Presidential couple visited Italy

First Lady of Slovakia Mrs. Silvia Gašparovičová along with President Ivan Gašparovič takes part at the working visit in Italy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.

During the ladies´ program on 2 June 2011 visited Mrs. Gašparovičová the monographic exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto. The hostess of the First Ladies, spouse of the President of the Italian Republic Mrs. Clio Napolitano, welcomed the First Ladies in beautiful historic area of the Scuderia del Quirinale (former stabling of the Palace Quirinale) in Rome. Besides the Slovak First Lady arrived more than 40 spouses of heads of states to visit Italy, among them Russia’s First Lady Mrs. Svetlana Medvedev and husband of the President of Finland.

Mrs. Silvia Gašparovičová together with other First Ladies viewed the overview of art production of this extraordinary renaissance artist. Original installation of the exhibition in exposure halls enables the perception of vivid images from places of birth where Lorenzo Lotto lived and worked (Bergamo, Marche, Veneto), as well as from museums around the world – from Louvre, through the National Gallery in London, Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, to the Metropolitan Museum in New York and National Gallery in Washington.

The presidential couple will attend today the evening concert of classical music and the festive dinner. In the past First Lady of Slovakia and Mrs. Clio Napolitano had the opportunity to discuss together during the one-day working visit of the Italian presidential couple in Slovakia in April 2011.