This post is by Marica Gatti. Since 2006, Bologna has been a UNESCO Creative City of Music. This important acknowledgment celebrates the city’s long history of musical creation, from classical music to contemporary musical experimentation. As soon as you set foot in Bologna, you will understand why it is a city of music: talented musicians …
People have sought entertainment at the Arena di Verona since Roman times. Two thousand years ago they travelled from across the Empire to watch gladiators and wild animals fighting to the death, or to marvel at slightly less bloody circus acts and equestrian events. Visitors still pack into the stadium today, but for a quite …
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Pesaro, on the Adriatic coast south of Rimini, is mainly known as an upmarket beach town with a number of fine buildings in the town centre. However opera lovers also know it as the birthplace of Giaocchini Rossini, and every summer they flock to the opera festival held in his memory. Rossini And Pesaro …
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