Lombardy - Finestre sull'Arte

Near Mantua there is a fair that is 600 years old, and has been gathering madonnarians from around the world for 51

A very ancient fair that this year even celebrates 600 years of history, and the world's largest gathering of madonnari, who have been animating the fair for 51 years. We are talking about theAntichissima Fiera delle Grazie, which this year takes pla...
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Charnel houses, witches and castles: 6 chilling places to discover in Lombardy

Kicking off the new season of the Wednesday Addams series on Netflix, which has achieved great success with its dark aesthetic and gothic charm: for the occasion, we have selected six places in Lombardy that seem to have come straight out of an episo...
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Rosario Anzalone, director museums Lombardy: "with autonomy, for regional museums more funzuonal management"

The review dedicated to the new Regional Directorates National Museums endowed with financial autonomy reaches its last stage in Lombardy, to grasp further steps and reasons that have presided over this umpteenth reform in the long process of reorgan...
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The River and Art. A solid study by Paolo Piva on art in the Polirone Abbey.

Those who wish to make a curious visit to the great Palace of Revere, there where the last Duke of Mantua of the Gonzaga line was born, might see the model with which the ancient game of crossing ferries on the Po, with people and goods, using the ve...
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The seduction of color: Andrea Solario at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan kicks off the 2025 exhibition season with an exhibition that, from March 26 to June 30, 2025, celebrates one of the protagonists of the Lombard and Italian Renaissance: Andrea Solario (Milan, c. 1470 - 1524). The exh...
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Mantegna's Pala Trivulzio returns to Castello Sforzesco with restored historic frame

After long and meticulous restoration work, Andrea Mantegna's Madonna and Child among Saints and Angels, known as the Trivulzio Altarpiece, is once again on display in the Sala della Balla of Milan's Castello Sforzesco. The work returns to be admired...
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Mantua, Palazzo Te turns 500: here is the program of celebrations among exhibitions and restorations

Mantua is preparing to celebrate an extraordinary anniversary: the 500th anniversary of Te Palace, Giulio Romano 's masterpiece and symbol of the Gonzaga family's greatness. In 1525, Federico II Gonzaga commissioned the brilliant architect to build a...
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A forest of construction sites: how the Ducal Palace in Mantua will become. Director Stefano L'Occaso speaks.

For the past few months Stephen L'Occaso has been reappointed as director of the Ducal Palace in Mantua, a vast complex that since 2021 has seen the opening of numerous construction sites aimed at seismic improvement and structural restoration: some ...
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