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Puglia is confirmed first in Italy, for the second consecutive year, for bathing water quality (99 percent excellent), followed by Sardinia (97.6 percent) and Tuscany (96 percent). This is what emerges from the control and monitoring work conducted by the National System for Environmental Protection, the network that coordinates the various regiona...

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Why go to the Gargano? I never tire of a trip to the Gargano penninsula in Puglia. In some ways this little bump on Italy's boot represents the Italy of "how it was", the one we remember in our hearts from the boom years of the 50s and early 60s, when the work was hard and the living was easy, and the music that told the story flowed from America t...

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The crystal clear waters of these five islets of the Gargano (Apulia) attract thousands of tourists every year, fascinated by the natural and wild beauty of the place. Set like diamonds in front of the so-called spur of Italy, the Tremiti Islands are a continuous discovery. Let’s know them more closely. The Tremiti archipelago is located at the nor...

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Perched on a cliff on the Gargano promontory of Puglia, Vieste is a great summer destination. The town has been awarded the Blue Flag by the Foundation for Environmental Education several times thanks to the quality of its waters, part of the Gargano National Park. Vieste's most known site is Pizzomunno, a vertical rocky monolith standing at 25 m (...

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As an Italian Enthusiast, my quest has always been to experience authentic Italian culture. If I had the choice to spend an evening at a well-known commercial vineyard in Tuscany for a fancy wine tasting, versus an evening at a local’s apartment in a small Pugliese city where homemade wine is served, I would choose the latter option (at least most...

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Pubblico e privato insieme, come spesso avviene, per ribadire e rilanciare l’impegno contro la diffusa cultura dell’illegalità. Stavolta, però, nel nome e nel ricordo del grande Joe Petrosino, il primo poliziotto italoamericano che si oppose a Cosa Nostra, pagando con la vita.  L’Università di Foggia e Patto Consulting Impresa Sociale, in collabora...

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Like its better-known counterpart in Monte Sant’Angelo, the Santuario Grotta di San Michele, or Grotto Church of Saint Michael (also known as Saint Michael’s Cave), is dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, who features prominently in the sacred cavern. On the floor of the cave is the main altar, featuring a statue of the Archangel. Behind the a...

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Il sindaco di Foggia Franco Landella ha accolto, questa mattina, a Palazzo di Città, Monsignor Carlo Montecalvo, già Pastore presso la chiesa di Our Lady of Grace a Johnston (Rhode Island, U.S.A.) e attualmente Pastore alla chiesa di St. Sebastian di Providence (Rhode Island, U.S.A.), uno dei promotori dei rapporti di gemellaggio che si sono strett...

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Johnston State Rep. Stephen Ucci sat at a small table inside the packed Young Pannese Society Club last Wednesday evening with a satisfied smile on his face. The Johnston native exchanged pleasantries with Msgr. Carlo Montecalvo of St. Sebastian’s in Providence and Don Mimmo Guida, the Pastor from Panni Foggia, Italy and raised his wine glass as a...

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Obituary from Campbell Funeral Home. Filomena (Gesualdi) Zelano, 89, beloved wife of the late Luigi Zelano, died Monday, March 9, 2015 at Beverly Hospital.   Born in Panni Foggia, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Carlo and Maria (Calitri) Gesualdi. She was raised in Italy and immigrated to the United States in 1960, settling in Beverl...

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