MAG MetaMorfosi Art Gallery presents: De Chirico: The Reconstruction, an exhibition organized by MetaMorfosi with the support of the city of Spoleto and the Umbrian Region.
Curated by Claudio Strinati, the exhibition brings together, in the 200 square meters of the new exhibition space, a selection of masterpieces by the leading exponent of Italian metaphysical painting (1888-1978) .
The exhibition will be open from Februrary 27 to June 5 2016
Opening hours
from Tuesday to Sunday
10.30 am-1.00 pm / 2.30-6 pm
Entrance fee: € 5,00
Information: 0039 0743 222889
www.ticketitalia.com
Associazione MetaMorfosi
www.associazionemetamorfosi.com
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On the occasion of the 8th National Day of Mines of 29 May, in the morning there will be a series of meetings at the Morgnano Pro Loco, by the title of Le Miniere di Morgnano – Dalla Chiusura al Museo (Italian for “The Morgnano Mines – From Closure to Museum), organized by Associazione Amici delle Miniere. The afternoon will be dedicated to excursions on the spots of the Morgnano Mines.
Programme:
9.00-9.30 Registration of participants
9.30-9.45 Mayor’s salute
9.45-10.00 Salute by the chairman of the Umbria Geologists Register, Filippo Guidobaldi
10.00-10.25 The Morgnano Mines in the History of XXth-century Italy, Marco Venanzi
10.25-10.50 The Recovery of Memory (historic survey from closure to museum), Vincenza Campagnani, Councillor for the Environment at the Comune di Spoleto
10.50-11.15 Legal tools, Gianfranco Chiacchieroni, Regional Councillor
11.15-11.40 The Recovery of Pozzo Orlando, Future Use and Perspectives, Patrizia Risoldi and Alberto Venia
11.40-12-00 Discovering the Past, Riccardo Cardinali, Environmental Officer at the Comune di Spoleto
Escursions
14.00-15.30 Industrial Archaeology Route, from the Church to the Pozzo Orlando Museum
15.30-18.30 Route: Museum – Tramoggia – Esutore Tunnel – Visit to the Vallaccia Building Yard (Santa Croce, Pozzo Casalini, Cascinano, Clay Cave, return to Morgnano)
Good hiking apparel is advisable.
The participation is upon reservation, deadline: h 13.00 of 5/23/2016
(the programme may vary depending on weather conditions)
Info: minieremorgnano@libero.it – 348 5675615
The museum will be open from 9.30 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 18.30
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In the frame of the celebrations of the feast of the republic, on 1 June 2016 at 10.00 there will be a lecture on the 70 Years of the Republic of Italy, at the “G. Carducci” Public Library.
Speakers:
Mauro Volpi, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Perugia
Isabella Caporaletti, trade unionist
Riccardo Colangeli, students’ representative
Moderator:
Alessandro Ciamarra, researcher
Early June 2016 marks the return of Vini nel Mondo, the event that focuses on the world of wines in all its facets. The 11th edition will be from 2 to 5 June.
Since its debut in 2005, Vini nel Mondo has been a unique chance to meet the world of wine. Streets and piazzas in Spoleto are the frame of a gorgeous picture where Beauty and Well-Living meet. Quality wines enthusiasts will be attracted by the presence of hundreds of producers, and by the air of feast that imbues Spoleto on such occasions. Once you buy the chalice at the stands of the event, you will be able to get to know a number of excellent wines and taste them. Thematic exhibitions will also have their section with tasting desks where you will be able to appreciate wine and food combinations.
Guided tasting of valuable wines will be introduced by the greatest Italian enologists and award-winning chefs, as well as other VIPs.
As usual, the wine event will also feature live music in various spots of the city, climaxing in the 4 Jun Wine night show, in piazza Duomo, piazza della Libertà and piazza Garibaldi.
For further information visit the event’s official website: www.vininelmondo.org
Cheers!
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MUSICA VERDE 2016
Trekking – Home food – Concert
PROGRAMME 2
ROUTE VALCIECA – SENSATI – LE CESE
Participants will gather at 7:40 in Piazza Campello, hike starts at 8. After crossing the Ponte delle Torri, the path called Giro dei condotti will be taken. The route then includes a mild 2-hour rise along the Valcieca, through the woods until Forcella di Castelmonte (952 m above sea level), then a downward slope of 2.30 h will lead to Ceselli (280 m above sea level). During the descent, you’ll cross the deserted village of Sensati, and enjoy breathtaking sights of Valnerina and the mountains Coscerno, Civitella and Solenne. The last 5 km will be covered in one hour on the flat, along the Valnerina valley line. Stops included, the hike will last 6 hours about.
