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Inside the Palace of King Truffle (Nel Palazzo del Re Tartufo)
Staff Writer - September 23, 2003

The 73rd National Festival of White Truffle, which will take place from October 3 to 26, 2003, in Alba, Piedmont, features a special presentation created by Bologna-based Istituto Graf and Mango's Studio Letizia – Art Design. They have created a truly spectacular show combining multi medil technology with traditional forms of communication. 

	King Truffle image by Humphrey Jamphrey

The main theme, "Inside the Palace of King Truffle" (Nel Palazzo del Re Tartufo), is the result of the combined effort of writer Giordano Berti and interior designer Letizia Rivetti, with the support of Alberto Cirio, vice mayor of Alba and president of the Ente Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco d’Alba (National Alba White Truffle Festival Board); Mauro Carbone, director of the Centro Nazionale di Studi sul Tartufo (National Center for Truffle Research); and Maria Antonietta Stoico, coordinator of the Istituto Graf.

For the event, Palazzo delle Mostre e dei Congressi (Show and Conference Palace) will be transformed in a dream-like place halfway between Heaven and Earth, where His Majesty "Tuber Magnatum Pico", or the King of Good Eating. Inside this timeless labyrinth, visitors will be suspended between legend and chronicle, science and the marketplace, art and poetry, music and seductive perfumes, that will linger in the visitor's memory long after the event is over.

For information
Istituto Graf: Tel. 051.562863 
Ente Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco d’Alba:  Tel. 0173.362807

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