Festival del Viaggio
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The Festival del Viaggio (in English: Travel festival) is an annual cultural festival held each June in different locations In Italy mostly Pisa or Florence[1] (amongst other location were also Viareggio[2] or Palermo.[3]) The festival features a vast array of conferences, exhibitions, concerts, movies, and documentaries about traveling.[4] It also organizes workshops on writing and photography about travel, in collaborations with the University of Pisa and the province of Florence. It was the first of its kind in Italy.[5]
The festival was founded in 2006 by writer Alessandro Agostinelli,[6] who is the current director.[7][8][9][10]
In 2009 Festival del Viaggio won the "Brand New Italian Festival Award" in Bologna.[11] In 2010 the festival presented a walk in the Florentine sky: the tightrope walker Andrea Loreni walked on the wire 50 meters high over Piazza della Signoria, entering into the Palazzo Vecchio.[12] In 2011 festival organized a photo contest about honeymoons all over the world, in collaborations with the weekly magazine L'Espresso and the daily newspaper La Repubblica.[13] In 2018 the Festival del Viaggio conceived and realized the plan of the 'Passeggiata Jodorowski',[14] a walk at dawn amongst the most important Florentine monuments going always straight and never turning (inspired by Alejandro Jodorowski's idea). In September 2019 Viareggio was chosen as an additional seat.[15][16]
The 2020 edition was postponed to September and featured more open-air and online events.[17][18]
The 2025 edition took place at Palazzo Blu[10]
