Colors of Giotto
The Colors of Giotto - The Basilica of Assisi, between virtual restoration
and restitution, is an exciting new event designed by Giuseppe Basile, to
be held in Assisi for the months from April to September 2010.
This is an innovative exhibition, an art project of great stature, where
the visitor is actively involved in restoration work and is enabled to know
the works of Giotto, both physically and virtually.
In the Saint Nicola Chapel in the Lower Basilica are ongoing restoration
works on the Franciscans frescoes of Giotto.
During these months visitors are given the chance to stand on scaffolding
to admire the restoration works, so to know actively and timely the peculiarity
of this art and the painstaking work of the restorers.
The Chapel of Saint Nicholas is presented and therefore designed as a "work
in progress", an example of recovery "physical" work of art...
In perfect match to this instead, in the Palace of Monte Frumentario (not
far from the Basilica), is a recovery "virtual" work of art.
Franciscan stories that are reconsidered and returned to the public through
high definition technology.
The virtual frescoes can be compared with their current appearance, through
a series of screens, touch screen placed at each group stage.
On the occasion of eighth centenary of Pope Innocent III, the exhibition
proposes to scale the fresco dedicated to the Confirmation of the Rule of
Saint Francis, just by Pope Innocent III.
Also a section for setting up and can get virtually in the fresco, where
the 3D scene comes alive with the voices of the characters.
A wonderful progect designed and coordinated by the CNR, by Eva Pietroni
and Francesco Antinucci.
Date
From 10 April 2010 to 5 September 2010
Address
Basilica di San Francesco e Palazzo del Monte Frumentario
Open Wine Cellars 2010
29/30 May – Various zones
This is the most important event of the year, involving wine as the main
protagonist together with the people who produce it and the territory where
it is made.
For the past 18 years during the last Sunday of May, the winery have opened
their doors to the vast public establishing in this way an immediate and
direct contact with all wine tourists and lovers.
Info:
www.movimentoturismovino.it
Perugia Flower Show 2010
From 21 May 2010 to 23 May 2010
Third edition of Perugia Flower Show - the national market show of rare
and unusual plants.
This year the event doubles the number of exhibitors - achieved by the greatest
names in the national nursery - offering the public a varied selection of
antique collections and historic, from the most traditional to the most
unique.
In addition to nursery producers and collectors, Perugia Flower Show will
host exhibitors from the world of outdoor furnishings, specialized publishing
and landscape architecture.
Finally, exposure to a specialized audience and allow the amateur to focus
or approach to the culture of green, not only visiting the show, but also
by participating in events organized by the Garden Club Perugia book your
free course on site www.perugiaflowershow.com.
Info:
www.perugiaflowershow.com
Bike in Umbria
A cycling holiday, or even a weekend biking trip, offers you the chance
to get to know a local area, and to experience the multitude of colours,
fragrances and emotions that it offers. It gives you the opportunity to
flavour adventure, to finally reach the top of that arduous climb and enjoy
the wonderful views from the summit, or the ancient hamlet lying on the
other side. A cycling holiday provides you with the opportunity to observe
the fine detail of a region, and to feel at one with those places you pass
through, as you leave behind the speed, stress and superficiality of modern
living.
Cycling is an ideal way of visiting a chosen local area, as it gives you
the opportunity to get a true feeling of a place, to discover its spirit,
and to leave the stress of modern life far behind. Umbria, in turn, with
its hills, its rivers and streams, its history and its ancient hilltop villages,
provides the ideal terrain for such exploration. Thanks to its varied landscape,
it caters for all types of cyclist, and its relatively traffic-free roads,
the hospitality offered by its hotels, restaurants and guest houses, the
welcome given to visitors by local people, and its genuine local foods and
wines, make it the ideal place for a relaxing cycling holiday.
Inexperienced cyclists, or families with young children, can enjoy the network
of small roads running alongside Lake Trasimeno, or the lanes winding across
the flat expanses of the Valle Umbra, or the cycle route linking the historical
towns of Bevagna and Spoleto. The gently rolling hills covering a good part
of Umbria, dotted with beautiful olive groves and vineyards, ancient hamlets
and castles, provide the perfect terrain for the requirements of the average
cyclist; while fitter, more experienced cyclists have an ample choice of
longer, harder climbs and Apennine mountain passes to satisfy their every
desire.
Info:
www.bikeinumbria.it