Musica Verde (Italian for “Green Music”) is a full day dedicated to beauty at hand. You start with an early-morning trekking. At the end of the hike, a lunch with home-made products will be served. After an hour’s break, a concert by pianist Egidio Flamini who will perform his repertoire, as well as improvise on themes inspired by the places crossed during the morning hike. The return to Spoleto will be on coach.
Musica Verde 2016 is a six-legged initiative, with three appointments between May and June, and the other three between September and October. Each leg has a different programme. While the lunch menus and the musical programmes will Always be different, the three Spring routes will be repeated in the Fall, unless other routes will be envisaged during Summer.
Info
Participation fee: € 25,00
Reservation required by calling (+39) 334 3001359
For details on the various programmes, please visit www.festivalpianisticodispoleto.it
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Spoleto Running Festival, the sport event scheduled for the 10-12 June weekend, includes a number of running races, both in town and in the nature around it. It is an occasion for the sport enthusiast and for those who appreciate healthy living and well-being, that has already raised great interest among social networks.
Many VIPs from the world of sports, press, culture and show business have joined the roster, to share their passion for this sport.
For further information visit www.spoletorunningfestival.it
TRAVEL JOURNALS
Impressions of Spoleto
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura # 141 Palazzo Collicola – Visual Arts
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura returns on Friday 10 June at 19.30.
The theme of the meeting will be once more Spoleto, yet in a very unusual perspective: the words of voyagers who visited the city between the XVIIth and the XIXth centuries will tell us their not-necessarily-true stories, impressions, trivia and information on our most important monuments.
The evening coninues with a tasting of local products by the Caffè Collicola. The event is organized in collaboration with Con Spoleto – the Spoleto hotel managers’ association.
Participation fee
Guided visit – full fare € 7,00
Guided visit – reduction € 5,00 for Spoleto CARD holders
Aperitive-dinner – € 5,00
INFO
For organizational reasons, reservation is strongly encouraged, deadline: h 13:00 of Friday 10 June.
news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it
0743 46434
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The 52th edition of the Race of the Vaporetti, a challenge at breakneck speed through upper Spoleto, will take place from June 16th to June 19th.
Vaporetti are small carts on iron wheels, with a team of two, a pusher and a driver.
The name comes from a steam-engine coach, the ‘vaporiera’, that from 1902 to 1909 used to serve the Spoleto-Norcia route, the first in Italy.
Organization: Associazione Corsa dei Vaporetti di Spoleto ASD, in collaboration with AVIS
Info: www.vaporettispoleto.it
MUSICA VERDE 2016
Trekking – Home food – Concerts
PROGRAMME 3
ROUTE SAN GIULIANO – RAISCHIO – PONTUGLIA
The gathering of participants is at 7.40 by the Church of San Pietro, hike starts at 8.00. The first rise leads to the Church of San Giuliano in half an hour; from there it is possible to enjoy astounding sights of Spoleto and its valley. Then, in 45 minutes about, you reach the small settlement of Le Aie. In this part of the route it is possible to see the Vallecchia and the mountains around the Somma Pass. Once reached Forca delle Porelle, a mild downward slope will lead to Forcella di Castelmonte (952 m above sea level). From there, you will get down for 2.30 hours, passing through almost uninhabited villages such as Raischio and Schioppo, till you reach Puntuglia and Ceselli. The last 5 km will be covered in an hour, on the flat along the Valnerina valley line. Stops included, the hike will last 6 hours roughly.
Musica Verde (Italian for “Green Music”) is a full day dedicated to beauty at hand. You start with an early-morning trekking. At the end of the hike, a lunch with home-made products will be served. After an hour’s break, a concert by pianist Egidio Flamini who will perform his repertoire, as well as improvise on themes inspired by the places crossed during the morning hike. The return to Spoleto will be on coach.
Musica Verde 2016 is a six-legged initiative, with three appointments between May and June, and the other three between September and October. Each leg has a different programme. While the lunch menus and the musical programmes will Always be different, the three Spring routes will be repeated in the Fall, unless other routes will be envisaged during Summer.
Info
Participation fee: € 25,00
Reservation required by calling (+39) 334 3001359
For details on the various programmes, please visit www.festivalpianisticodispoleto.it
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From 23 June to 30 July, 2016 Palazzo Leonetti Luparini (Via del Municipio) will host the photographic exhibition SCHWETZINGEN by Horst Hamann.
The exhibition is organized jointly by the cities of Spoleto and Schwetzingen (Germany) in the frame of their sistership.
