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  • Benedetto Croce National Culture Award

    Palazzo dell’Emiciclo – Conference Room, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) XXIV Maggio Street, L'Aquila, L'Aquila

    The Benedetto Croce National Culture Award was established by the Municipality of Pescasseroli by resolution dated November 25, 2005; the first edition took place in 2006. The award is given to the best books published in the previous year in three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Journalistic Literature.

  • Habitat Artist Residences – “To Speak Is to Create. How Can We Build a Lexicon of Dreams Together?” by Sara Ricciardi

    ONMI Building (Former Daycare Center) Duca degli Abruzzi Avenue, L'Aquila, AQ, Italy

    L’Aquila, Italy’s 2026 Capital of Culture, is transforming into an open-air studio. In May, renowned designer Sara Ricciardi will choose our city for an artist residency that blends design, art, and storytelling. This is not merely a visit, but a journey of exploration in which objects, colors, and shapes become the language for exploring the…

  • 34 YEARS OF REMEMBRANCE – 34th Annual Paolo Borsellino Award

    Park Auditorium - Renzo Piano Avenue of the Gold Medals, L'Aquila, AQ, Italy

    On the occasion of the 34th edition of the Paolo Borsellino National Award, the city is promoting an event titled “34 YEARS OF REMEMBERING.” The event was organized to commemorate the victims of the Capaci massacre, the tragic terrorist-mafia attack in which Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo, and security detail officers Vito Schifani,…

  • The L’Aquila 2026 Stamp

    Palazzo Margherita Palace Square, L'Aquila

    L’Aquila is celebrating its year as the Italian Capital of Culture with a major national philatelic honor. Officially unveiled at Palazzo Margherita, the new special stamp features the L’Aquila 2026 logo and joins the ranks of national symbols dedicated to Italy’s great cultural and spiritual traditions. The initiative, developed in collaboration with the Ministry of…

  • Nanakorobi Yaoki “Fall seven times, get up the eighth”

    Cappa Cappelli Palace 23 Corso Vittorio Emanuele, L'Aquila, AQ, Italy

    A meeting with artist Keiko Udaka, who will demonstrate the art of creating a Nō mask, blending tradition and innovation. Nō is a dramatic theatrical form consisting of music, singing, mimetic movements, and dance, passed down from master to disciple since its inception in the late 14th century. Through its masks, Nō theater explores human…

  • Open Houses – Cultural Residences

    De Nardis Palace 9 Via San Marciano, L'Aquila, AQ, Italy

    On Sunday, May 24, the National Day of Historic Homes returns throughout Italy, organized bythe Association of Italian Historic Homes (ADSI). In L’Aquila, the event takes on special significance, as it is part of the “Open Palaces – Cultural Residences” project, which brings dozens of historic palaces in L’Aquila into the network of the Capital…

  • Open Palaces – The Baccano Ensemble in Concert at Palazzo Chiarizia and the Oratorio de Nardis

    Chiarizia Palace Via Cascina, L'Aquila, AQ, Italy

    Concert: "Made in Abruzzo: Folk Songs and Other Popular Melodies" Baccano Ensemble with Federico Di Luciano, First Violin Margherita Palmieri, second violin Paolo Capanna, viola Filippo Di Domenico, cello The Ensemble Baccano string quartet takes center stage in a journey that weaves together classical music and its roots. The musical program is entirely based on…

  • Open Palaces – Lecture: “The Founding of L’Aquila”

    Palazzo Alfieri - Santa Maria degli Angeli Institute 54 Fortebraccio Street, L'Aquila

    THE AQUILA FOUNDATION Dr. Sandro Zecca 12th Conference on the History of L’Aquila and Its Territory as part of the “Dimore Culturali” project organized by ADSI Abruzzo and the Angelo de Nardis Association of Prata ETS RESERVATIONS REQUIRED VIA E-MAIL: archeoclublaquila@gmail.com

  • La Perdonanza in Schools

    Park Auditorium - Renzo Piano Avenue of the Gold Medals, L'Aquila, AQ, Italy

    Young people and the school community take center stage in preserving memory through “La Perdonanza nelle scuole.” The event, promoted by the City of L’Aquila and supported by Unioncamere through PNC funds allocated to the PNRR, marks the culmination of the project “La Perdonanza Celestiniana: An Intangible Hub for a Universal Identity, ” which is…

  • Forum on the Cultural and Creative Industries Ecosystem | Opera Demopratica, L’Aquila

    Spaventa Palace Andrea Bafile Street, L'Aquila, AQ, Italy

    As part of L’Aquila’s designation as the 2026 Italian Capital of Culture, on May 29 and 30, Palazzo Spaventa will hostthe Opera Demopratica L’Aquila, a participatory process promoted by the Pistoletto Cittadellarte Foundation that focuses on culture, active citizenship, and social transformation. These two days are dedicated to the Forum on the Ecosystem of Cultural…