The 3rd edition of Un amico per sempre, the photographic exhibition/competition on pets, their owners and their lovers, will be from 12 Mar to 10 Apr, 2016.
Moments of daily life showing the indissoluble relation between man and pet will be captured by participants. The exhibition also aims at sensitizing everyone on the crime of pet abuse, mistreatment and neglect. Participants are encouraged to portray love and empathy between man and animals.
How to join:
Pictures will have to be submitted starting from 10 Feb 2016, until 8 Mar 2016, choosing from two formats:
1. Three digital pics (minimum pixels 1600×1200), colour or b/w, to be sent to prospoleto@gmail.com. By opting for the digital pics, you will need to pay € 15,00 and attach the payment receipt to the e-mail message (please check payment instructions below).
2. Or else three printed pictures (20×30 cm) colour or b/w, to be sent via snail mail to ProLoco “A. Busetti”, via Minervio 2 – 06049 Spoleto (PG). By opting to send printed pics, the fee is € 10,00 and you will need to include the receipt in the sent, closed envelope along with the pics (please check payment instructions below).
The Jury will be formed by three professional photographers, whose verdict will be at their unquestionable discretion, yet a further winner will be proclaimed by the exhibition visitors. Winners will receive communication from the organizers.
Beauty, tenderness and also originality of the pictures will be awarded.
All proceeds will go to charity, including the Spoleto City Kennel.
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS:
– Bank transfer, IBAN: IT 24 K 05704 21800 000000021408, made out to Associazione Pro Loco di Spoleto, Bank: Banca Popolare di Spoleto – Sede centrale, specifying “iscrizione concorso “Un amico per sempre” anno 2016;
– In cash, at the Pro Loco Spoleto in Via Minervio 2, or sending banknotes inside the envelope with pictures (please understand that this is at your own risk);
– Postal order made out to Associazione Pro Loco di Spoleto. Please specify: iscrizione concorso “Un amico per sempre” anno 2016.
Contact:
Pro Loco di Spoleto
Facebook: Mostra Concorso Fotografica UN AMICO PER SEMPRE
E-mail: prospoleto@gmail.com
Ph: 331 8855493
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.
The International Week of Dance returns; organized in its usual location at the San Nicolò Monumental Complex, its next edition will start on March 13th and will end on March 19th.
The International Week of Dance, along with the included International Competition, is an important display for young dancers and future artists. The competition includes the following sections: classical soloists, modern-contemporary soloists, pas de deux, choreographic composition. The jury is composed of famous dancers from all over the world, chaired by Alberto Testa.
Under the general direction of Paolo Boncompagni, the artistic direction of Irina Kashkova and the honorary chairmanship of Alberto Testa, the Week of Dance has become an unmissable event, participated by young dancers from all over the world, in search of their excellence. It is the single Italian such event to have been featured into the International Federation of Ballet Competitions, that gathers the best international dance competitions on the basis of the organizative capacity and the artistic quality of participants.
Organization: Associazione Culturale EVENTART
Infoline: 328/3078377
E-mail: info@idcspoleto.com
Web: www.idcspoleto.com
A social hunt to the Treasure of the Lombards through Instagram and Facebook to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the inscription of the Lombards’ serial site in the UNESCO World Heritage list. Many initiatives will be held in Spoleto on Saturday July 2 and Sunday July 3, for the Feast of Museums, which will reach its pick with the Social Hunt to the Treasure of the Lombards, turning the town into a huge playground.
The adventure will begin on Saturday, July 2 at 10 am at the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto, in the Rocca Albornoziana, to continue in the heart of the old town, following a series of clues and funny riddles that will lead participants to discover the traces left by the Lombards. In order to participate, take your smartphone and share on your Instagram profile the pictures taken along the way . Prizes for winners include books and gadgets on the Lombards, and special discounts at Spoleto hotels and restaurants. To find out how to participate see the spoleto experience Facebook profile or visit www.sistemamuseo.it .
