Feb. 17 – “Small pieces of Italy in Oslo in the year of Expo” is a proposed cultural route published on the website of the Italian Embassy in Norway, designed and built by Ambassador Giorgio Novello. “In 2015 – details the Embassy’s website – the Universal Exhibition in Milan will attract twenty million visitors, several of which will come from Scandinavia and Norway. To offer these guests a ‘preview’ of our country, the itinerary presents twenty units to tell of the varied Italian presence in the Norwegian capital: painters, sculptors, architects, writers, designers, Arctic explorers, engineers, philanthropists and gastronomes.” “The relations between Norway and Italy are – explains Ambassador Novello – much closer than what might be imagined given the geographical distance and climatic diversity.” (Red)
