tourismA: Cultural Tourism and Archaeology Festival
The tenth edition of tourismA, Italy’s archaeology and cultural tourism salon, took place in Florence from 23–25 February 2024, featuring over 200 speakers and free admission for the public.
Editor & Publisher
Luigi De Marchi
Luigi De Marchi, architect, is the editor and publisher of Cultural Heritage Online. He founded the archive in 1998 as beniculturalionline.it and has published it without interruption since.
Contributions: 71 articles · 1,250 heritage places · 12 events · 30 itineraries · 5 road-books · 334 photographs
101 articles on the Italian archive
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
- tourismA di Firenze u00e8 il Salone dell'Archeologia e del Turismo Culturale Italiano
- Venezia e il Portogallo in etu00e0 moderna | conferenze Museo di Palazzo Grimani
- Le performance di beniculturalionline.it
- Scrivania Nomos 1984 c.
- Carrello contenitore BOBY di Joe Colombo, 1970
- Washstand, 1904
- Sgabello Mezzadro, 1957
- Poltrona Joe, 1970
- Sedia a dondolo - UOVO modello Nu00b0 267
- Panchina, 1906-1914 c. in stile Art Nouveau
- Jaguar E-Type
- Poltrona Barcelona - Mies van der Rohe
Venice and Portugal in Early Modern Era: Heritage
Palazzo Grimani Museum hosted a series of lectures on Venetian-Portuguese relations from the 15th to 16th centuries, organised in collaboration with Portugal’s honorary consulate in Venice.
Art Déco, Art Nouveau and Italian Liberty Compared
Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Italian Liberty (also known as Italian Art Nouveau ) are three significant artistic and architectural movements that have…
Three Modern Movements: Art Deco, Nouveau & Liberty
Published in May 2023, this article examines three major artistic movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Italian Liberty, explaining their distinctive characteristics and geographic origins.
Art Deco Decorative Objects in Online Art Auctions
A curated collection of Art Deco furniture, design objects and artworks selected by art experts for online auction across Italy.
Rationalist Architecture in Interwar Italy
Between the wars, Italian architects including Giuseppe Terragni and Marcello Piacentini developed rationalist design emphasizing simple, functional forms. The movement, organized through the Group 7 and later MIAR, synthesized international modernism with classical principles.
Ancient Wine Discovery Rewrites Sicilian History
Excavations at Monte San Calogero in Sicily have uncovered evidence of wine dating to 6000 BCE, making it the oldest known in Europe and challenging established views of prehistoric culture.
Culture as Economic Engine: Bologna’s Model
A 2019 Nomisma study commissioned by Fondazione Carisbo examined how cultural investment drives economic growth, using Bologna’s museum network as a case study.
Italian nonprofit launches cultural spaces database
ABCOnlus introduced a free online platform in 2019 to connect cultural and creative enterprises with available venues across Italy, supporting economic recovery through cultural initiatives.
Cultural Heritage Observatory Sector Network
ABCOnlus established the Cultural Heritage Observatory in January 2019 to connect over 12,000 Italian creative and cultural enterprises across audiovisual, film, publishing, design, music and arts sectors.