Italian cities and towns are staging a  Festa Democratica (site in Italian) a summer  event of the left with food, good music and political discussions at  the grass root level.

The Giffoni Film Festival dedicated to the children and the kids of the world.

Italia Wave instead is the yearly Rock festival of Leghorn (Livorno). Most of the shows are free and is a springboard to the emerging Italian band and singers.

A beautiful present from nature to mankind is the Porcino mushroom.

From Verona comes the Fondazione Aida theatre company which will perform in Byron Bay. Their show is about "Commedia dell'Arte", the Italian masked theatre.

The leaning tower of Pisa, in the Piazza dei Miracoli will be open till late in the night.