The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, at 4 pm, at the National Museum of the Duchy, in the presence of Stefano Balloch, Mayor of Cividale del Friuli and President of the Italia Langobardorum Association, and Gianni Quaranta, Spoleto’s Councillor for Cultural Activities.
On Sunday July 3, at 5 pm, the Museum of the Duchy will also host the performance LOVE BOXES, with the voices of the actors / inmates of Spoleto Detention House, accompanied by actresses Dorothy Masetti, Sara Ragni and Loretta Bonamente.
Guided tours to the Rocca Albornoziana’s defensive wall walks are scheduled on Saturday (from 7.40 to 9.40 pm) and on Sunday (from 10 am to 2.40 pm). Reservations required (ph. 0743 224952).
On Sunday, at Monteluco, urban trekking to explore the ancient hermitages. Meeting at 8.30 am. in Piazza Campello. At the end of the walk, free admission to the National Museum of the Duchy.
The Basilica of San Salvatore, UNESCO site, is open every day from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 3 to 7 pm. During the Feast of Museums it will host GIULIO CESARE, a Festival of the Two Worlds’s theatre play (at 5.30 and 7 pm).
An extraordinary reconstruction work on the basis of archaeological information, a trip to discover the Longobards’ daily life through textiles, clothes and jewels of this extraordinary people; the exhibition Trame longobarde: tra architettura e tessuti opens on Thursday 16 March at 12.30, at the National Museum of the Duchy by the Rocca Albornoz. It will be visitable till 18 June (extended to October 1st)
The exhibition returns to Spoleto after four years, and after having been on display in Monte Sant’Angelo, Brescia, and Benevento. Future stages include Cividale del Friuli, the National Museum of the Early Middle Ages in Rome, Ferentillo, Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena).
Textiles and hems were created by the inmates of the Spoleto Jailhouse that have participated in the weaving course, using school looms of the IIS Sansi Leonardi Volta. The compositions were done studying the scarce traces found in the few sources available, the Historia Langobardorum by Paul the Deacon, but the result is an accurate proposal of the old weaving techniques in the Early Middle Ages. Various social ranks are represented, and the visitor will be led by horsey icons and spears, through 4th/8th-century-old finds, to meet the protagonists of Trame Longobarde on the background of images of the Basilica of San Salvatore.
The exhibition is curated by Glenda Giampaoli and Giorgio Flamini, with the scientific support by Donatella Scortecci. The project is the result of an exceptional collaboration of bodies and institutions, including Comune di Spoleto, Regione Umbria, Istituto Sansi Leonardi Volta, the Spoleto Jailhouse, the National Museum of the Duchy, all of them co-ordinated and directed by the Association Italia Langobardorum.
Friday April 14
h 16.30
Presentation of the Easter program with the inaugural lecture of Prof. Adriano Maggiani, former professor at Ca ‘Foscari University of Venice:
Gentes antiquissimae Italiae: a comparison between Umbrian and Etruscans
Free admission
Cocktail reception
Saturday April 15
h.16.30
Touch-Sight-Smell-Hearing
Guided tour to the newly established educational and tactile section dedicated to Spoleto and Valnerina
curated by Maria Angela Turchetti, Museum director
h. 17.30
Hearing
ACCORDEON SOLO
concert by Luciano Biondini
h. 18.00
Taste-Smell
Tasting of local products linked to the Umbrian Easter tradition at the Roman Theater Garden.
h. 18.00-22.00
Tasting at the Roman Theatre – From Dusk to the First Stars
432 hertz Musical selection by VICEVERSA acustic live performance
Excellence tasting by Ristorante Apollinare
Sunday April 16
h. 11.30 and h. 16.30
Touch-Sight-Smell-Hearing
Guided tour to the newly established educational and tactile section dedicated to Spoleto and Valnerina
curated by the Museum staff
h. 17.30
Hearing
THE LIGHTNESS OF GENIUS
dialogue with musical accompaniment
Created and directed by Stefano Alleva
h. 18.00
Taste-Smell
Tasting of local products linked to the Umbrian Easter tradition at the Roman Theater Garden.
