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Rosita Missoni passed away on January 2, 2025, at her legendary residence in Sumirago. Born Nov. 20, 1931, in Golasecca, in the province of Varese, Rosita Jelmini Missoni was the last heir of a family of Lombard textile artisans: the Torrani family. Her life knew a turning point thanks to her meeting Ottavio Missoni, a young athlete at the 1948 Lon...

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The Sila is a mountain range located in Calabria, in the southern part of Italy, and is part of the broader Apennine mountain chain. This mountainous area spans across the provinces of Cosenza, Catanzaro, and Crotone. The Sila is divided into three main sectors: Sila Greca, Sila Grande, and Sila Piccola. These areas are known for their natural beau...

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DOP (PDO) Pecorino Romano is the direct descendant of the sheep's milk cheese that was the staple food of the Roman Empire. The story goes that, over 2000 years ago in ancient Rome, the same sheep's milk cheese that we eat today was an important part of the daily meals and banquets of imperial palaces. In 48 BC, Virgil describes its nutritional and...

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While in general in the post-Covid tourism sector the first signs of decline are evident, particularly among Italian tourists, there is one specific category that continues to grow and does so in double digits: it is food and wine tourism. Highlighting this is the “Italian Food and Wine Tourism Report.” This new edition, the seventh in the Report's...

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Jago, an Italian sculptor whose real name is Jacopo Cardillo, has quickly become a prominent figure in the contemporary art world. His unique approach to sculpture and his introspective philosophy have established him as an artist who bridges the traditional and modern, offering new interpretations of classical art forms while addressing current cu...

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Dear friends, 2024 has been another year full of very interesting people, topics, meetings for us at We the Italians. The eleventh book, the ninth annual yearbook, is available for you: a nice Christmas gift, with the twelve interviews from 2024 on twelve different topics that have in common Italy and the United States. We hope you will buy and giv...

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Thrill seekers and extreme sports lovers will find Italy is the ideal place in which to experience their passions. The "Belpaese" in fact offers endless opportunities to practice all types of extreme sports: ground, air or water ones. This is the country of national parks, mountain ranges and rivers full of water which make rafting one of the most...

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Cold weather and risotto making go hand in hand for me. Ladling the warm stock into the carnaroli rice is a ritualistic tradition that I look forward to each winter. Every now and then I crave a risotto that is rich enough to be served alone. Last year I created this recipe using some of my favorite warming ingredients – citrus notes from oranges,...

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Among the founding members of the Associazione Marchi Storici d'Italia is Marchesi Antinori, an Italian wine excellence with an “Ancient Future,” words that perfectly express an entrepreneurial path that has been handed down for 26 generations but is always in the process of becoming because it is aimed at improving the production of its wines. The...

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The name derives from the old latin word Locus Rotundus, rounded place. Already at the beginning of the 13th century, it was placed on a hill peak surrounded by a walled ring, the village assumed the circular shape that gave it its name, which also appeared in various documents in the following centuries. Locorotondo is the most beautiful balcony i...

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In the previous numbers of We the Italians, some articles considered the possibility of traveling to Italy for medical purposes. Italian medical excellence is, sometimes, a surprise for local people, never mind foreigners. However, Italy has a healthcare system ranked among the top in the world for the quality of its personnel and facilities. Not o...

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The photographic exhibition Italia giardino del mondo. Where Nature meets Art, Craft and Design, the first Italian stop of the traveling exhibition dedicated to the heritage of Italian gardens, classical and contemporary, conceived, together with the publication of the same name, as a project of integrated promotion of Italy, produced by the Minist...

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