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Baradello by night
Symbol of the city of Como, the “stone sentinel” erected for the defense of Como, the Baradello Castle is clearly visible to anyone approaching the city. The Castle is located in a significant strategic point. From the top of the Tower you can enjoy a truly breathtaking view: from Switzerland to Milan, from Monte Rosa to Resegone. A unique 360 degree view of the lake, the Alps and the entire Po Plain. Inside the Museum, the guides will take the visitor on a voyage through time, from the origins of Como to the present day. The evening excursion is subject to a minimum number of participants: it starts from Piazza Camerlata and includes also a visit to the Quarry of Camerlata. Booking is required. Baradello by night left Evening excursions up to the Baradello Tower Baradello by night Meeting point at 8.30 pm Where: Baradello Castle, via Castel Baradello - Como The climb up to the Castello Baradello will still take place on Friday evening, departing from Piazza Camerlata, via Colonna
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Baradello by night
Symbol of the city of Como, the “stone sentinel” erected for the defense of Como, the Baradello Castle is clearly visible to anyone approaching the city. The Castle is located in a significant strategic point. From the top of the Tower you can enjoy a truly breathtaking view: from Switzerland to Milan, from Monte Rosa to Resegone. A unique 360 degree view of the lake, the Alps and the entire Po Plain. Inside the Museum, the guides will take the visitor on a voyage through time, from the origins of Como to the present day. The evening excursion is subject to a minimum number of participants: it starts from Piazza Camerlata and includes also a visit to the Quarry of Camerlata. Booking is required. Baradello by night left Evening excursions up to the Baradello Tower Baradello by night Meeting point at 8.30 pm Where: Baradello Castle, via Castel Baradello - Como The climb up to the Castello Baradello will still take place on Friday evening, departing from Piazza Camerlata, via Colonna
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What to do in Como - Press release Tourism - 2017
Quite a few reasons to visit the City of Como and the Lake “A great feature of Como’s attractiveness is the multitude of pretty houses and gardens that cluster upon its shores and on its mountain sides.” Mark Twain - 1869. Over a Century after the famous American author visited the shores of Lake Como, one of the main attractions of the area is still indeed the beautiful scenery offered by the lake and its natural surroundings. This amazing landscape is only the backdrop to the many different activities that are available on stunning Lake Como. Its touristic offer has evolved and it does cater to visitors with the most different tastes and budgets. From glamorous weddings to water sports, to rationalist architecture and gourmet local foods, to mountain hikes and luxury fashion shopping, Italians and foreigners have picked Como as their destination for many different reasons. Cyclists find some of the most challenging and panoramic roads in this Northern Italian region.
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Art exhibitions in Como - November and December 2015
Here the list of November and December art exhibitions in Como belonging to the 365 days of art in Como programme, promoted by Assessorato alla Cultura. Exhibitions are for free unless differently specified. November Until November 8 DI OGNI ORDINE E GRADO L’ARCHITETTURA DELLA SCUOLA PALAZZO NATTA Mon-Fri 9am/4pm Sat-Sun 3pm/8pm Until November 8 DI OGNI ORDINE E GRADO L’ARCHITETTURA DELLA SCUOLA Idee di scuola per il futuro NOVOCOMUM - ORDINE ARCHITETTI DI COMO Mon-Fri 9.30am/1pm and 2pm/6.30pm Phone number +39 031 269800 Until November 8 DI OGNI ORDINE E GRADO L’ARCHITETTURA DELLA SCUOLA Maestri Comacini PINACOTECA CIVICA Tue-Sun 9.30am/1pm and 2pm/6pm November 22 thru May 8 2016 TEXTILITIES… AND ROSES TOO VILLA SUCOTA FONDAZIONE ANTONIO RATTI Tue-Sun 2.30pm/6pm opening Saturday November 21 6pm Until November 22 FRANCESCO SOMAINI IMMAGINARE SCULTURA BROLETTO Tue-Sun 10am/5pm Until November 22 L’UOMO NEL PAESAGGIO S. PIETRO IN ATRIO Tue-Sun 10am/7pm November 28 thru December 20 TANIA
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Comolive 5,6,7,8,9,10 August
WEDNESDAY 5th AUGUST 5pm The city of Como Guided tour (free admission) Meeting point Piazza Cavour Hotel Barchetta 9.30 pm movie Dersu Uzala Como Summer Palazzo Cernezzi’s courtyard 9.30 pm Film La teoria del tutto 35 mm sotto il cielo Piazza Martinelli (admission fee) THURSDAY 6th AUGUST 6pm – 10 pm Baradello by night Guided tours (admission fee) Spina Verde Regional Park 9.30pm Mixolydia New wave Piazza Grimoldi 9.30pmfilm La teoria del tutto 35 mm sotto il cielo Piazza Martinelli (admission fee) FRIDAY 7th AUGUST 9.15pm Laura Fedele in “I’II see you on the dark side of the moon” Como Jazz Piazza Martinelli SATURDAY 8th AUGUST 2.30pm Brunate and its Belle Epoque Villas Guided tour (free admission) Meeting point Piazza de Gasperi (funicular ticket not included) 5pm Rationalist quarter tour(admission fee) Meeting point: Info Torre Broletto Piazza Duomo 9.