h. 18.00-22.00
Tasting at the Roman Theatre – From Dusk to the First Stars
432 hertz Musical selection by VICEVERSA acustic live performance
Excellence tasting by Ristorante Apollinare
Monday April 17
h. 11.30 and h. 16.30
Touch-Sight-Smell-Hearing
Guided tour to the newly established educational and tactile section dedicated to Spoleto and Valnerina
curated by the Museum staff
h. 12.00
Taste-Smell
Aperitif with local products linked to the Umbrian Easter tradition at the Roman Theater Garden.
h. 18.00-22.00
Tasting at the Roman Theatre – From Dusk to the First Stars
432 hertz Musical selection by VICEVERSA acustic live performance
Excellence tasting by Ristorante Apollinare
Entrance fee: € 4.00 – Reduced € 2.00
Tasting: free drinks, buffet for a fee
Organization: Museums of Umbria in collaboration with Italian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired of Perugia
EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS 2017
Spoleto, At table with King Rotari
Saturday 23 September 2017
@ Rocca Albornoziana and National Museum of the Duchy
h. 11.30 – The art of touching by hand – tactile visit (*)
A tactile guided tour to the exhibition Trame Longobarde tra architettura e tessuti (Longobard wefts between architecture and fabrics) that will become a fun game for the sighted and the blind. The participants will be blindfolded and led in front of the mannequins, which can be explored through touch. Afterwards, the sighted will be asked to draw the dress touched on a sheet, while the blind will be asked to describe what they touched.
Aimed at sighted and blind people.
h. 15.30 – (S)Balzo nel tempo – educational workshop (*)
A workshop to learn about the secrets of the embossing technique! It will be preceded by a visit to the precious jewelry kept in the National Museum of the Duchy.
From 6 years old and upwards.
h. 17.30 – Play with the Longobards – educational workshop (*)
An exciting game in giant format to discover history, culture and curiosities of the Longobard world.
From 8 years old and upwards
h. 17.30 – Sala Eugenio IV – Convivium pars prima
At table with King Rotari. Barbaric flavours and oriental contaminations at the origins of Italian cuisine
Some reflections on the contributions of Germanic and eastern cultures to the formation of an’ Italian way’ to Mediterranean cuisine in the context of the Longobard acculturation (phase of migration and settlement in Italy).
Greetings
Camilla Laureti, Councillor for Tourism and Culture of the City of Spoleto
Paola Mercurelli Salari, Director of the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto
Interventions
Angela Maria Ferroni, official of the General Secretariat of MiBACT (Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism)
Donatella Scortecci, professor of Christian and Medieval Archaeology at the University of Perugia
Paolo Braconi, professor of food history at the University of Perugia – President Archeofood
Marino Marini, Chef, Archeo-chef and lecturer in Culinary Techniques and History of Cuisine at the University of Flavours – Vice President Archeofood
h. 19.30 – Cortile d’Onore
Appetizer
Guided visit to the National Museum of the Duchy and exhibition Trame Longobarde tra architettura e tessuti (Longobard wefts between architecture and fabrics)
h. 20.30 – Sala Antonini – Convivium pars altera
At table with King Rotari. Barbaric flavours and oriental contaminations at the origins of Italian cuisine
Theme buffet dinner curated by students and teachers of Spoleto hotel and restaurant management school, with comments by Archeofood.
Price (appetizer + dinner): up to 14 years € 10,00 – adults € 20,00
Admission to the Rocca is free.
Booking is recommended by September 22nd: 0039 0743 224952 (11.00-13.00 / 15.00-17.00) or by e-mail to spoleto@sistemamuseo.it.
