The Italian pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 of very well attended because on show is the best of the Italian culture and technology. Wait five more years and then go to Milan which will host his own Expo 2015.

Italy is the main world builder of leisure boat and this year in Genoa the International Boat Show celebrate its 50th birthday.

But if you want to participate in the biggest  sailing competition enrol in the Barcolana which this week will see the gulf of Trieste teeming with boats (it can even reach the 2000 mark) of every size.

This Sunday in Brisbane  you can experience some Renaissance in the Park because the Comitato Asssistenza Italiani (CoAsIt) is organising Fieritalia. Have a look at what is on offer at this New Farm Park event.

And talking about Renaissance, The Impossible Exibitions web site will show the Opera Omnia of Caravaggio, Raffaello and Leonardo. Those digital copies of masterpieces are faithful reproduction of the originals.