Gardens + Villas + Castle in Umbria 17 June 15 Sept 2012

A guided tour of villas and gardens, castles and palaces, beautiful and unique places open for the occasion is "Stories of Villas and Gardens", the event organized by the Tourism of the Province of Perugia scheduled from Sunday, June 17 to Saturday, September 15. This year is the eighth edition; in the previous seven involved 65 sites, 13 public and 42 private, one in Tuscany, and has been a growing appreciation of the visitors recording over 5,000 admissions, with a request to participate largely in excess of the 'actual capacity of the visits (possible only with reservation and with limited number).
The program of 2012 offers eleven events:
1. Sunday, June 17 in Perugia with Rufini Palaces, a small village near Corciano.
2. Spoleto June 24 you can visit Palazzo Corvi Zacchei Travaglini, built in the area of ​​old medieval houses '500.
3. Corciano Sunday, July 8 with Villa Pieve, the former residence of 1700.
4. Orvieto, Castle Prodo Saturday, July 14, built in the first half of '300 by the noble family of Prodenzani.
5. Piegaro, Saturday, July 21 with the Abbey of the Seven Brothers, dating from the thirteenth in honor of seven brothers martyred in Rome in 164 AD.
6. Perugia, Villa Colle del Cardinale, Sunday, July 22, built by Cardinal Fulvio della Corgna, probably on the plans of the 1570s.
7. Impossible to miss a visit to Villa Fidelia, Spello, owned by the Province of Perugia, Saturday, July 28, built on the site of a Roman sanctuary.
8. A Monte del Lago, Magione, opens its doors Schnabl Villa Saturday, September 1, built on the walls of the village as a country residence of the family Danzetta Alfani.
9. Sunday, September 2 due to popular demand it is proposed the Castle Castelleone, Deruta, an important artistic and architectural monument dating from the XII-XVI-XIX centuries.
10. The other Forte is the Oscano Castle, Perugia, Sunday, Sept. 9, remained abandoned until the early 1900s until the Austrian family Telfner built the present castle.
11. The journey ends with visits to Palazzo Ranieri di Sorbello, Perugia, Saturday, Sept. 15, an old palace dating from the seventeenth century, the home of Marquis Bourbon di Sorbello.

This edition will be repeated the winning formula of afternoon events focused on summer weekends from June to September, with no admission fee, a limited access, with reservations required.

PARTICIPATION IN A RESTRICTED FREE.RESERVATION REQUIRED.
For each event, reservations may be made only in the two previous weeks (MON-.FRI. Hours 9-13)
For information and reservations: Province of Perugia,. Promoting Tourism and Sport Tel +39 075 3681657 - +39 335.719.67.62 turismo@provincia.perugia.it - ​​www.provincia.perugia.it
The program may change.
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Umbria: Water Festival 17-20 May 2012

UMBRIA WATER FESTIVAL 2012 START TO THE WORK FOR THE FESTIVAL WHICH BLESSES UMBRIA AS THE WORLD WATER CAPITAL

In particular, the event aims to bring together the many realities already existing in Umbria, implementing a well-structured programme that, in the four days of the festival, could involve the entire umbrian territory from the well-known areas related to water, such as the Marmore waterfalls, the Trasimeno Lake or watercourses as the Tevere River, and also the less known places as the thermal areas of Città di Castello, Spello, Parrano, Castel Viscardo and Castel Giorgio geothermal and mineral waters.

Just to highlight the importance of water, and its several uses and make Umbria "the world water Capital", the event will be structured in different subject areas, from sport to renewable energies, from mineral water to thermal and healthy area, from meteorology to meetings, from irrigation to spiritual and religious aspects related to water. Moreover the event will provide different activities, some of them spectacular, and planned for the old and the young, for families as for sportsmen, for who is environmentally aware or for the "simple" tourist.

Through this different areas everyone can learn, explore, discover every aspect of the element water.

Therefore, give immediately the green light to Umbria Water Festival 2012, in order to build a rich and complex program, on which for a while, it is appropriate to say ... Acqua in bocca! (Keep it secret! – Mum’s the word!)

To have an idea about the program please click HERE!

Professions behind the scenes Film Festival, March 1+2+3, 2012 Spello

Umbria is born 'Film Festival' professions 'behind the scenes'

Spello (PG) - Bring to front from behind the scenes such as professions, screenwriter, cinematographer, production designer, the engineer to direct, editor, musician, costume designer and makeup artist.
It is the intent of the "Festival of Cinema City' of Spello: Exhibition / Competition" The professions of cinema "(formerly 'online site http://www.festivalcinemaspello.com/), an initiative to debut in Spello which will run 'from first to 3rd March.
Born from the synergy between the travel manager Donatella Cocchini and the film director Fabrizio Cattani, who are overseeing the development, seeks to promote and emphasize the key professionals to complete a film and which are often unknown to the majority of the public. Based on the review of some Italian films released in the previous film season, shows a well-known organization, a professional jury will award the celluloid 'the best technicians for every category. The event, hosted at the Subasio Theater and at Villa Fidelia, and 'sponsored by the Region of Umbria, Perugia Province and Municipality of Spello. pg