Sunday 24 September 2017
@ Terminal Le Mattonelle, via Enrico Mattei
h. 9.30 – Bike tour in the Longobard Duchy of Spoleto
A guided bike tour within everyone’s reach, where historical and artistic beauties are combined with an unforgettable landscape and nature. We leave from Spoleto and, through the Valle Umbra cycle path, we arrive at Campello sul Clitunno.
h. 9.45 – departure from Terminal Le Mattonelle (via E. Mattei, loc. Pontebari – Spoleto); Pontebari
h. 10.30 – detour with stop at San Giacomo and guided tour of the frescoes by Giovanni di Pietro, known as “Lo Spagna”;
h. 11.45 – guided tour of the UNESCO site of Campello sul Clitunno, the Temple of Clitunno.
You can also reach the group directly by car and take the two guided tours.
A/R 22 km flat route. Difficulty: easy. Road: paved.
If you don’t have a bike, you can rent it for a fee at the Terminal Le Mattonelle.
Information and reservations: cell phone. 338,7613662 or by email to unesco.spoleto@comunespoleto.gov.it
@ Rocca Albornoz
h. 11.30 – Guided tours to the chemins de ronde of the fortress (*)
Groups of up to 10 people will be formed
Aimed at adults and families
@ Rocca Albornoz – National Museum of the Duchy – Historic centre
h. 15.30 – Longobard Treasure Hunt (*)
A fun treasure hunt through the streets of the old town! Form your team and solve the riddles using your smartphones! Who will win the final prize?!
From 6 years old and upwards
@ Basilica di San Salvatore
h. 15.00-17 .00 – Special opening of the Basilica’s main door
The Basilica is closed since January 2017 due to the earthquake; exceptionally, its main door will be opened so that it will be possible to admire the central nave (only from the outside).
All activities are free except the dinner.
Events indicated with (*) are guaranteed upon reservation: please call 0743.224952 from h. 11.00 to h. 13.00 and from h. 15.00 to h. 17.00 or e-mail spoleto@sistemamuseo.it.
Admission ticket to the Rocca Albornoz in accordance with the discounts defined by MiBACT.
Info: Telephone 0743 2186 28/20 or by e-mail to unesco.spoleto@comunespoleto.gov.it
Grandparents’ Day
1-2 October 2017 – Spoleto
On 1 and 2 October, the historic center of Spoleto will host the Grandparents’ Day, an event organized by the Associations 50&PIU Perugia and 50&PIU Terni, created within Confcommercio to represent, protect and assist its members in support of active ageing and the enhancement of the role of the elderly within society.
Two days to celebrate the importance of grandparents in families and society by involving children, adults and elderly people in a rich program of initiatives that will animate different places in the city.
Visit the official website of the event to discover the programme.
Rendez-Vous Danse Française Autumn Events will start on Thursday, October 12, 2017 with a series of workshops and performances of contemporary dance.
All the events have been designed under the art direction of Carole Magnini for Evidanse association, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Rome, French Institute, Francia in scena, Rocca Albornoz-Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto, Roman Theater-Archaeological Museum, Municipality of Spoleto, Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria, Sistema Museo.
Three representative personalities of French contemporary dance will perform and hold training courses: Christine Gérard, Sophie Quénon and Brigitte Hyon. French photographer Isabelle Levy-Lehman will also take part in some events (for information call 3480872126 or write an e-mail to carolemagnini@yahoo.fr).
On Thursday, October 12, Christine Gérard and photographer Isabelle Levy-Lehman will hold an intensive workshop on choreographic technique, improvisation and composition (open to everybody) from 10 am to 4 pm at Rocca Albornoz; at 17.00, presentation of Le temps traversé, Christine Gérard and Isabelle Lévy Lehmann’s dance-video duo; at 18, meeting-debate Voyage au cours du temps, Heritage and Contemporaneity through dance.
On Friday, October 13, Gestes – Rendez Vous une Danse pour la terre, on-site performance and video shooting at different city locations.
