2009 Mediterranean Games presented to the victims of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, occurred in the region of Abruzzo on 6 April 2009; Italian flag was carried by the Italian Special Forces, "who were the first to arrive in L’Aquila". The ceremony featured a special performance by the Italian Air Force. Italian musician and singer-songwriter Eros Ramazzotti sang "L'orizzonte" from his 2009 studio album "Ali e radici". The main attraction of the ceremony was the "Water Ceremony". The "water journey" took place through the villages most stricken by the earthquake and ended at the stadium. The programme for the Pescara Games included 24 sports
Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art Manuscript Revealed" (2010, M-Museum of Leuven) and "Rogier van der Weyden 1400/1464 – Master of Passions" (2009, M-Museum of Leuven) In addition, the research centre publishes four in-house publications: "Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts", "Art and Religion", "Studies in Iconology", and "Iconologies". Illuminare also produces exhibition catalogues and colloquium proceedings. In 2017, the Royal Flemish Academy for Sciences and the Arts bestowed the whole Illuminare team with the annual Science Communication Prize, in recognition of the exhibition "In Search of Utopia." Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art KU Leuven,