Tag Genoa

26-12-2016

Recipe: Panettone… Genovese

Italy has many different kinds of Christmas cake, not only the well-known Panettone from Milan. One of these is the Genoese Pandolce, with its classic low shape, containing pine nuts and hazelnuts as well as candied fruit and raisins

20-12-2016

Sustainable renovation of a villa in Liguria

A 1907 home in the hinterland of the Italian region of Liguria has been delicately restored to retain its original charm while at the same time adopting innovative, energy-saving technology.

02-08-2016

FLASHBACK photography exhibition, Genoa

The Palazzo Ducale in Genoa is hosting an exhibition on 50 years of photography in Italy.

13-07-2016

Smoke, Mark Handforth at Villa Croce, Genoa

Artist Mark Handforth is exhibiting existing and specifically created artworks in the neoclassic spaces of the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce in Genoa.

31-05-2016

Gabriele Basilico photo exhibition: architecture and the city in Madrid

The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid recently inaugurated an exhibition of Gabriele Basilico’s photographs on the theme of architecture and the city. The photographs are part of the collection of the MAXXI museum in Rome.

05-05-2016

Genoa from Renzo Piano to Franco Albini

Genoa: a city with a thousand faces that we are showing our readers on a walk from the Porto Antico, the old port designed by Renzo Piano, which has become one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, to Palazzo Rosso, part of the UNESCO heritage zone.

25-03-2016

Livegreenblog at Vita Nova, Restoration Days, Genoa

Floornature and Livegreenblog are supporting the application of “Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century” for UNESCO heritage-listing.

04-03-2016

Vita Nova, the restoration days explore architecture

The event called “VITA NOVA – gli Edifici industriali e il riutilizzo a fini culturali” (NEW LIFE - Industrial Building and repurposing them for cultural use) or the Restoration Days, an initiative promoted by the Ligurian association for craft enterprises and small- and medium-sized enterprises (CNA Liguria) in the former industrial facility of Vaccari in Santo Stefano di Magra gave a broad overview of industrial cultural assets in Italy.