Saturday, October 14th, another workshop from 10 am to 1 pm.
From November 1 to 5, Gestes – Rendez Vous une Danse pour la terre, on-site performance and video shooting between Spoleto and Valnerina (times and places to be defined) with Sophie Quénon, dancer, teacher, choreographer and founder of Dernier Soupir Company.
On December 2 and 3, again at Rocca Albornoz, a Contemporary Dance Intensive Workshop with choreographer Brigitte Hyon, dancer at Dominique and Françoise Dupuy’s Company, choreographer and teacher (among her students Carole Magnini herself), former director of the RIDC, Françoise and Dominique Dupuy’s training center, and training director at the Centre National de la Danse in Paris.
For information and registration you can call 348 0872126 or write to carolemagnini@yahoo.fr
Press Info: Antonella Manni aciemmearte@gmail.com, 339 5993281
Christmas Photographic Promenade
The start is at the former railway museum, where a visit will take place, and a Promenade will follow, featuring a geologist who will show the main news and features of the former railway. A special “small house” will be erected at Caprareccia, where Santa will patiently wait for all children to arrive.
It is also possible to participate on board of Trenino Dotto, that will leave from the museum of the former railway Spoleto-Norcia at 11.00
Organization:
Italian Red Cross – Spoleto Section, in collaboration with Umbria Mobilità and BusItalia
Partecipation fee:
5 € , that include a sandwich with porchetta, water, wine and cakes
Reservation:
From 27 November to 1 December 2017 from 16.00 to ore 19.00 at the Museum of the former railway Spoleto-Norcia (via Fratelli Cervi 10)
or via e-mail: museoferroviespoletonorcia@gmail.com or
spoleto@cri.it
After last year’s success, DEGUSTO festival returns on 2nd and 3rd June 2018: a two-day event dedicated to wine and food enthusiasts, focused on local produce and wine: tastings, cooking shows, artisanal ice cream workshops etc.
But also food design, workshops for children, DJs and live music.
All in the splendid setting of the San Nicolò Monumental Complex.
Further info and programme: www.degustospoleto.it
Sunday 3 June 2018, Sistema Museo, in collaboration with the Museo Nazionale del Ducato di Spoleto and Associazione culturale P.A.M., presents Corteous Dancing – Workshop of Renaissance Dance led by Enrica Sabatini.
The experience starts at the Rocca Albornoz at 15.30 with Stories of Love and Weapons, a special guided visit at the Camera Pinta.
A workshop of Renaissance dance will follow at ore 16.00, led by dancer and musician Enrica Sabatini, to experience ancient coreographies narrated in important Renaissance treatises, a dive into the past to understand the present.
The event is addressed to all, adults and families including children aged > 9 yo.
Participation is subject to reservation, deadline is Sunday 3 June at 13.00.
GUIDED VISIT – Stories of Love and Weapons – h 15.30
30 minutes ca
Admission fee: € 3,00, free for the Young under the age of 14 and for Spoleto Card holders.
Workshop of Renaissance Dance – Corteous Dancing – h 16.00
1 hour ca
Admission fee: € 8,00; € 6,00 for Spoleto Card holders and kids aged 9 to 16, free for younger children till the age of 8.
Information and reservations:
Sistema Museo
Tel. 0743/224952
spoleto@sistemamuseo.it
Spoleto Card | www.spoletocard.it
1-25 November 2018
OPEN FRANTOI in Spoleto
Tastings, visits to oil mills, themed conferences, walks, animations
www.frantoiaperti.net
SAPOR D’OLIO
Piazza del Mercato, Via Saffi, Ex Monte di Pietà | November 1-4
24th Wild Mushrooms and Herbs Market Exhibition
Exhibition of wild edible herbs, exhibition of mycology, tasting of bruschetta, roast chestnuts of Valdarena and mulled wine, themed conferences, games and activities for children, impromptu painting.
