9 Things You May Not Know About Michelangelo
Painter, sculptor and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in Caprese, Italy on March 6, 1475. During a more than 70-year career, he won near-mythical fame as one of Europe's preeminent "Renaissance Men," and counted kings and popes among his many admirers and patrons. Temperamental and brilliant, Michelangelo crafted several masterp...
Celebrating Rollis in Genoa
2016 is a very important year for Genoa, as it marks the first ten-year anniversary from the declaration of Le Strade Nuove e il Sistema dei Palazzi dei Rolli as Unesco world heritage. In order to celebrate the important achievement, this little city in the North-East of Italy has organized three "Rolli Days" in which some of its best and...
Made in Italy in the world: a protocol to promote it and protect it
By Francesca Bezzone In Italy, food means much more than nutrition, it is culture, heritage, tradition. Satisfying all senses at once in a voluptuous embrace, Italian food is impossible to resist. Its variety is legendary and its history rooted deep into that of the country: you eat and you learn, you learn and you eat. That Italian cuisi...
Verrazzano Day il 17 aprile. Quel ponte tra il Chianti e New York
di Ida Bozzi Ogni 17 aprile a New York e a Greve in Chianti si festeggia il Verrazzano Day: qual è il ponte che lega la località toscana con la metropoli americana? È la celebrazione del giorno in cui nel 1524 il navigatore italiano, nato appunto a Greve, Giovanni da Verrazzano, entrò nella Baia di New York con la sua nave, la «Dauphine» (...
A Confindustria report sees signs of recovery for Italy’s Mezzogiorno
There are signs of a recovery. Even in the underdeveloped Mezzogiorno (Southern Italy) the economy is rising again. "One more reason to enhance the functioning of the instruments we already have and to set in motion what's missing," said the vice president of Confindustria (the entrepreneurs' association) for the Mezzogiorno and Regional Policies...
The eight most beautiful Waterfalls in Italy
During his Grand Tour of Italy, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited the Roman ruins of Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli and stopped to admire the Grand Waterfall of the Aniene River. He then wrote in his diary, The waterfalls there with the ruins, and the whole complexity of landscapes, are of a class of subjects, acquaintance with which is an enrichment...
Hidden Venice
For a city that's roughly twice the size of NYC's Central Park – bella Venezia has no problem attracting more than 27 million (yes, million) visitors per year. But truth be told, the majority of those travelers tick only St. Mark's Square, the Doge's Palace and Rialto Bridge off their lists, before leaving for the next Italian city on their itinera...
Tacopina mediatore tra Zamparini e cordata italo-Usa
Zamparini chiama. Tacopina risponde. La richiesta «d'aiuto» formulata tre mesi fa dal presidente del Palermo al collega del Venezia, sembra aver prodotto qualche risultato. L'uomo d'affari americano, infatti, pare abbia individuato un gruppo italo-americano seriamente disposto a trattare l'acquisto del Palermo. Il condizionale è d'obbligo,...
How Alitalia Got Its Groove Back
Patti LaBelle's New Attitude, circa 1984, is buzzing through my head as I walk head to my gate at Rome's Fiumicino airport, and it is all thanks to Alitalia. For years, I've been flying the Italy's national airline, getting to know its service and style which I'd sum up as friendly with bright green accents. And over these 18 months since...
The Way They Cook in Sicily
by Stephanie Danler My sister, Christina, and I were sitting in a garden in Palermo, a few sips into a midmorning Campari and soda, when I began to feel fraudulent. The sea breeze fanned up from the port and onto the terrace as our hostess, Nicoletta Polo Lanza Tomasi, the Duchess of Palma di Montechiaro, recounted the history of the palazzo we we...
New Italian Trade Agency president Scannavini vows to make on-line exports a top priority
by Carmine Fotina Michele Scannavini, 57, President of the Italian Trade Agency since last June after a 32-year experience in the private sector, has set himself the goal of reversing Italy's negative records in on-line exports and of revising priorities, in terms of geographical areas and sectors, also in light of the slowdown in global t...
In Trento the library designed by Renzo Piano transforms the suburbs into a new center
by Fulvio Irace Three years after its opening, the Muse cultural center in Trento grows bigger and stronger with a Christmas gift to the city and to the students of the local University. The new University Library, located in the Albere district, was in fact recently inaugurated. It is part of a project by the Renzo Piano Building Wo...