Benedetta Orsi & Friends - 4th Annual Christmas Concert
When: Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 7:30 PM CST - Where: Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France 209 Walnut Street St. Louis, MO 63102 The St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities proudly invites you to its 4th Annual Italian Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7.30 PM. The concert will be held at the magnificent Basilica of St Louis (The Old Cathed...
12 Reasons to Visit Naples, Italy
Yes, I know your objections to Naples. “But the crime!” you point out. Perhaps you mumble something about piles of garbage. We who know her counter with, “But she is a diamond in the rough!”So let’s let the camera speak, because the verbal argument is long and tedious. Consider Vesuvius You can’t miss the volcano when you are in Naples. Like the ci...
Siena Italian Restaurant Prepares for 2022 Holiday Party Bookings in Both Restaurant and Banquet Room
Siena Italian Authentic Trattoria and Deli located at 9500 W. Sahara Ave in Las Vegas is preparing for one of their busiest times of the year – the holiday season. Siena Italian is now booking the beautifully appointed banquet room, as well as, reserving large table areas in the restaurant for corporate office parties or groups of friends and famil...
The best hikes in Italy explore Alpine highs and Amalfi skies
From the cliff-hanging trails of Amalfi to the colossal granite spires of the Dolomites, volcano climbs in Sicily to hikes deep into the heart of the flower-freckled Apennines, Italy is a boot made for walking. Here are eight of the best hikes in Italy, with top tips on how to tackle them. What you need to know about hiking in ItalyThe best season...
Cincinnati Parks working to replace Eden Park's stolen Capitoline Wolf Statue
Months after Eden Park's Capitoline Wolf Statue was stolen, Cincinnati Parks is working to replace it. The statue — a gift from the City of Rome and Benito Mussolini in 1931 — was hacked off and stolen away in June, leaving Romulus and Remus behind. The thieves cut through the wolf's paws and removed the wolf as the paws remained attached to the pe...
Three innovative vertical farming projects in Italy
Generally, a vertical farm is a building that houses an entire agri-food chain: production, transformation, sale and human consumption. However, in most cases, vertical farms are defined as buildings that only accommodate production and transformation, which follow the principles of mass production lines: the aim of the structures, in fact, is to p...
Mount Olive: the Home of the “Fratelli Beretta” where Cured Meats Are Born
Leaving New York City and arriving in Mount Olive is like traveling through time. No longer are the wide city streets or tall skyscrapers interrupting the landscape. There is only open countryside, a lake and a few mountains in the distance. It is in this healthy air that Beretta built his company, where they make salami, prosciutto, coppe and mort...
Listen to the new episode of Visit Italy's new podcast: Amalfi Coast like a local
The protagonist of the new podcast signed Visit Italy is the Amalfi Coast: Christie Peruso, Italian-American presenter and radio speaker, will guide you to discover this enchanting place like a local. The original audio content released today Friday, November 25 will take you by the hand accompanying you step by step through one of the most beautif...
Battisti Lodge to celebrate dynamic member
The Cesare Battisti Lodge #27 of the Italian Sons and Daughters in America will honor Jon Biancardi as Member of the Year on Dec. 10 at the lodge’s clubhouse, Villa Cesare, in Schererville, Indiana. The grandson and son of lodge members, Biancardi serves on the board of directors and has spearheaded several new initiatives. In 2017, he launched an...
Cefalù, city of cinema
Filming for some scenes of the eight-part TV series, directed by director Paolo Genovese and based on the first chapter of the Florios' saga "I Leoni di Sicilia," the best seller by Stefania Auci published by Editrice Nord, ended a few weeks ago in Cefalù. "The Lions of Sicily," which will air on Disney+, is the story of the Florio family. Brothers...
Caioti Pizza Café
CAIOTI PIZZA CAFÉ IS ONE pizza joint that isn’t known for that dish at all. In fact, chef Ed LaDou’s claim to fame is an accidental “miracle” food. In 1993, a pregnant woman well overdue came in and ordered the café’s Romaine and Watercress salad. The next day, she went into labor. Believing the salad was the cause, she recommended the restaurant t...
Wanderlust of the ancients
Deep in the south of Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile facing the historic capital Thebes, stand two 60-foot-tall statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century BCE). By the time the Romans annexed Egypt in 30 BCE, these colossi were an ancient remnant of the grandeur of the pharaoh’s mortuary temple, doomed by the Nile’s floodwaters, that th...