Warm Places to Travel in Italy in January
Tourist high-season in Italy is usually in the spring and summer, when the country is drenched in sun and packed with seasonal festivals and events. January is typically ski season for travelers to Italy's north but -- even in the dead of winter -- heading south guarantees warm temperatures and a mild Mediterranean climate year-round. You'll miss I...
Parmigiano Reggiano PDO producers’ revenues to reach 56 million euros
A record budget – 56 million euros in revenues – has just been planned by the Parmigiano Reggiano PDO production sector. “The two-year period 2020-2021 was marked by the pandemic, which brought upheaval and unforeseen uncertainties,” says Consortium President Nicola Bertinelli. “The supply chain responded well to this phase. In 2020, at the height...
Documentary on Italian Icon Raffaella Carrà in the Works at Fremantle – Global Bulletin
Fremantle has won a bidding war for exclusive rights to produce a high-end documentary about Raffaella Carrà, the iconic Italian singer, actor, dancer and TV host who was a pop culture sensation across Europe and Latin America. Carrà, who died in July at 78, rose to fame in Italy as a singer and dancer during the 1970’s as co-host of the variety sh...
In Italy, a Traditional Jewish Lifestyle is Disappearing
When Ariel Toaff, the descendant of a prestigious rabbinic dynasty, was studying to become a rabbi, almost no one at his yeshiva wore a yarmulke. Even those few pupils who did cover their heads during classes, took hats and yarmulkes off once they left the school. Drinking kosher wine at meals was out of the question: “It was something meant only f...
The Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene: UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019
In 2019, the site Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiadene, located in north-eastern Italy, was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, becoming the 55th Italian site on the list. By virtue of the cohesiveness and the dedication of the different territorial actors, the aim was achieved after a nomination process that lasted ten ye...
The past in the present is called Vernaccia di San Gimignano, through Dante and Giorgio Vasari
Rarefied traces are present today of historical thirteenth century Tuscany, which have changed over time. The echo of the pre-Renaissance era from the landscape to historical and cultural heritage, has been lost and has become a tale, or a popular belief or the subject of minor studies. It was the era of the great battles and the endless wars betwe...
Parrozzo, the dessert loved by poet Gabriele D’Annunzio
One of the most famous Abruzzo desserts, born in Pescara in the early 1920s from the creativity of pastry chef Luigi D’Amico is parrozzo. The name is inspired by the terms “pane rozzo,” (a rustic corn-based loaf that the peasants used to bring to the fields. Corn flour was less valuable and therefore more accessible even to less well-off families)....
Fendi restores Temple of Venus and Rome
The Temple of Venus and Roma, located in the Roman Forum opposite the Colosseum, has undergone a €2.5 million restoration sponsored by the luxury fashion house Fendi. The results of the 15-month project, which included structural work and new lighting, were unveiled by Fendi and the Colosseum Archaeological Park on 20 December. Fendi, founded in th...
ITA Airways Adds Delta Codeshare Partnership
ITA Airways and Delta Air Lines are to codeshare on flights between the US and Italy, as well as select domestic and international services. The agreement is the latest to be struck by Italy’s new flag-carrier since operations began in October. Alitalia’s successor has already joined the SkyTeam alliance and signed codeshare partnerships with the l...
Naples, a City of Contradictions, Is Once Again a Home for Cinema
Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film “The Hand of God” begins with a bird’s-eye view of Naples, his hometown, at dawn, with a lone vintage car traveling along a seafront road while the rest of the city uncharacteristically sleeps. As a backdrop to this autobiographical coming-of-age story, Naples is at turns fantastical and decadent, sunny and unpredicta...
Zegna’s IPO Path Raises Question: Is This the Next Big Fashion Trend?
Ermenegildo Zegna is bringing a new luxury product to the New York Stock Exchange itself. And it is doing it in the most financially trendy way. On Monday, the Italian company known for its master of the universe suits will become, it says, the first Italian fashion brand to list on the exchange. It is going public by merging with a shell corporati...
Italy pins Oscar hopes on Sorrentino movie
The Hand of God by award-winning Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday night. The coming-of-age film, whose original Italian title is È stata la mano di Dio, is listed among 15 hopefuls vying for a nomination in the academy's best in...