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Event Information:
The White Nights are a kind of
all-night arts festival held in many
cities in the summer. The original
festival is the White Nights
Festival held in Saint Petersburg,
Russia. The white nights is the a
name given in areas of high latitude
to the weeks around the summer
solstice in June during which
sunsets are late, sunrises are early
and darkness is never complete. In
Saint Petersburg, the Sun does not
set until after 10 p.m., and the
twilight lasts almost all night.
In 2005, Rome's Notte Bianca was
held in mid-September, and the guest
star was Roberto Benigni. There were
similar initiatives in other cities
as well. In Naples it first took
place at the end of October 2005
with numerous concerts (Baglioni,
Pino Daniele, 99 Posse, Almamegretta,
Stadio) and theatrical and cultural
events. The attendance was twice the
population of Naples itself. Other
Italian Notte Bianche took place in
Genoa, Turin, Reggio Calabria, and
Catanzaro.
Undersecretary Francesco Giro
Cultural Heritage has launched an
idea that probably will report a
lost tradition came with the advent
of Alemanno, or the White Night. In
fact today the Tour said: "Now big
plans for the capital Rome.
Including, stresses the Secretary,
another white night between 19 and
20 September to celebrate the 140 or
birthday of Rome Capital.
"We are ready and available. From
the result of the night by
Caravaggio, Tour says," we need to
draw energy in Rome to promote
cultural projects of the highest
quality so that we ask and require
large international tourism
operators. "
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