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Italy is not exactly renowned for dinosaurs. In comparison to its excellent artistic and archaeological heritage, dinosaur fossils are very rare. Not surprisingly, the discovery of the first isolated remains from these animals, in the early 1990s, generated quite an excitement, but were shortly after considered nothing more than an exception to a g...

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The Consortium for the protection of Prosciutto di San Daniele PDO is celebrating the 60th anniversary since its foundation. And it does so by focusing on the issue of sustainability. The goal is to commensurate the economic and social system with greater attention to the environment and ethics. In the last decade, the supply chain of Friuli’s famo...

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The Miramare Castle stretches from the peninsula of Grignano, on the Gulf of Trieste. A 22-hectare romantic park frames the castle and then degrade towards the sea. Until 1855 the park area was a barren and fallow land, that the young and romantic Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg transformed into a beautiful garden, to frame the white, eclectic cast...

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It’s certainly no secret that a beautiful mountain region like the Dolomites would be a spectacular winter destination for ski enthusiasts, but did you know that there are many more activities besides traditional downhill skiing to keep you busy here! In fact, there is so much to do in the Dolomites in winter, you may need to come back again and ag...

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Venzone is not only one of the most beautiful villages in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, but also in Italy. In fact, a few years ago, it was elected as the most beautiful village in Italy for the 2017 edition of Il Borgo dei Borghi. Venzone is a small medieval village of 2000 inhabitants. It is located in the province of Udine, not far from the banks of th...

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On tiny pockets of terraced terrain overlooking a bay shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, Milos Skabar is reviving a centuries-old winemaking tradition known as Prosekar, which shares roots with its better-known bubbly cousin, Prosecco. But this humble fizzy blend, virtually unknown beyond the Italian port city of Trieste where it’s made on a st...

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Hundreds of planes grounded at airports around the world. Empty, lonely streets. People looking from inside their windows. These are some of the images we all remember about March 2020. It was the beginning of the pandemic and of the Italian first lockdown that would last almost two months. This is also the start of Harvest 2020, a documentary prod...

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Needless to say that every single Italian town holds historical, artistic, and natural beauties, yet a trip to Trieste will have you see it in a different way compared to other Italian towns.  It could be referred to as a frontier town, sea town, and mountain location, but what makes it different is the order and rationality. Spending someday there...

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For centuries, Italy was the preferred destination for poetically-minded nobles from across northern Europe. The “grand tour” was an exercise in communing with the ancient Roman world at a time when it was considered the height of culture to contemplate its romantically crumbling relics and vine-clad temples. But these “grand trippers” gave little...

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October 21, 2021. 18:00 - 21:00 Pacific Time. SF Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton Street, San Francisco (CA). Register Here. 6 p.m. Reception; 6:45 p.m. Film (1.5 hour film); Q&A with Director Maurizio Gigola after the film. NOTE: per SF mandate all guests must provide proof of vaccination. Screening of the documentary "Harvest 2020" by Maurizi...

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