Farnesina: nuovo portale nuovo portale per i servizi consolari online
ROMA – Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri offre un nuovo strumento telematico d'avanguardia ai cittadini italiani residenti all'estero, che potranno ricevere servizi e informazioni senza doversi recare fisicamente negli uffici. Lo scorso 12 novembre è stato inaugurato in Belgio il portale dedicato ai servizi consolari on-line, SECOLI. https://serviz...
Va pensiero.. L’importanza dell’opera di Giuseppe Verdi per le comunità italo americane
Roma, 10 ottobre 2013200esimo anniversario della nascita di Giuseppe Verdi Va pensiero.. L'importanza dell'opera di Giuseppe Verdi per le comunità italoamericaneLiceo Classico e Linguistico "G. Mazzini" di Genova Nell'anno del duecentesimo ann...
Bruno Munari in the spotlight at Milan's Museo del Novecento
A 20th-Century artist, designer and graphics master, Bruno Munari is the focus of a retrospective tracing his life and work, from his first sketches and designs of the 1930s to his final experimentations of the '80s. The Museo del Novecento or Museum of the 1900s in Milan hosts the exhibition Munari politecnico until September 7, 2014, off...
Matera chosen as EU's culture capital for 2019
The city of Matera has been chosen as the European Capital of Culture for 2019, Italy's Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities Dario Franceschini announced on Friday. Matera was selected out of six cities - Cagliari, Lecce, Siena, Perugia, Ravenna, and Matera itself - that had remained on the list after a preselection. Steve Green, t...
20 Enchanting Places In Italy That Belong In Fairy Tales
From enchanted gardens to breath-taking castles, Italy has plenty of fairy tale places you absolutely have to visit at least once in your life. Swide has selected 20 of the most beautiful Italian spots, where all your dreams will come true. Sometimes when travelling around Italy you may feel like you're stepping into another world. There are p...
Gladiatori, belve e battaglie navali ecco lo spettacolo a tutto tondo di un anfiteatro
La scorsa settimana abbiamo parlato del teatro. Questa volta concentriamo l'attenzione sull'anfiteatro. La parola "anfiteatro" è formata da due elementi lessicali: "anfi" e "teatro" (greco: amphì + théatron). "Amphì" – da cui deriva anche la parola latina "ambo", che è andata a sostituire in certi casi il numerale "duo" – è avverbio e significa "di...
Rubinacci: bespoke tailoring in the modern world
by Ron Miriello Since viewing the John Turturro 2010 film Passione, I have been intrigued by the contradictions of Naples and, since seeing the 2011 Gianluca Migliarotti movie O'mast, I've been curious about its subject, the custom tailors of Naples. Naples has always been and still is the bespoke tailoring center or Italy. Famili...
Autogrill rafforza la presenza negli scali del Nord America
Autogrill si rafforza nel canale aeroportuale nordamericano aggiudicandosi quattro contratti per la gestione di complessivi 40 punti vendita negli aeroporti di Houston, negli Stati Uniti, e di Montreal, in Canada. Le due operazioni, si stima, genereranno un fatturato cumulato di circa 790 milioni di dollari nel periodo di durata complessiva dei con...
Giorgio Armani unveiled Silos to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his fashion house
Giorgio Armani celebrated on Thursday the 40th anniversary of his fashion house and at the same time gave the green light to Expo 2015 as a Special Ambassador of the long-awaited event. The event also included the inauguration of Armani Silos which will be at the disposal of whoever wants to know about the four decades of Armani style and...
Gruppo Campari campaign promotes Italian lifestyle
by Annie Hayes Gruppo Campari's portfolio will be available in sixteen Eataly stores across the globe, including Turin, New York, Chicago, Sao Paulo, and upcoming openings. Campari and Aperol will be championed throughout the partnership in Eataly's bars, while Averna, Braulio, Cynar and small batch vermouth Cinzano 1757 wil...
A book explains that Italian food is the result of centuries-old processes of migration
by Federico De Cesare Viola Are we sure we really understand Italian food? Do we know where it comes from, how it is produced and consumed, and how much traditions are changing over time? Pasta with tomato sauce, for example, is considered a symbol of Made in Italy, but it was only in the 19th century that the sauce was combined for the first...
Rapture restored to Bernini’s Baroque masterpiece after clean-up reveals unity of design
by Hannah McGivern Five hundred years after the birth of St Teresa of Avila (1515-82), Gian Lorenzo Bernini's emotive Baroque sculpture of the Spanish nun experiencing religious ecstasy has been restored. Conservators cleaned almost two decades of grime from statues in the Cornaro chapel of the Santa Maria della Vittoria church in Rome, i...