100% FREEItaly, a Country of Explorers — Renaissance maps and a new view of Abu Dhabi
Explore how travel accounts reshaped Renaissance maps with author Andrea di Robilant, whose book revisits the Venetian geographer Giovanni Battista Ramusio. Emanuela De Angelis then introduces My Abu Dhabi, an illustrated guide to the city’s places and neighbourhoods.
A library photograph of Giacomo Gastaldi’s map in the 1565 edition of Ramusio’s Delle navigationi et viaggi, held in Lyon. It illustrates the talk’s historical subject; this book is not advertised as being on display at the Abu Dhabi event.
Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi · Italian Cultural Institute Abu Dhabi, Al Qasbah Street, Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi
When to go
Thursday 19 November 2026, 18:30–20:30 (UAE time). Free advance RSVP is required.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Numerical age limits unpublished · confirm child suitability and presentation language · Free cultural talk · advance RSVP · language not specified
The ministry’s event page and current Eventbrite listing do not publish a numerical age restriction or child-supervision policy. No whole-family offer is claimed.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Reserve through the Italian Cultural Institute’s linked Eventbrite page. The organiser states that this event has no admission fee; confirmation and available seats remain subject to the organiser.
- This is a two-hour cultural presentation about Renaissance exploration and contemporary Abu Dhabi, with Andrea di Robilant and Emanuela De Angelis. It is not a guided city walk or a map-making workshop.
- The event’s presentation language and numerical age limits are not published. Confirm the language, child suitability and supervision before booking for children; no whole-family claim is made.
- The official event page links the institute’s building pin on Al Qasbah Street. The ticket listing provides the wider Al Bateen area; follow the institute’s own directions.
- No required book purchase or paid membership is stated. Free books, refreshments and transport are not included as free things.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 10 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
10 November 2026: The current Italian Cultural Institute page confirms 19 November, 18:30–20:30, IIC Abu Dhabi and no admission charge. Linked organiser Eventbrite data confirms a zero-priced InStock offer, ending sales on 19 November at 18:30 Dubai time. No reservation was made. Keep unknown numerical age, the presentation-language caveat and advance RSVP. The book’s historical reference to tea does not advertise free drinks.
Italian Cultural Institute Abu Dhabi — official free book-presentation programmeOrganiser’s current free Eventbrite RSVP
Official institute location, linked from the event page
Photo: Numelyo / Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP, retaining the complete library photograph and original proportions.