Casa Verona - eventi marzo 2026

The Olympic journey of Verona begins at Casa Verona, a new community space, in Palazzina 20 of the Arsenal, which will host the Olympic Village until March 29, 2026, where sports, culture, and community meet without physical and temporal barriers.

A narrative path that reflects and reinterprets the symbolic stages of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, with exhibitions, talks, workshops, music, shows, installations, interactive spaces: each area, from maxi-walls to experiential paths, is designed to make the experience inclusive, contemporary, and engaging.

The event program:

Sunday, March 1

11:00 “Excellence and eudaimonia – the values of sport and studies on the impact of reading”

With Dr. Krystyna Wieszczek de Oliveira, researcher of the European project “LIFE – Literature for Empowerment” at Columbia University in New York and the University of Verona.
A brief overview of the history of the modern Olympic Games will be presented, which were born as a laboratory of excellence not only in sports but also in the arts, inspired by the Greek ideal of harmony between body and mind.

17:00 “Buzzati and the mountain: ‘Are they real or is it a dream?’”

Curated by Maria Teresa Ferrari in collaboration with the Buzzati Foundation. 
With the participation of Paolo Valerio, actor and director. 
Readings, videos, and images narrate the great love that Dino Buzzati (1906-1972) had for the mountain.

18:30 Silvia Ortombina - Tiny Idols

Costume Director of the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Paralympics.
Intervention by Gianmarco Pacione, Content Editor of Athleta Magazine.
Event in collaboration with Athleta Magazine.

Throughout the period of the Olympic Village, a Permanent Exhibition dedicated to the sports drawings of Bruno Prosdocimi will be open for visits.