NEW YORK, March 5 - After 25 years of research, an Italian scholar has
cracked the secret code to Michelangelo's work.
Dr. Angelo Boccardelli will announce his discovery of "The Michelangelo
Code" at a series of conferences, open to the press, March 14, 15 and 16 in
New York.

This influential Italian artist, diplomat and scholar of renaissance art
will demonstrate, with historic documents and a slide presentation, a new
way to read the work of Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the greatest
renaissance artists.

"The Da Vinci code has awakened interest in finding the inner meaning, the
secret information, other messages hidden in works of art. The result of my
research, will shed light and will open doors to a new way to understand
Michelangelo and any other great master," says Dr. Boccardelli, the
President of Fondazione Giacomo Maria Ugolini-Ambasciatore, an international
free university devoted to the study of the mystery of man and the
development of human potential.

Boccardelli's foundation is based in the Republic of San Marino, and in
Monteporzio Catone, just 20 minutes outside Rome, at Villa Vecchia
www.villavecchia.it.

Villa Vecchia, a patrician villa, dates to before 1575 when the Farnese
Family purchased it and commissioned Vignola, one of the greatest Italian
architects of 16th century Mannerism, to restore it. Once a retreat of Pope
Gregorious XIII and the Farnese, it is now a four-star, 95-room hotel where
international art lovers spend quality time attending seminars led by top
Italian experts.

Boccardelli says that Villa Vecchia schedules seminars on Michelangelo and
the Italian Renaissance. "Our guests, who are art enthusiasts, appreciate
our programs that are tailored both for discerning art lovers and for
artists who may have yet to discover their own talents. We offer great
programs, great food, great fun at surprisingly affordable price".

PRESS NOTE: Dr. Boccardelli is in New York from March 13 to 21 and is
available for interviews: please schedule by calling Ms. Anna Maria De Medici
212-780-7526. Following is a schedule of when and where the press
conferences will be held. Please let Ms.De Medici know by return email if you
plan to attend one of these. Her email is itamnet@aol.com

March 14
5:30 pm
Italian Government Tourist Board
630 Fifth Avenue Suite 1565
brazzini@italiantourism.com

March 15
5:30 pm
Italy America Chamber of Commerce
730 Fifth Avenue Suite 600
info@italchamber.org

March 16
11 am
Italian American Museum
28 West 44th Street, 17th Floor
Maria Fosco 212.541.1021





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