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Margaret Atwood wins the Raymond Chandler Award
The Canadian writer Margaret Atwood is this year's winner of the Raymond Chandler Award, the literary award annually bestowed on noir fiction by a master of this genre. The Canadian writer will be handed the award on Thursday, December 7th at 9 p.m. at the Teatro Sociale in Como. Noir in Festival, Italy’s most important showcase devoted to the noir genre in film and literature, is now in its 27th Edition and will be held in Milan and Como from December 4th-10th, 2017. This year it assigns its most-coveted literary prize, the Raymond Chandler Award for Lifetime Achievement, to a novelist who embodies the finest features of so-called genre fiction, be it noir or science fiction, fantasy or a revisiting of the "darkest" of fairy tales, transcending them all to create an all-embracing, noble conception of literature. Committed on several fronts, from conservation to feminism, Margaret Atwood’s civic engagement feeds into an equally impassioned commitment to her writing, a medium which is
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New Website for the Paths of Italy
The new portal, in Italian and in English, camminiditalia.it has been presented on November 4th 2017. It is the first official mapping of the "cammini d'Italia" - "Paths of Italy", it currently contains 40 paths all over Italy. camminiditalia.it is a tool for travelers and tourists, a true infrastructure of green roads where you can choose to move along Italy on foot, by bicycle, on horseback or by other forms of sustainable mobility, promoting a new touristic dimension. The project had been developed by MiBACT, the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. The list of paths is in evolution, since all the trails that respect the selection criteria can become part of this Atlas. The current list includes 41 trails all around Italy. The Atlas of paths of Italy aims at developing a more sustainable type of tourism that gives value to local landscapes and agricultural realities, allowing travellers and local realities to coexist and benefit from one another.
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Como city and Wiki Loves Monuments Italia 2017
Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote historic sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate. There are a lot of historic monuments in all participating countries. The goal of Wiki Loves Monuments is to encourage people to take pictures of those monuments, and to put them under a free licence so that others may access them through the Internet. To achieve that, an international contest will take place in September 2017. The City of Como has included many monuments to this competition and it is participatin to the competition for the second year. In September, you may upload as many pictures as you want of monuments that you have visited. Pictures don't have to be taken in September, but must be uploaded this month to be considered. At the end of the month, the contest jury will begin evaluating the photographs and will choose the best 10 pictures of the monuments in Italy,
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bando EIV
con il patrocinio di 1 di 7 INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR POETRY AND NARRATIVE EUROPA IN VERSI 2020 - FIFTH EDITION The International Poetry Festival Europa in Versi together with La Casa della Poesia di Como launches the fifth edition of the International Prize of Poetry and Fiction DEADLINE 28th FEBRUARY 2020 A natural fruit of the International Poetry Festival Europa in Versi, the Prize aims to publicise authors of undoubted literary value, who are, however, still unknown or little known. The winners will be the protagonists of the International Poetry Festival Europa in Versi. The absolute winners of each section will receive € 500,00. COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT 2 di 7 PARTICIPANTS AND SECTIONS The competition is open to authors of any nationality who are at least 18 on enrolment day. The prize consists of 5 sections: • Unpublished Poetry • Published Poetry • Unpublished Fiction • Published Fiction • Young Poetry and Fiction (for under-30-year-old competitors only)
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CALL FOR ARTISTS 30th MINIARTEXTIL COMO The ARTE&ARTE Cultural Association is organising the 30th edition of the MINIARTEXTIL International Fibre Art Exhibition. The exhibition will be inaugurated in Como on Saturday, 26th September until Sunday, 22nd November 2020. The international tour will follow in 2021, starting from the Montrouge Paris exhibition venue and continuing to other destinations. The exhibition venues will include the Antonio Ratti cultural space – the former Church of San Francesco, the former Church of San Pietro in Atrio, the Pinacoteca Civica, the Palazzo del Broletto and the Silk Museum. All exhibition venues are located within Como city centre. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS This call is open to artists and designers who wish to enter a work of fibre art made with textile techniques and/or materials. The aim of the exhibition is to promote and disseminate fibre art as an expressive means of contemporary art, highlighting its