Curated by the Pro Loco of Spoleto
From Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 November
Via A. Saffi – Gazebo Pro Loco | 11-18 h
Bruschette with new olive oil
Thursday 1 November
Brunch and music among the olive trees in special places in Umbria
Location Eggi – Courtyard of the Church of San Michele Arcangelo
Jazz and Blues music with Mad Groove
Cost € 20 for info www.frantoiaperti.net tel +393426215432
Saturday 3 November
“Il Poggiolo” Monini olive oil mill
Visit to the Oil Mill and Oil Tasting
Shuttle service from Piazza Libertà at 11.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m.
Sunday 4t November
2nd Walk Between Olive Groves
from Eggi to Poreta
Reservations: IAT Spoleto – 0743 218620 – info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Via A. Saffi – Gazebo Pro Loco, 11.00 a.m.
Guided olive oil tasting with expert Gianluca Vinti
Reservations: IAT Spoleto Office 0743 218620 – info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Friday 23 November
Palazzo Mauri – Caffè Letterario (Municipal Library), 5 p.m.
Panunto and magnamacco in the village of Cuccagna
Novels about oil and olive trees. Followed by bread and oil for children
Saturday 24 November
Palazzo Mauri – Literary Café (Municipal Library), 11.00 a.m.
Food is your child’s best friend
Food education and tastings in collaboration with Consorzio ABN
Sunday 25th November
Casa Romana, 3.30 p.m.
Cibus, veste, ludi: customs and traditions in Roman times
Activities for children from 4 to 14 years and their parents
Organized by the Municipality of Spoleto
For further information call 0743 218620
info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
1-25 November 2018
OPEN FRANTOI in Spoleto
Tastings, visits to oil mills, themed conferences, walks, animations
www.frantoiaperti.net
SAPOR D’OLIO
Piazza del Mercato, Via Saffi, Ex Monte di Pietà | November 1-4
24th Wild Mushrooms and Herbs Market Exhibition
Exhibition of wild edible herbs, exhibition of mycology, tasting of bruschetta, roast chestnuts of Valdarena and mulled wine, themed conferences, games and activities for children, impromptu painting.
Curated by the Pro Loco of Spoleto
From Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 November
Via A. Saffi – Gazebo Pro Loco | 11-18 h
Bruschette with new olive oil
Thursday 1 November
Brunch and music among the olive trees in special places in Umbria
Location Eggi – Courtyard of the Church of San Michele Arcangelo
Jazz and Blues music with Mad Groove
Cost € 20 for info www.frantoiaperti.net tel +393426215432
Saturday 3 November
“Il Poggiolo” Monini olive oil mill
Visit to the Oil Mill and Oil Tasting
Shuttle service from Piazza Libertà at 11.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m.
Sunday 4t November
2nd Walk Between Olive Groves
from Eggi to Poreta
Reservations: IAT Spoleto – 0743 218620 – info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Via A. Saffi – Gazebo Pro Loco, 11.00 a.m.
Guided olive oil tasting with expert Gianluca Vinti
Reservations: IAT Spoleto Office 0743 218620 – info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Friday 23 November
Palazzo Mauri – Caffè Letterario (Municipal Library), 5 p.m.
Panunto and magnamacco in the village of Cuccagna
Novels about oil and olive trees. Followed by bread and oil for children
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 November
Sostruzioni Sillane – Vicolo Leoncilli (from Via Saffi), 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
#CHIAVEUMBRA – Contemporary Art Installation by artist Benedetta Galli.
Saturday 24 November
Palazzo Mauri – Literary Café (Municipal Library), 11.00 a.m.
Food is your child’s best friend
Food education and tastings in collaboration with Consorzio ABN
Sunday 25th November
Casa Romana, 3.30 p.m.
Cibus, veste, ludi: customs and traditions in Roman times
Activities for children from 4 to 14 years and their parents
Organized by the Municipality of Spoleto
For further information call 0743 218620
info@iat.spoleto.pg.it