The partnership between Schwetzingen and Spoleto started in 2005, and the focus of this year’s celebration is Schwetzingen’s first-ever written documentation, i.e. the Lorsch Codex, dating to 766 AD. The exhibition Schwetzingen by Horst Hamann is but one of the initiatives included, and features photos of the city, its castle and its park, that catch the German city’s most magical and charming nuances.
Worldwide-famous photographer Horst Hamann’s New York Verticals, an actual milestone in the history of photography, won him a personal exhibition at the New York City Museum, the first time ever for a German photographer.
Opening: 23 June 2016, h 18.00
Opening times: 10.30 – 12.30 / 16.00–19.00
Closed on Mondays
Free admission
This year marks the 59th edition of the festival founded by M° Gian Carlo Menotti and directed by Giorgio Ferrara. From 24 June to 10 July 2016 Spoleto will turn into a great stage, featuring opera, music, theatre and dance, exhibitions, cinema and meetings with internationally-known artists.
For further info, please visit www.festivaldispoleto.com
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On the occasion of the opening of the Festival of Two Worlds, Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura dedicates the meeting of Friday 24 June to late art critic Giovanni Carandente, a key character of XXth-century art. The meeting will start at 19.30 and will focus on the unique experience sprung from the meeting between the art historian and the city of the festival.
The evening will go on with a tasting of typical products at the Caffè Collicola. The event is organized in collaboration with Con Spoleto – the Spoleto hotel managers’ association.
Participation fee: Full fare – € 7,00 | Reduction – € 5,00 for Spoleto Card holders | Aperitive-dinner – € 5,00
Reservation is strongly encouraged, deadline h 13:00 of Friday: news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it – 0743.46434
GIOVANNI CARANDENTE was born in Naples in 1920. After graduating there, he moved to Rome to specialize in Art History, thus getting in touch with the greatest maestroes who enlivened the post-war Roman artistic scene. After various appointments in superintendencies across Italy, he became central inspector in Rome. From 1988 to 1992 he was Visual Arts Director at the Venice Biennale, while also being exhibitions’ inspector at the Roman Modern Art Gallery, director of the Palazzo Barberini Ancient Art Gallery and of the Palazzo Venezia National Museum. Friend to most of the contemporary artists and art merchants, his fame reached Paris, Berlin, New York and the Soviet Union. In 1989 he was appointed Commander of the Order of British Empire, and in 2002 he received a gold medal for art history by the president of the Republic of Italy. He passed away on 7 June 2009 in Rome; the funeral service was held at the Duomo in Spoleto, the city where he now rests.
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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).
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Get the SPOLETO CARD and you can join special guided tours for free.
GUIDED TOURS
Sunday 17 July, h 11.00
The Basilica of Sant’Eufemia and the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo
MEETING PLACE: Diocesan Museum – tickets counter
Sunday 24 July, h 10.30
The great Cathedral and Casa Menotti
MEETING PLACE: Piazza Duomo, Teatro Caio Melisso
URBAN TREKKING
Sunday 3 July, h 11.00
Monteluco, place of soul: from the State Archaeological Museum to the National Museum of the Duchy
MEETING PLACE: State Archaeological Museum: tickets counter
Sunday 10 July, h 11.00
On the set with Don Matteo: the places of the fiction
MEETING PLACE: Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive – tickets counter
Sunday 31 July, h 11.00
Across Spoletium: the city’s Roman monuments
MEETING PLACE: Piazza della Libertà – Roman Theatre
Guided tours are led by art historians and tourist guides.
With the SPOLETO CARD you can:
– visit the city’s 7 museums
– Join guided tours and Urban Trekking for free
It’s valid for 7 days:
RED CARD full fare: € 9,50
GREEN CARD reduction: € 8,00
15-25 yo, 65+, groups of at least 15 pax
Reservation advised
Reservation: Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Piazza Collicola
Ph. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952 – e-mail: info@spoletocard.it
Info: IAT Spoleto – Tel. 0743 218621 – info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
For further info, please visit www.spoletocard.it
There is still discretion on the cast and program which Roberto Bolle himself is preparing, but as usual, the Scala étoile – whom is also Principal Dancer of the ABT in NY – will not fail to include some of the biggest names on the international dance scene in order to offer the Spoleto public a dance evening at its maximum level.
It is a production Artedanza srl in collaboration with the Festival dei 2Mondi.
TICKETS:
Gold sector: €121,00
First sector piazza: €107,00
Second sector piazza: €87,00
Third sector piazza: €59,00
FOR INFO & PURCHASES:
Buy online: www.ticketitalia.com
Sales Points TicketItalia circuit
Box Office Piazza della Vittoria 25, Spoleto
Call Center:
+39 0743 77 64 44
+39 0743 22 28 89
biglietteria@festivaldispoleto.com
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