NNA – Tripoli - Within the framework of the annual week dedicated to Italian cuisine in the world, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon organized today a food tasting event celebrating Italian recipes in the city of Tripoli.
The activity, which took place at the “CROP” restaurant, was an opportunity for the attending guests - mostly Italian-speaking Lebanese who live in the north region - to sample some of the traditional Italian dishes distinguished by their simple and authentic ingredients and their ability to create networks of solidarity and mechanisms of sharing, thus creating an atmosphere of intimacy and joy.
To crown this northern day, par excellence, which the Italian Embassy wished to dedicate entirely to the city of Tripoli, an exhibition of photographs on Arab-Norman architecture in Palermo was inaugurated at the premises of “Al Azm Cultural Center”.
In her delivered word on the occasion, Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, Nicoletta Bombardieri, thanked the embassy’s coordinator in Tripoli, Mrs. Christina Foti, and the attending guests and members of the Italian Embassy in Tripoli for ensuring the success of this event, stressing that this is "the best evidence of Italy's interest and attachment to this city."
She added: "All of Lebanon has gone through very difficult days, especially the city of Tripoli, so we, as an embassy, have the intention to organize more activities for the city and its people, by encouraging the establishment of small companies and businesses between Lebanon and Italy."
The Italian Ambassador continued to emphasize that “although Lebanon is going through very tough times, we must not forget the culture, which we ought not consider as a luxury for a few people, but as a need to define our identity, and this is the subject of the exhibition that we see today at Al Azm Cultural Center - Art House...The images that you see indicate a succession of many civilizations in Sicily, similar to the civilizations that followed in Lebanon, and these civilizations left their mark in Sicily as in Lebanon.”
She added: “Here, we witness the Arab architecture found in Tripoli and in the city of Palermo in Sicily. Therefore, we see similarities between Italy and Lebanon, and we will seek to strengthen everything that unites them, and we will be present as in the past, in the present and in the future.”
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