Festival del Viaggio

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The Festival del Viaggio (in English: Travel festival) is an annual cultural festival held each June in Florence, Viareggio or Palermo.{{cite web|url=https://elviajero.elpais.com/elviajero/2016/12/20/actualidad/1482234463_232514.html|language=es|title=El Viajero 2017|date=13 February 2017|page=112|format=pdf|publisher=El País}}{{cite news|url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/06/13/foto/il_mondo_degli_sciamani_via_al_festival_del_viaggio-88848419/1/|language=it |title=Il mondo degli sciamani, via al Festival del viaggio|date=13 June 2014|publisher=La Repubblica |access-date=28 December 2019}} The festival features a vast array of conferences, exhibitions, concerts, movies, and documentaries about traveling.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YF9wDwAAQBAJ&q=%22festival+del+viaggio%22&pg=PT268 |language=it |title=Come diventare scrittore di viaggio|first1= Janine |last1= Eberle |first2= Don |last2=George |publisher=EDT |isbn=9788859254416}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://atlante.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2016/06/05/festival-del-viaggio/|language=it |title=Festival del Viaggio|first1= Alessandro |last1= Agostinelli|work= L'Espresso|date=5 June 2016|access-date=27 January 2019}}

History

The festival was founded in 2006 by writer Alessandro Agostinelli,{{cite news|url=http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/canali/inviaggio/cultura/2010/05/28/visualizza_new.html_1818019081.html|date=3 June 2010|access-date=26 January 2019|language=it |agency=ANSA|title=A Firenze il Festival del Viaggio}} who is the current director.{{cite news|url=https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/02/04/news/viaggi_una_tre_giorni_di_trekking_urbano-51942214 |date=27 February 2013 |title= Viaggi una tre giorni di trekking urbano|language=it |work= La Repubblica|access-date=26 January 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://firenze.repubblica.it/tempo-libero/articoli/cultura/2016/06/07/news/giorno_e_notte_8_giugno_gli_appuntamenti_a_firenze_e_in_toscana-141508275/ |last= Berti|first=Elisabetta |date=8 June 2016 |title= Giorno e notte 8 giugno, gli appuntamenti a Firenze e in Toscana|language=it |work= La Repubblica |access-date=26 January 2019 }}{{cite web|language=it |title=Alessandro Agostinelli racconta Lascia o Raddoppia |url=http://www.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-9cdebfd9-5f45-452e-b98c-fbb28e2c0d60.html|access-date=28 January 2019|date=27 January 2011|publisher=RAI}}

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In 2009 Festival del Viaggio won the "Brand New Italian Festival Award" in Bologna.{{cite news|url=http://www.mediatecatoscana.it/news_02.php?chiave=2362|date=9 November 2009|access-date=26 January 2019|language=it|title=Festival of Festivals Awards: i vincitori toscani|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220235944/http://www.mediatecatoscana.it/news_02.php?chiave=2362|url-status=dead}}

In 2010 the festival presented a walk in the Florentine sky: the tightrope walker Andrea Loreni walked on the wire 50 meters high over Piazza della Signoria, entering into the Palazzo Vecchio.{{cite news|url=https://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/fotogallery/2010/06/funambolo/passeggiando-piazza-signoria-aria-1703251261789.shtml|language=it |work= Corriere Fiorentino |access-date=26 January 2019|date= June 2010 |title= Passeggiando in piazza Signoria. Sull'aria }} In 2011 festival organized a photo contest about honeymoons all over the world, in collaborations with the weekly magazine L'Espresso and the daily newspaper La Repubblica.{{cite news|url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/visioni/societa/2011/07/22/news/viaggi-di-nozze-e-il-tuo-com-era-1.34115|access-date=26 January 2019|work= L'Espresso|date= 22 July 2011 |title= Viaggi di nozze: e il tuo com'era?|language=it }} In 2018 the Festival del Viaggio conceived and realized the plan of the 'Passeggiata Jodorowski',{{cite news|url=https://www.intoscana.it/it/articolo/festival-del-viaggio-allinsegna-del-cibo-e-delle-passeggiate/|date=28 May 2018|access-date=26 January 2019|language=it |title=Festival del Viaggio all'insegna del cibo e delle passeggiate}} a walk at dawn amongst the most important Florentine monuments going always straight and never turning (inspired by Alejandro Jodorowski's idea). In September 2019 Viareggio was chosen as an additional seat.{{cite news|url=http://www.ansa.it/toscana/notizie/2019/09/09/festival-del-viaggio-a-viareggio_2f6f572d-6666-4a08-824e-9ac40908b7cd.html|access-date=26 September 2019|date=9 September 2019|language=it|agency=ANSA|title= Festival del Viaggio a Viareggio. Dall'11 al 15 settembre. Da Hendel a Crepet gli ospiti}}{{cite news|language=it |work= Corriere Fiorentino |access-date=20 January 2019|date= 11 September 2019 |first=Dinelli |last=Simone |title= Sì viaggiare (a villa Paolina) |url=https://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-fiorentino/20190911/281990379217792}}

The 2020 edition was postponed to September and arranged with more open-air and on-line events.{{cite news|language=it |title=Si conclude il Festival del Viaggio Liberty, "scalzeggiata" e poesia |access-date=26 September 2020 |date= 26 September 2020 |url=https://www.lanazione.it/viareggio/cronaca/si-conclude-il-festival-del-viaggio-liberty-scalzeggiata-e-poesia-1.5545864|publisher=La Nazione}}{{cite news|language=it |page=48 |title=La cultura e il piacere del viaggio. In Versilia il festival all'aria aperta|publisher=Il Tirreno|date= 18 September 2020}}

Notable guests

The following people were involved to describe their experience as travellers

FDV Dacia Maraini e il direttore del festival.jpg|Dacia Maraini at Festival del Viaggio 2013 in Viareggio

Festival_del_Viaggio_2013_Alessandro_Benvenuti.jpg|Alessandro Benvenuti at Festival del Viaggio 2013 in Florence

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

{{cite web |url=http://www.festivaldelviaggio.it/ |title=Official website|language=it}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.societadeiviaggiatori.org/|title=Società dei Viaggiatori|language=it|access-date=2019-01-21|archive-date=2019-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221000515/http://www.societadeiviaggiatori.org/|url-status=dead}}

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