Italy & USA. Admiral Cacos V winner at CACOS V winner at the Show Boats Design Awards 2014
Admiral Tecnomar - Yachting Hub of The Italian Sea Group announces the oldest success during the Show Boats Design Awards 2014 organized by Boat International Media. In the wonderful Austrian location of Swarovsky Cristal Worlds, the most silent yacht in the world, Admiral Cacos V has been awarded in the category "Exterior Design and Styling Award"...
The most popular destinations for travelers around the world
A large-scale travel survey has revealed the top bucket list destinations among travelers around the world. While Italy and Australia topped the global wish list, TripAdvisor's bi-annual TripBarometer survey also breaks down travel preferences among respondents from different countries. For example, while US respondents named Italy, Austr...
Dentro il Quirinale: la casa degli Italiani si apre alle visite virtuali
Ammirare la ricchezza artistica del Palazzo del Quirinale, sede della Presidenza della Repubblica, anche attraverso una nuova visita virtuale realizzata con immagini "immersive" – ovvero come se il visitatore fosse nelle sale o nei corridoi - ad alta definizione. Da oggi è possibile accedendo al servizio direttamente dal portale del Quirinale. &nb...
Aumentano le esportazioni italiane negli USA
di Alessandro Barbera Nella cartina dei flussi di scambi fra l'Italia e il resto del mondo la grande scommessa di chi ha esportato negli ultimi anni è stata quella che aveva spinto Marco Polo a Oriente. Turchia, Cina, Russia, India: la crescita prepotente di quelle economie oggi è il mercato più ricercato dai settori tradizionali della man...
Lessons From The Lives Of Saints: St Frances Xavier Cabrini
BUT how could she be a saint? She was rejected from a convent for bad health, she spoke with a thick Italian accent in her adopted land, she traveled all over to found schools, hospitals, orphanages and other social institutions, she was a U.S. citizen and she drank wine!!! Mother Cabrini, as she is popularly known, came from peasant stock – the s...
Italian pasta and 3D printers
The Industrial Revolution of the 21st century will be led by 3D printers. Sooner than later, they will change our lives completely, allowing us to print what we need. At home. Any time. Thanks to 3D printers complex objects can be created assembling several layers together. Already pioneers are 3D printing production tools, prototypes, jew...
The Caroline aqueduct and Luigi Vanvitelli’s challenge
The Caroline Aqueduct (also known as Aqueduct of Vanvitelli) winds over 38 kilometers from Bucciano, in the province of Benevento, to Caserta. On May 7th, 1762, although the aqueduct had not been completed yet, one of its major portions – including Luigi Vanvitelli's masterpiece, the section bridging the Maddaloni Valley – was inaugurated. ...
How Chiara Ferragni's blog became an $8M business
Just a few years ago Chiara Ferragni was a fashionable Italian law student with a passion for posting photos of her personal style online. Now, she sits atop two companies worth $8 million. She's been on the covers of magazines all over the world, earned the attention of the Harvard Business School, and just sat front row at two dozen New York Fash...
Play the Italian Way – Bocce!
by Catherine Accardi This article is part one of two parts. Part one investigates the ancient game of Bocce throughout the ages and part two, which will appear in the next issue of the L'Italo Americano newspaper, will explore the modern-day game, where to play, and how to lean to play the Italian way. My father played bocce ball...
Italian rescue effort gives dignified burial to refugee shipwreck victims
Six victims of a shipwreck in which an estimated 800 fleeing people drowned in the Mediterranean were buried in Italy on Thursday (July 9), nearly three months after their deaths. The bodies were recovered by the Italian navy from the wreck around 380 metres below sea level. The six wooden coffins were lowered into graves in the community...
I 20 castelli più belli d'Italia
di Antonella Finucci Se volete vivere un sogno dentro atmosfere da favola, se volete perdervi in mezzo alle viuzze di pittoreschi borghi medievali o, ancora, se volete sentirvi re e regine per un giorno, seguiteci: abbiamo selezionato per voi i 20 castelli più belli d'Italia. Arroccate su maestose montagne, immerse in scenari natu...
2016 Giro d'Italia route presented at Milan Expo
Giro d'Italia officials have put together a balanced route for next year's race, which they hope will attract some of the best riders in the world. Organizers revealed the 21-stage route on Monday at a presentation at the Milan Expo in the presence of numerous cyclists, including reigning champion Alberto Contador, new world champion Peter Sagan an...