BY: Kenneth Bachor and Gaia Squarci
Well, this is surely another way to get your daily dose of vitamin C. For hundreds of years, the Northern Italian city of Ivrea, about an hour and 20 minutes west of Milan, has held an annual three-day event, called the Carnival of Ivrea. Its main attraction is the Battle of the Oranges, which has become one of the world’s largest food fights.
Though there are different accounts of its origin story, this ritual calls back to the fall of an oppressive ruler who controlled the city during the Middle Ages, according to legend. Supposedly, when the despised leader was overthrown, locals pelted stones at his castle, leading to its destruction. For years, this event would be commemorated in Ivrea and since the 1800s, oranges symbolize the stones thrown during the reenactment.
SOURCE: https://www.buzzfeednews.com
Two doctors on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean have set up their own international ex...
The Italian language has had more of an impact on me than anything else in my life so far....
Lovers of the Venice Carnival know it means masks and costumes, but also tasty delicacies...
On a summer trip to Piedmont in Italy, Seattle-based filmmaker Will Miceli fell in love wi...
Truffle fairs and truffle hunting tours have attracted some 120,000 visitors to Italy this...
Lent begins next Wednesday but the Italian community of Youngstown celebrated their own Ma...
Paolina Grassi, 97, is the sole inhabitant of an abandoned Alpine hamlet in northern Italy...
"When the silence in the streets may seem deafening, music continues to dictate trends and...