Monthly Archives: June 2011

Venice gears up to a new level of fabulousness

Venice: on June 9, 2011 by Andrea

Finally there is a moment to take a breath after the frenzy of the opening week of the Venice Biennale of International Art. This year already is the year of records being broken – a record number of national pavilions, … Continue reading →

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Festa della Repubblica & other holidays

Rome: on June 2, 2011 by Helen

Today is a holiday celebrating the abolition of the monarchy and the foundation of the Italian Republic (link to Wikipedia) in 1946.  It’s also 150 Years since Italian Unification. Some countries have their public/national holidays at weekends so they don’t  … Continue reading →

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