intersected, creating sparks and beneficial interactions that have brought the city and Piemonte unrivalled fame on the world stage. While our region has been producing cars for a century, it has also fuelled hotbeds of creativity, craftsmanship and technology expressed in one-off vehicles and prototypes, first as a customized response to private customers and then as an instrument to certify the competency of studios and draw contracts from national and international manufacturers. The analysis of "Dream" starts from the 1950s, that particular period for the Italian car industry which, recovering from the wounds of war, followed Ford's objective of cars for all, but remained strongly attracted by the appeal of unique models, the Dream Car as an explicit sign of optimism, a vision of a bright future, a sometimes naive concession to provocation and escapism.
The "Cantus Angeli" festival
Amalfi Coast - 22 - 26 October 2009
The festival “Cantus Angeli” is an international encounter of choirs where they exhibit their choral and musical art in the magnificent land of the Magna Greece. Every group will enjoy the beauty of Amalfi, Ravello, Paestum, the riches of Salerno, Cilento and the valley of Diano.
Every choir may exhibit freely their popular, ethnic, sacred and polyphonic music in an atmosphere of intense unity in music. This musical manifestation however is not intended as a competition but as a meeting of choirs with different type of music and from different territorial origin.
These festive moments will create possibilities for the musicians and all the participants to tighten friendly relationships based on a common passion for music and the joy to visit this beautiful region.
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