Covid-19: All of Italy expected to be under ‘white zone’ rules by mid-June
Four more regions will turn 'white' next week, the Italian health ministry confirmed on Friday, with the rest of the country expected to follow later this month. Based on the latest health data, the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Liguria, Umbria and Veneto will be in the low-risk white zone from Monday June 7th, the health ministry stated. The latest...
Connecting with St. Anthony, the Finder of Lost Things
Growing up in an Italian household, I heard the phrase “St. Anthony will help you find it!” so many times that the words were ingrained in me pretty much from birth! It didn’t matter what the “it” was, whether it was an object of little monetary value or an item more sentimental, my mother always had utmost trust and belief that if we prayed to the...
Lombardy from north to south along the Via Francisca del Lucomagno
Discovering Italy’s history and territory on foot or by bike allows visitors to explore and experience them at one’s own pace. The Via Francisca del Lucomagno is one of the great Italian paths that, like the Via Francigena, are born as pilgrimage routes. This one, which is 135 km long, crosses Lombardy from the Swiss border to Pavia. However, it is...
Campania: Boating Holidays in the Gulf of Naples
The recent reopening of borders in much of the world made people awaken their feverish desire to take a sea holiday. There are still many questions, as well as fears. Yet, we can not give up the idea of a well-deserved break with a sea view, where to put everything on standby indefinitely and enjoy the much-desired freedom, accompanied by a dip in...
Isola delle Femmine ricorda Joe Di Maggio: una mostra dedicata al campione di baseball
BCsicilia Isola delle Femmine, in collaborazione con l’Associazione Isola Pittsburg Forever, inaugurerà domenica 6 giugno 2021 la mostra permanente dedicata a Joe Di Maggio, origini, vita e successi del campione di baseball da Isola delle Femmine alla California. Sarà possibile visitare l’esposizione di via Cutino n. 14, presso i locali Associazion...
Here's why Made in Italy must be safeguarded, and L'Italo-Americano supports it.
L'Italo-Americano has been working to promote the image of Italy for years. It does so by presenting her events, her protagonists and her community, by describing her natural, artistic and architectural beauty — a powerful tourist attractor — and her history, which built Italy’s cultural, linguistic and folkloristic heritage through the millennia...
Early Christian monuments in Italy: Ravenna, a UNESCO heritage city
The history of early Christian art in Italy has a precise date. It was the year 313 when the Roman emperor Constantine granted Christians freedom of worship. It was a moment that inevitably changed not only the history of the time, but also the history of today, both in Italy and in Europe. From that moment onwards, the way of living and understan...
Asylum-seekers help produce Italy’s famous Brunello wine
Summer is arriving in Italy's wine country in Tuscany, and the leaves on the vines shimmer in gold and green. Yahya Adams moves his gloves through the foliage, removing excess buds and shoots to make the vines stronger. He's among 24 asylum-seekers from Africa and Asia who are working in vineyards of Tenute Silvio Nardi on this year's crop of Brune...
Motor Valley Fest 2021: Italian Event To Draw Luxury Motor Enthusiasts
The third edition of Motor Valley Fest will take place in Modena, Italy, on Thursday, July 1 through Sunday, July 4, 2021. The event pays homage to the “Made in Italy” excellence of Italian race cars and motorcycles, marvels of engineering and design. Modena, the birthplace of the legendary Enzo Ferrari, is one of three cities (along with Ravenna a...
Italian Art Restorers Used Bacteria to Clean Michelangelo Masterpieces
In 1520, Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici—soon to be Pope Clement VII—commissioned Michelangelo to construct an ornate tomb for his family. In addition to creating a marble interior whose “strange proportions and thicknesses” defied classical conventions, per Encyclopedia Britannica, the Renaissance artist sculpted likenesses of two Medici dukes (Giulian...
Visit the Ultimate Collection of Classical Sculpture in Rome
It’s the ultimate collection of Greek-Roman classical sculpture: the Torlonia Collection in Rome is considered the most prestigious private collection of ancient art in the world, containing as many as 620 marble pieces, including sarcophagi, busts and Greco-Roman statues. Yet, for decades, they lay abandoned in storage, known only to art specialis...
Humanoid robot aims to read and react to human emotion
A humanoid robot called Abel is being developed to help recognize and react to human emotions. Researchers from Pisa University in Italy hope that one day Abel will be able to become a home help for people with autism and Alzheimer’s. Abel has the appearance of a 12 year old boy. Its age, facial features and physical build were chosen to improve th...