Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Italy

Participating countries Italy will do it again! Italian Wikipedians announce their participation for the fifth time in the largest photo contest in the world, Wiki Loves Monuments. Users are invited to take pictures of cultural heritage monuments, then, during the month of September, upload their best shots in Wikimedia Commons. You have pictures of monuments stalled in your computer since your last trip? This is a great opportunity to give them a second life in this Wiki Loves Monuments contest. In addition to being seen by everyone, your pictures could be included in Wikipedia and contribute to the preservation of Italian's cultural and historical heritage. Freely licensed photos collected through Wiki Loves Monuments may also be reused elsewhere than in Wikipedia. Photos may have been taken at any time. The key criteria to be eligible for the contest are that they are to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in September 2016... and that they have been taken by you, of course! Combine the pleasant and the useful There is no minimum age to participate, and there is no participation fee. Besides WLM being a competition, it is first a fun activity, ideal for families. The competition also allows us to inform our cultural heritage, while improving our photographic talents! Team The people interested to help organize the contest are : Cristian Cenci (WMIT) (talk) Yiyi (Dimmi!) Nvitucci (talk) Saverio.G (talk) Luigi Catalani (talk) Ste.caneva (talk) Camelia (talk) All actions to organize the contest are coordinated through mail to contattiwikilovesmonuments.it or cristian.cenciwikimedia.it. Your help is welcome! Related articles Wiki Loves Monuments on Wikipedia Italy participates in Wiki Loves Monuments 2016. The national contest in Italy is being organized within the Italian-speaking Wikipedia at Progetto:Wiki Loves Monuments 2016.

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote historic sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate. There are a lot of historic monuments in all participating countries. The goal of Wiki Loves Monuments is to encourage people to take pictures of those monuments, and to put them under a free licence so that others may access them through the Internet. To achieve that, an international contest will take place in September 2016. This page introduces the Italian part of this competition. In September, you may upload as many picture as you want of monuments that you have visited. Pictures don't have to be taken in September, but must be uploaded that month to be considered. At the end of the month, the contest jury will begin evaluating the photographs and will choose the best 10 pictures of the monuments in Italy, and ultimately in the world. Upload your photos in September How to participate Step 1: Find monuments in your locality. Check: are they in the lists of the monuments? Note the monument ID! Step 2: Make photos of the monuments. Make as much and as good photos of as many monuments as you can. link=: Step 3: Classify your photos: which ID belongs to which monument? Step 4: Upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons from 1 to 30 September.

Wikigite

Attend Wikigite, guided tours to discover the monuments participating in the competition!
You will photograph the monuments in the company of other photographers, Wikipedians, and expert guides.

Every detail about locations, dates and any other information is available on the official website in the section Events 2016.

Winning photos

See also the finalists of national contest

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  Sala Almeyda - Archivio Storico Comunale - Palermo
  Photograph: EnricoRubicondo
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Tramonto ai Trepponti - Trepponti - Comacchio
  Photograph: Nbisi
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Gelida alba silente - Lago di Pediluco - Terni
  Photograph: D_mosca
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  O' presepe - Chiesa di Santa Maria De' Armeniis - Matera
  Photograph: Crispino87
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Arena "Ciccio Franco" - Arena dello Stretto - Reggio Calabria
  Photograph: Aldo_Antonio_Fiorenza
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Luci al tramonto - Castello di Torrechiara - Langhirano
  Photograph: Lara_zanarini
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Sala del Nuti - Biblioteca Malatestiana - Cesena
  Photograph: Boschettim65
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Panorama della Rocca - Rocca Malatestiana - Brisighella
  Photograph: Paolo_forconi
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Sunbean in Fountain - Giardino inglese - Palermo
  Photograph: Cristiano_Drago
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  Manifestazione di beneficenza - Piazza Maggiore - Bologna
  Photograph: Ugeorge
  Licensing: CC-BY-SA-4.0

Special and local contests

• Special awards from sponsors and partners
• I "monumenti stellati" dell'Emilia-Romagna
• Wiki Loves Basilicata
• Wiki Loves Lombardia
• Wiki Loves Piemonte
• Wiki Loves Tirreno Cosentino
• Wiki Loves Toscana
• Wiki Loves Trentino