The name “Ferragosto” derives from the Latin “Feriae Augusti”, that is “The rest of Augustus”. In fact, the whole month of August is dedicated to Octavian Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, who was considered a kind of demigod by his subjects. To ingratiate himself with the favor of the people, Octavian Augustus, who, in […]

2022 sees the opening of the eleventh edition of Lucca Biennale Cartasia, the first international art festival dedicated to paper and its forms, an open-air exhibition where artists try their hand at creating large paper works. Lucca Biennale is, therefore, a city, a territory and its excellence, told by the artists through its main product, […]