The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio Concept is a lightning strike from the future
The newest, most outrageous, “super extreme” idea from Lamborghini is a box. Well, metaphorically. The Italian supercar giant unveiled a new slice of its future today with the Terzo Millennio, an electric hypercar concept with some really bold ideas under its hood. But the Terzo Millennio is more than just a beautiful (and for now, completely stati...
La Casa Museo di Joe Petrosino di Padula selezionata tra le migliori opere digitali europee
La Casa Museo di Joe Petrosino è stata selezionata tra le 10 opere digitali Europee che saranno presentate al meeting dell’European Network Association che si volgerà il prossimo 6 dicembre a Milano presso il Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica alla presenza del Ministro dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo Dario Franceschini. European...
This Sci-Fi Triumph Custom Bike Is An Italian Dream Machine
It looks like it's been ridden straight out of a sci-fi movie. This stealth black stripped back cafe racer though is very much the real thing. The Tripla 0.0 675 cc was built by the bike fanatics at Italian Dream Motorcycle as a strictly limited- edition model. This radical bike is the latest in a line of customised Triumph Street Triples to emerge...
The legendary beauty of Lake Tovel
Up to just fifty years ago, the waters of Lake Tovel – in the Non Valley, in the province of Trento – used to turn red in the summer. People – who’ve come here at almost 2,000 meters of altitude since Antiquity – of course came up with a famous legend to explain the phenomenon. They say the queen of Ragoli, Tresenga, refused the matrimonial pursuit...
Europa Teams with Italian Indie to Open Rome Bookstore
Europa Editions, a U.S. publisher known its focus on literature in translation, is partnering to open an English-language bookstore in Rome. The new bookstore comes about through a partnership between Europa and its parent company, the Italian publisher Edizioni E/O, and the Italian independent bookstore Altroquando. The new store, named Otherwise,...
The Barberini Tomb opens to the public
In the Archaeological Park of the Ancient Appian Way is the monumental Corneli Sepulcher, better known as Barberini Tomb, after the princely family that last owned the estate where this 2nd-century funerary complex rises. On one side of Via Latina, which runs along a row of Rome’s slender pines, this brick temple stands out, intact, since the times...
What Kind of Taxes Apply If I Buy an Italian Vineyard for Pleasure?
Q: I’m an American who wants to buy a small vineyard in Italy to try my hand at winemaking, purely as a hobby. What kind of taxes should I expect to pay? Broadly speaking, you should expect to pay registration fees, mortgage tax and cadastral tax, said Adriana Maria Ruggeri, founder of Coco Ruggeri Law & Associates in Denver, Colorado, with offices...
Nuovo Console USA a Milano: Sala e Maroni incontrano Elizabeth Lee Martinez
"È stato un incontro molto cordiale, nel corso del quale abbiamo riconfermato i rapporti di stretta amicizia che ci legano agli Stati Uniti d'America". Così il Presidente della Regione Lombardia, Roberto Maroni, che questa mattina - insieme al vice-Presidente, Fabrizio Sala - ha ricevuto nel suo ufficio, a Palazzo Lombardia, Elizabeth Lee Martinez,...
Bulgari’s state-of-the-art factory in Piedmont reflects the company’s shining future
Spring is beginning to green the rolling Piedmontese hills as we make our way down the auto strada from Milan.Thi s is familiar country – I spent long stretches of my childhood here, among the wide fields and castle towns, the Alps a constant backdrop of crags and snow. Now, though, I’m here for a glimpse of the future that is also a window into th...
Seletti homewares: the provocative opposite of good taste
At the recent Maison & Objet design fair in Paris, muted olives hues and fleshy pink tones ran rife. Nests of circular coffee tables came endlessly grouped in threes. Brass detailing abounded. In fact, everything was so pleasantly on trend that little was truly compelling, let alone engaging or amusing. Until, that is, I stumbled across the Seletti...
Series Championships Decided in Imola for Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America
As the late season, final rounds 11 and 12 for the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America competitors kicked off this week in Imola, Italy, they were welcomed to the beautiful Italian countryside by unusually cold temperatures and of all things, snow. Needless to say, the snowfall and inclement weather put a damper on the week's proceedings and mos...
Italian Food E-Commerce Sector Sees 43% Growth In 2017
The Italian food e-commerce sector is worth €849 million in 2017, or 4% of the total of the Italian digital commerce market, a new study has found. In addition, this sector registered an impressive growth rate of 43% this year, compared to 2016 volumes, reports news agency Ansa. The findings were released during the Netcomm Focus Food conference,...