Vinicio Capossela al Festival del Viaggio 2013

The Festival del Viaggio (in English: ''Travel festival'') is an annual cultural festival held each June in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, Viareggio or

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

(Italy). The festival features a vast array of conferences, exhibitions, concerts, movies, and documentaries about traveling. It also organizes workshops on writing and photography about travel, in collaborations with the University of Pisa and the province of Florence. It was the first of its kind in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

History

The festival was founded in 2006 by writer

Alessandro Agostinelli Alessandro Agostinelli (; 1965) is an Italian writer, journalist and poet. Early life Born in Follonica, he obtained a Ph.D. in "history of visual arts and show business". Journalism He worked for Radio 24, Radio Tre Rai, Il Riformista, Il Fat ...

, who is the current director. Festival del Viaggio 2018 - Passeggiata Jodorowski

In 2009 Festival del Viaggio won the "Brand New Italian Festival Award" in

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. In 2010 the festival presented a walk in the Florentine sky: the

tightrope walker Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope ...

Andrea Loreni walked on the wire 50 meters high over

Piazza della Signoria Piazza della Signoria () is a w-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio. It is the main point of the origin and history of the Florentine Republ ...

, entering into the

Palazzo Vecchio The Palazzo Vecchio ( "Old Palace") is the City hall, town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's ''David (Michelangelo), David'' statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent ...

. In 2011 festival organized a photo contest about honeymoons all over the world, in collaborations with the weekly magazine

L'Espresso ''L'Espresso'' () is an Italian weekly news magazine. It is one of the two most prominent Italian weeklies; the other is ''Panorama''. Since 2022 it has been published by BFC Media. History and profile One of Italy's foremost newsmagazines, ''l ...

and the daily newspaper

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. In 2018 the Festival del Viaggio conceived and realized the plan of the 'Passeggiata Jodorowski', a walk at dawn amongst the most important Florentine monuments going always straight and never turning (inspired by

Alejandro Jodorowski Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films ''El Topo'' and '' The Holy Mountain'', Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work ...

's idea). In September 2019 Viareggio was chosen as an additional seat. The 2020 edition was postponed to September and arranged with more open-air and on-line events.

Prominent guests

The following people were involved to describe their experience as travellers *

Bandabardò Bandabardò is an Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Ro ...

Alessandro Benvenuti Alessandro Benvenuti (born 31 January 1950) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes o ...

Giulio Borrelli Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman * Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar * Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian a ...

* Vinicio Capossela *

Franco Cardini Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when ref ...

* Paolo Crepet * Marcella Croce * Philippe Daverio * Tiziano Fratus * Wlodek Goldkorn * Lucia Goracci * Paolo Hendel * Annet Henneman * Marino Magliani *

Dacia Maraini Dacia Maraini (; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for ''L'età del malessere'' ...

* Paolo Migone * Luigi Nacci * Riccardo Onori *

David Riondino David Riondino (born 10 June 1952) is an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, comedian, writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and composer. Life and career Born in Florence, the son of a teacher, Riondino started his career in the mid-1970s ...

* Patrizio Roversi * Beppe Severgnini * Sergio Staino *

Elena Torre Elena Torre (born October 30, 1973) is an Italian writer. She graduated in modern literature at the University of Pisa, after training in journalism at some local radio stations. Torre is dedicated to the printed paper, and works with the societ ...

Giorgio Van Straten Giorgio van Straten (born 1955) is an Italian writer and manager of arts organizations. His first novel ''Generazione'' was published in 1987. In 2000 he won four literary prizes for ''Il mio nome a memoria'', published in English as ''My Name, A ...

* Marco Vichi *

Sergey Yastrzhembsky Sergey Vladimirovich Yastrzhembsky (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Ястржембский, pl, Siergiej Władimirowicz Jastrzębski), born December 4, 1953, Moscow, is a Russian Federation politician and diplomat. He was Yelt ...

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at Festival del Viaggio 2013 in

The Mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando at Festival del Viaggio, Palermo 2018.jpg, The Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando at Festival del Viaggi 2018 in Villa Niscemi, Palermo

References

External links

* * {{tourism Cultural festivals in Italy Summer festivals Florence Tourist attractions in Tuscany Recurring events established in 2006 2006 establishments in Italy Tourism in Italy