Italian 'digital tourism' worth 11.2 bn (2)
The Italian travel market, including the expenditure of foreign tourists, will be worth over 55 billion euros this year, up 4% with respect to 2016, according to data presented by Milan Polytechnic's School of Management at the TTG Incontri fair in Rimini. It said tourism arranged via digital channels was the driving force of the rise. It said the...
Fine Art Auction Fundraiser: Act now to own Destino by Maestro Ennio Bencini
Tuscan artist Ennio Bencini has generously donated his painting, Destino, to Friends of San Filippino to help raise funds to restore Oratorio San Filippino. This inspirational mixed-media piece is available exclusively on our online auction site. All proceeds will go toward the restoration project. Destino, an uplifting pittoscultura (painting and...
This is Italy, Parts Unknown: a charity dinner to support Umbria
Within the busy schedule of This is Italy, Parts Unknown (New York, October 31st-November 2nd), the Guggenheim Museum will host a Gala Charity Dinner dedicated to Umbria. The Charity dinner – taking place on November 2nd – will serve as a chance to collect money for Umbria, the Italian region heavily affected by the devastating earthquake of Octobe...
Al via progetto “Gustoso”, c’è anche Cascio: “La Sicilia mi è entrata nel cuore”
E’ stato presentato questa mattina nell’aula consiliare di Palazzo delle Aquile il nuovo progetto “Gustoso”, ideato per mettere in rete i valori culturali della filiera agroalimentare siciliana e sostenere la produzione di qualità e la consapevolezza alimentare. “Con il brand Gustoso – spiega Daniele Cipollina founder Gustoso Sicilian Food Excellen...
Milionario emigrato in America dona una strada a Cinisi: inaugurata via Butera
Quattro mesi fa l'annuncio del sindaco Giangiacomo Palazzolo: "Ad ottobre una nuova via collegherà il centro abitato di Cinisi a Piano Peri. Porterà il nome di chi ha reso possibile l'opera, Paolo Butera, cinisense emigrato in America dove ha fatto fortuna che ha deciso di finanziarla". Promessa rispettata: stamattina la strada è stata inaugurata....
Remembering a Hero
Salvo D'Acquisto was born in Naples on October 15th, 1920. In 1939, during the Fascist epoch, he voluntarily enlisted in the Carabinieri, which was at the time the first corps of the Italian army in addition to military/federal police (Gendarmerie). A year later, shortly before the start of the Second World War, he was dispatched to Libya with the...
The Shameful Story, emigranti italiani in America
Scava nelle pieghe della memoria della prima Grande Emigrazione degli italiani nel continente americano The Shameful Story | La Storia Vergognosa film documentario di Nella Condorelli, attualmente in lavorazione. Erano in maggioranza siciliani, quelli che partivano, un'epopea passata alla storia come il più grande movimento di popoli nell'Europa de...
Italy's Amatrice put on list of world's most endangered heritage
The town of Amatrice, all but destroyed in a earthquake last year, has been added to a list of the world’s most endangered heritage sites. Amatrice, in central Italy, is one of 25 at-risk sites on the 2018 World Monuments Watch. Compiled by the World Monuments Fund, the list aims to highlight heritage that is in danger of being lost to natural, eco...
Italy Is Making Some of the Best Damn Beer in the World
Italy, though it is shaped like a boot, is not a natural vessel for beer. Italians drink wine, and the politicians — because they, too, drink wine, but also own fields of grapes that make it – are particularly vicious about the tax rate on breweries. But the biggest hurdle for Italy’s brewers is the simple fact that its drinking culture is inherent...
Welcome to Naples: The city that eats, sleeps and breathes football
Walking down Naples' narrow streets, they say you can taste football. Mix with the Neapolitan people, the fans, the shopkeepers and you can feel the city lives football. "If you see a 90-year-old lady in Naples, she is a supporter of the team," one local taxi driver tells Copa90. "Every young player who plays football here dreams of putting on the...
Brunello Cucinelli awarded for restoring a medieval village in Umbria
The Italian famous fashion entrepreneur Brunello Cucinelli has just been given the Community and Social Justice Award during the Green Carpet event, organized by the Italian Chamber of Fashion in Milan at the end of September. The prize acknowledges those business who embrace sustainable production and the reduction of environmental footprint. Cuc...
Spiedini, speducci and arrosticini!
Spiedini, speducci and arrosticini: let’s talk about the difference… Or not! Let’s face it, they all lead to the same thing - little morsels of meat cooked over charcoal which imparts a flavour that for a quick second makes you feel as though you’re strolling the old brick streets of Italy! These three words are terms given to ‘skewers’ in Italian....