Motor Valley Fest returns to Modena May 2-5

The date is set for the Emilia Romagna Motor Valley Festival, in Modena, UNESCO capital of Italy's Motor Valley, between May 2 and 5.

The sixth edition of Motor Valley Fest will once again be a great outdoor motor festival, a weekend open to everyone, not only to true fans of Italian motor history and excellence.

A long weekend to discover the places where the fastest motorcycles in the world are "born," to touch Italian motoring excellence, to experience a series of events dedicated to Italian automotive professionals.

A rich calendar of events including:

• MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS
• CONFERENCES AND ROUND TABLES
• EXPOS AND PARADES
• DRIVING TESTS
• THEMED MEETINGS
• EVENTS (even for families)

Do not miss the Innovation & Talents format, the networking area dedicated to talents, start-ups and the university world, with talent talks and round table discussions where developments and the future of the automotive sector will be discussed, the place where automotive companies meet young university students from all over Italy and from universities around the world.

Keep that weekend free.

To get an idea of what to expect, find out what happened at the fifth annual Motor Valley Fest.

Extraordinary Cultural Reopenings

In Emilia-Romagna, in November, three important cultural locations will reopen: 

• the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta in Parma, after a long 6-year renovation, on Nov. 10 became that huge encyclopedic museum again thanks to the reopenings of the Archaeological Museum and the Bodoni Museum (the oldest printing museum in Italy)
• the Pinacoteca Civica in Cento (FE) opens its doors wide again on Saturday, Nov. 25, 11 years after the earthquake hit Emilia in 2012 with a major exhibition dedicated to the master of Italian Baroque art
• the Cinema Modernissimo, the early 20th-century cinema in the heart of Bologna's Piazza Maggiore, an underground treasure chest, a journey through time and the beauty of a space that has no equal under one of the buildings that symbolizes Bologna's 20th-century modernity, Palazzo Ronzani - celebrates its reopening with no less than 10 days of inaugural programming through Nov. 30.

3 more reasons to visit the Art Cities of Emilia-Romagna.

The Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, a silver medal winner at Wiki Loves Monuments 2023

The world's largest digital photo contest in this 2023 edition had planned a special religious buildings section, and Emilia Romagna won the silver medal with this beautiful shot inside the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna by Francescomarraccini.

If you have already visited Ravenna you are familiar with the magnificence of the place but if you haven't what are you waiting for?

Ravenna is known as the City of Mosaics and this Basilica is just one of the monuments in which to admire this spectacular decoration.

The Basilica of San Vitale is one of eight monuments of the city that have been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site  in 1996, among the most important paleo-Christian art in Italy and the world. 

Don't miss the chance to visit it soon, perhaps during the upcoming holidays; admission can also be booked online at the official website.