Reconstructing the COlosseum arena floor: reconstructing history in Rome
In light of the recent proposal to reconstruct the arena floor of the Colosseum, which has caught the attention of the world, it is worth taking into the perspective the rest of the city of Rome, which has a long history of reconstruction of ancient monuments. Backing up, first a quick review about the Colosseum floor. It is true that alre...
The Italian Startup Ecosystem is growing fast
According to the latest reports of the Italian Chamber of Commerce, in Italy, 5 innovative startups are launched every single day. This encouraging development is now confirmed by the report "The Italian Startup Ecosystem", written by Italia Startup and supported by the Ministry of Economic Development and the School of Management Politecn...
Friuli, Veneto e Piemonte campioni dell’export nel primo trimestre. Bene anche Emilia-Romagna e Liguria
di Raoul de Forcade Con vendite di beni in crescita sui mercati esteri, Friuli Venezia Giulia (+31,8%), Veneto (+5,9%), Piemonte (+5,5%) ed Emilia-Romagna (+3,7%) sono le regioni che hanno contribuito di più a sostenere l'export in Italia nel primo trimestre 2015. A queste si aggiunge la performance particolarmente dinamica – da c...
Travelling through Italy, the perfect holiday for every season
by Claudia Astarita The end of the summer seems a great moment to plan a trip to the Bel Paese, whose beauties and attractions are quite numerous from North to South. The Italian daily Corriere della Sera has recently identified 30 low cost weekend destinations. Let us explore some of them into details. Firstly, Trieste (Friuli-Ve...
Alba’s International White Truffle show celebrates the unsung heroes of the trade: dogs
Tuber magnatum Pico, more commonly known as white truffle, the gourmet treasure from Alba, is a rare treat for connoisseurs all over the world. And an expensive one: the international auction to be held on November 8 will see bids from a minimum base of €300-€400 per one hundred grams – as expensive as exquisite works of art. White truffle aficion...
Put some Italian inspiration into your garden
by Marianne Binetti Northern Italy reminds me of Washington state — the snowcapped peaks of the Alps surround crystal-clear lakes and the mild climate allows for beautiful and diverse gardens. So I declare the lakes district of Italy the most beautiful place in the world for visiting show gardens. We recently returned from explori...
L'avanzata delle PMI negli States
Le ultime rilevazioni ISTAT sull'export italiano, segnalano come gli Stati Uniti rappresentano sempre di più un mercato di riferimento per le nostre PMI che registrano un aumento delle esportazioni pari al 37,2%. L'Italia è il terzo esportatore europeo negli States - preceduta da Germania e Regno Unito - ma diventa il primo Paese esportato...
Open gates for 380 Italian beauties Saturday and Sunday thanks to FAI
by Lorenzo Zanini Italy reveals its beauty and opens to the public the gates of some treasures that cannot be visited during the year. Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20 the event is the 24th edition of the Spring Days of FAI, Italian Environment Fund. The menu of the initiative include over 900 extraordinary visits with voluntary co...
Santa Maria Antiqua: a pearl of art rediscovered in Rome
After thirty years of careful architectural renovations, the church of Santa Maria Antiqua – built in the 6th century inside the Roman Forum – re-opened to the public last March. One of the oldest churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Rome, it is an extraordinary example of Roman painting and Greek-Byzantine art from the Early Middle Ages.&...
The Baths of Diocletian won the Europa Nostra Award
The EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards was launched in 2002 by the European Commission. The Prize celebrates and promotes best practices related to heritage conservation, management, research, education and communication. In this way, it contributes to a stronger public recognition of cultural heritage as a strategic resource for...
Silicon Valley comes to Naples: Apple prepares to open Italian academy
San Giovanni a Teduccio, a downtrodden suburb of Naples, is a far cry from Silicon Valley. The crumbling apartment buildings, the walls covered in either graffiti or church death notices, and the ubiquitous clotheslines hung outside people's windows do not leave the impression that the neighbourhood is a centre for high technology. An...
Girl, 6, who was unable to urinate or drink becomes the first person in the world to have a kidney transplanted in place of her spleen
Italian doctors have achieved a world first by successful transplanting a kidney in the place of the spleen in a six-year-old girl. The child had been on dialysis since birth because of a rare kidney anomaly and a malformation of her abdominal blood vessels. The youngster, who was not named, had been unable to either urinate or drink, a state...