{"id":349,"date":"2017-12-07T19:36:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/inserra-chair\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:11:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T17:11:18","slug":"short-video-contest-for-students-adopt-an-italian-unesco-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/inserra-chair\/events\/2015-16-events\/short-video-contest-for-students-adopt-an-italian-unesco-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Video Contest for Students: Adopt an Italian UNESCO site"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies<\/a> housed in the Italian Program (Department of Spanish and Italian) at 精品成人福利在线 University is pleased to announce a student video contest about Italy’s World Heritage. The country has the greatest number of UNESCO sites in the world<\/a>, including Venice and its lagoon, Leonardo’s The Last Supper<\/em> at Santa Maria delle Grazie Church in Milan, the volcano Etna, and Pompei along with other 47 sites for a total of 51, not including six intangible elements. This contest invites students to learn about one Italian UNESCO site, object, or tradition of their choice and to creatively illustrate it through an original audiovisual work that functions as an expression of celebration and protection towards this precious patrimony.
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CLICK HERE FOR A SELECTION OF IMAGES AND VIDEOS ON THE UNESCO SITES IN ITALY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Premise<\/strong>: U.S. college students continue to choose Italy as their Study Abroad destination, making it the most popular among the foreign-language destinations<\/a>. A good number of students who take Italian state that they are doing so in preparation for a trip to Italy. The country remains at the heart of the Grand Tour, i.e. the visit of the “Old Country” that has been considered a fundamental experience in a person’s cultural and aesthetic formation since the 1700s. Today, the lure of Italy stems in part from the fact that as a G7 country, it is a world leader in many economic sectors ranging from fashion to design – and food. Yet, Italy’s magnetic power continues to come primarily from its unparalleled heritage that includes monuments, artworks, archeological sites, entire historical centers, as well as environmental areas and even customs and traditions whose prestige and relevance is world-renowned. Much of this heritage is protected by the UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), an international institution whose mission includes the preservation of historic monuments, urban centers, and natural sites, along with traditional practices and contemporary art forms, that are deemed to be a source of identity, cohesion, knowledge, and vibrancy for societies.<\/p>\n

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