Padua: Italian headquarters of the International Festival dedicated to comics, games and pop culture
In Padua until the end of the month fans of games and comics will meet.
Padua: Italian city invaded by manga and cosplayers
Until the end of the month the city of Padua will be the seat of the International Festival dedicated to comics, games and pop culture.
Squares, streets and historic buildings will host a cheerful and fun people of gods enthusiasts manga, the famous Japanese comics. Of board games and gods cosplayers, the superfans who dress up as their favorite characters.
The event will develop in different thematic areas, each in a different place from the city center. In Prato della Valle thegames area in which it will be possible to try board games of all kinds. In addition there will also be an area reserved for modeling.
Prato della Valle it is the third largest square in Italy. Taking advantage of the wide spaces, the stage will be set up for shows and concerts. THE cosplayer, after invading the city, they will compete to crown the most faithful reinterpretation.
In the spaces of the downtown Cultural Altinate San Cajetan publishing houses of the Italian comics and foreign and manga.
In addition to the exhibition-market, there will be meetings with the authors, conferences and debates. But also workshops and events, including exhibitions on Dylan Dog, on the relationship between Japanese manga and Italy, open until May 14, 2017.
Eremitani Square will be transformed into a corner of Japanese with Japan World, where you can immerse yourself in Japanese culture.
In 'Botanical Garden there will be an area dedicated to younger children in addition to the exhibition on the Brazilian artist Sandro Cleuzo.
Until March 26, 2017 the Samonà Gallery host Hanna & Barbera Artworks: Cartoons on TV, exhibition of precious original tables.
Padua: exclusive headquarters of Manga in Italy
The exhibition presents for the first time in Italy a reasoned path on the presence of Italian places and settings in the vast manga production.
From the time of the Roman Empire to the Venice of the future, through the Renaissance and the post-war period up to the present day. There are many manga that have set their stories in Italy. Jojo, Thermae Romae, Cestvs, Master Keaton. The attention paid to Italy by many highly successful and quality manga has contributed to spreading interest in our history and identity in Asia. They touched on aspects ranging from art, to sport, to food. From Caesar by Fuyumi Soryo ad Art by Kei Ohkubo, from Gantz by Hiroya Oku a I Am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa. Manga in Italy offers an overview of the main themes and works of this 'special' genre of Japanese comics.
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the publishers Star Comics, Panini Comics, J-POP, Kappalab, Ren Books.
Padua: from Caffè Pedrocchi to street food
You cannot say that you have been to Padua if you have not lived some experiences related to the ritual of the aperitif, indispensable for any from Padua. The first is it spritzer, or better I sprinted, as it is called in dialect. It is now widespread all over the world. But in its most classic formula it originated in Padua in 1919.
The historical place to taste it is among the stuccos and golds of the famous Pedrocchi coffee. Since 1831 Casa dei Padovani and reign of the students who, on February 8, 1848, gave life to the insurrectional uprisings. The hole from an Austrian bullet is still visible in the hall wall.
Regarding the refreshment, a jump in is mandatory Piazza della Frutta at Folperia, for the leprechaun by Massimiliano and Barbara Schiavon. These are baby octopus boiled for half an hour in water, salt and bay leaf, left to rest in hot pots and served with parsley sauce, oil, pepper and lemon juice. An award-winning delight like best street food 2015.
The two bars on either side of the Palazzo della Ragione: National, famous for its cabbage sandwiches served slightly warm and the Osei Bar, famous for sandwiches with porchetta.
