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Select the country and object's type Enjoy FriuLI VEnezia Giulia\'s events - in November and Dezember 2012

Trieste Antiqua

30th Antiques Fair

In the wonderful setting of the Salone degli Incanti, a few steps away from Trieste’s wonderful Piazza Unità d’Italia, nearly 50 exhibitors coming from Italy and from other European countries will present their rarest and more precious pieces. A public of refined experts, keen connoisseurs, steady buyers or simple onlookers can admire important antiques, such as paintings, tapestries, icons, gold and silverware, photographs, numismatics and ancient prints, without forgetting furniture, clocks, jewels and works of art from prestigious private collections.

Date:

from Saturday 27th October to Sunday 4th November

Type of event:

cultural event

Location:

Trieste

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.triesteantiqua.it

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“La not dalis muars” Re-enactment of the Celtic New Year’s Eve

On the night of 31st October Ampezzo, a wonderful town surrounded by Carnia’s charming and wild nature, stages the re-enactment of the Celtic New Year’s Eve. At sunset, in the courtyards and in the streets of the town centre, illuminated by torchlight only, you can admire the plays of light created by the carved pumpkins arranged along the path, as well as shows by jugglers and fire eaters in a surreal atmosphere with music, the tempting smells of delicious dishes and fantastic figures.

Date:

Wednesday 31st October

Type of event:

historical re-enactment

Location:

Ampezzo (UD)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.comune.ampezzo.ud.it

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Meetings and observation night

On every first Thursday of the month and all year round the astronomical observatory of Farra d’Isonzo, situated in the gentle hills of Gorizia’s Collio, organizes, in the main observatory, guided telescope observations for all enthusiasts. During the night the available instruments are aimed at the most interesting celestial bodies of the period, to discover asteroids and the “NEOs” that orbit the Earth. Moreover, the observation is integrated with computer lessons with simulations and images projected on a big screen.

Date:

every first Thursday of the month

Type of event:

scientific event

Location:

Farra d’Isonzo (GO)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.ccaf.it

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All Saints’ Festival

Rivignano, a town of the Medio Friuli area situated near the wonderful natural landscape of the Stella river’s springs, hosts the All Saints’ Festival. The first day of the festival is dedicated to pumpkin and witches, and on the following days many events will transform the square into a huge stage, where acting, imagination and real life blend in a glare of emotions, colours and suggestions. The most important day is November the 2nd, which for centuries has been a feast day dedicated to the cattle market, which probably began at the end of the 15th century.

Date:

from Wednesday 31st October to Sunday 4th November

Type of event:

cultural event

Location:

Rivignano (UD)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.comune.rivignano.ud.it

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Riso e confetti

(Wedding fair)

Pordenone, a modern and lively city that has always promoted great fair events, hosts the fourteenth fair of wedding products and services. A not-to-be-missed opportunity for happy couples that are organizing the most important day of their life, but also for those who simply want to have fun and find many curious, useful and interesting things. In fact, everything that one may need is close at hand: wedding and ceremonial dresses, restaurants and catering services, wedding photography, favours, gifts, furniture, household items, wedding lists and household linen.

Date:

Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th, 10th and 11th November

Type of event:

fair

Location:

Pordenone

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.fierapordenone.it

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Ein Prosit

Friuli Venezia Giulia’s main food and wine event dedicated to Italian and international native wines takes place in Malborghetto and Tarvisio, in Italy’s extreme north-east patch, where Italy, Slovenia and Austria meet. An exhibition, guided tasting sessions, meetings and seminars, workshops, itineraries of taste and presentations of tasting dinners matched to the wines of the producers present at the event in the restaurants of the Val Canale valley make up the rich programme of four days on which toasts will become a gesture and symbol of excellence.

Date:

from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th November

Type of event:

food and wine event

Location:

Tarvisio (UD)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.einprosit.org

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Saint Andrew’s Fair

The traditional Saint Andrew’s Festival will take place along the streets of Gorizia, a border city, the real “melting pot” of the Central European area, where three European cultures – Latin, Slav and German – meet. Stalls, merry-go-rounds and stands from all over Italy, along with the gastronomic lucky raffle and the wine tasting exhibition, will enliven the city centre for three days. An excellent opportunity to taste special sweets and cakes with Central European influences, whose tradition is shared with Trieste, such as favette, presnitz and putizza, or the gnocchi di susine (sweet potato gnocchi with plum filling) and, a peculiarity for few, the \"rosa di Gorizia\" a peculiar red radicchio.

Date:

from Saturday 1st to Monday 3rd December

Type of event:

fair, market

Location:

Gorizia

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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Tiepolo “doubles”

Two not-to-be-missed events to admire the artist who in Udine reached his highest and artistic evolution evolution: Giambattista Tiepolo. The first one starts on 17th November with “I colori della seduzione” (The colours of seduction), the exhibition that links Tiepolo and his master Paolo Veronese, included in the international festival dedicated to the city of Udine Bianco&Nero/White&Black (www.biancoeneroudine.com). Thereafter celebrations continue from 15th December in the magnificent residence of the last Doge of Venice, the spectacular Villa Manin of Passariano di Codroipo, a marvellous seventeenth/eighteenth-century architectural complex, with sacred and profane paintings, coming from places of worship, as well as from prestigious European and American museums, which illustrate the artistic path of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) from his first experiences to his late maturity: an exhibition of great beauty and high scientific value, spectacular and at the same time extremely educational.

Date:

from Saturday 17th November 2012 to Monday 1st April 2013 and from Saturday 15th December 2012 to Sunday 7th April 2013

Type of event:

cultural event

Location:

Castle of Udine and Villa Manin, Passariano di Codroipo (UD)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.villamanin-eventi.it

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Autumn lunch invitation

The villages of the Natisone Valleys, San Pietro al Natisone, San Leonardo, Stregna, Prepotto, Drenchia, Grimacco and Pulfero, invite you to lunch to discover how the cuisine of this charming territory speaks of history, from the “A” of appetizers to the “Z” of Žličnjaki (gnocchi). Always faithful to the natural and genuine products of these mountains, from game to wild herbs, over the centuries the cuisine of the Natisone Valleys has been enriched with Latin and German influences and with the cultural and trade exchanges between the Slav people that migrated here, and their neighbours, the Lombards of Cividale del Friuli.

Date:

from Saturday 29th September to Sunday 9th December

Type of event:

food and wine event

Location:

Natisone Valleys, Cividale del Friuli (UD)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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40th Goose festival

The long-awaited and renowned goose festival of Morsano al Tagliamento has reached its fortieth year. Goose is the animal that symbolizes this town, which in Friulian is also called Morsan des Ocjis (Morsano of Geese) owing to the fact that the breeding of this courtyard animal was very common in the area. Besides tasting delicious dishes based on goose, during the two weeks the festival will include meetings with authors, art exhibitions, stalls and music.

Date:

from Tuesday 6th to Thursday 22nd November

Type of event:

food and wine event

Location:

Morsano al Tagliamento (PN)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.sagraoca.it

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Credits

Credits: Agenzia TurismoFVG Archives, Alessandro Castiglioni, Fabio Parenzan - Visual Art Trieste.

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