VENUE

ROME, THE ETERNAL CITY (ed. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)

It is said that a city can be described through a single panorama, a color, a scent, an object or an idea, and it is precisely these nuances, imperceptible and evanescent, that sometimes turn into indelible memories such as in Rome.

Rome’s imposing monuments, hundreds of churches and spectacular fountains define its marvelous profile and make it the city with the highest concentration of historical, archaeological and architectural heritage in the world, with more than 16% of the world’s cultural heritage and 70% of Italy’s. Its historic center, delimited by the perimeter of the Aurelian walls, is a superimposition of testimonies of almost three millennia.

Over the centuries, Rome has been masterfully recounted by poets and writers and beautifully depicted in the works of great artists. The Eternal City envelops those who arrive there with a pleasant “Rome sickness” that does not dissipate, and it is no coincidence that IcGSM 2023 will be back to Caput Mundi, because in Rome, in the words of Goethe, everything is as it was imagined and everything is new.