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Monsters in Trent: an exhibition on the fascination of the monstrous among contemporary art, history and anthropology

The term "monster" evokes deep, often contradictory emotions and images: fear, attraction to the unknown, horror, but also reflection on the deformities of society and human interiority. These suggestions are at the heart of MONSTRA. A Prodigious Exh...
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2,200-year-old pyramid discovered in Judean desert

A structure more than 2,200 years old was recently discovered in the Judean desert. It is a pyramidal structure that archaeologists believe was built during the period of Ptolemy and Seleucid rule. The discovery, which has attracted the attention of ...
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Gabiano Castle in Monferrato opens to the public for the first time

Gabiano Castle, positioned in the hills of Monferrato overlooking the Po Valley, has belonged to the Durazzo Family, Marquises of Gabiano, for four centuries. To celebrate the 400 years that bind the family to the castle, its descendants have decided...
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An exhibition in Venice celebrates Marco Polo on the 700th anniversary of his death

Marco Polo (1254-1324) is certainly the most illustrious medieval traveler, and not only. Venice is dedicating an exhibition to him scheduled from April 6 to September 29, 2024 at the Doge's Palace, organized in the year that marks the 700th annivers...
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The Bull of Nimrud destroyed by Isis revived in Iraq thanks to an intervention by Italy

A "miracle of Italian cultural diplomacy" is how Italy's gesture in donating to Iraq the replica of the Assyrian statue of the Bull of Nimrud, the colossus built in the 9th. century BC, has been described. The ancient city of Nimrud, near present-day...
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Political confinement in Ustica during fascism. An exhibition in Rome

Il confino politico a Ustica 1926-1927 is the exhibition, promoted by Roma Capitale - Assessorato alla Crescita culturale - Dipartimento Attività Culturali in collaboration with Zètema Progetto Cultura, which will take place from Septem...
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When Garibaldi escaped San Marino. An exhibition in the Republic of the Titan

On Saturday, July 27, 2019, the exhibition Chiediamo asilo e un po' di pane (Let's ask for asylum and some bread) opened at the San Francesco Art Gallery Museum in San Marino . Garibaldi in San Marino. Curated by the Cultural Institutes(State Archiv...
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An exhibition in Portoferraio celebrates the 250th anniversary of Napoleon's birth

On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte's birth, the exhibition Napoleon 1769-2019: a 'Great' of France in Tuscany on the 250th anniversary of his birth, curated by Giuseppe Adduci, is being held from July 29 to October 31, 201...
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