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By Melissa McCart  Regional Italian restaurants have been opening in Pittsburgh at a fast clip, from Senti in Lawrenceville with a menu inspired by the Abruzzo region, to Taglio in East Liberty, serving Roman-style tray pizzas. It would be great if being Italian or dining Italian lent a thorough understanding of a region. Instead a resta...

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by Andrea Marini   To understand just what the 2024 Olympic run means for Italy and Rome you've got to consider the games that took place in the Italian capital in far-away 1960.   Gold medals were showered on a nation experiencing an all-out economic boom, with GDP that year growing by 5.4% and surging by 8.4% the following year - gr...

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by Claudia Baroncelli   If you are looking for a peaceful destination to escape the city chaos, have a look of the most beautiful and (above all) slow cities you can find in Italy, From Orvieto to Amalfi passing by Trani and Cisternino, you only have to choose!   Dreaming of a destination to enjoy peace and silence, miles away from th...

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Il 13 aprile, Domenica della Palme, le catacombe dei santi Marcellino e Pietro su via Casilina 641 (antica via Labicana) a Villa De Sanctis, riapriranno al pubblico. Una gran bella notizia che giunge dopo un lungo e puntuale restauro delle seconde più grandi catacombe al mondo, condotto dalla Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra e finan...

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Un bellissimo risultato per Costanza Cicero, una giovane studentessa del Lazio che a ventuno anni è stata nominata segretario generale dell'Onu dei giovani, il National High School Model United Nations di New York. È la prima volta di un italiano per questa carica importantissima, e la regione Lazio si dice "orgogliosa che Costanza provenga da...

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By Nick Squires   A mysterious Roman basilica built for the worship of an esoteric pagan cult and now lying hidden more than 40ft below street level has opened to the public for the first time. The basilica, the only one of its kind in the world, was excavated from solid tufa volcanic rock on the outskirts of the imperial capital in the...

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The American Academy in Rome celebrated its 10th annual McKim Gala last month on a picture-perfect spring evening. Over 350 guests gathered at Villa Aurelia in Rome to support the Academy's efforts to provide fellowships for Italian artists and scholars. The Academy also honored architect Zaha Hadid with the 2014 McKim Medal for her contributions t...

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"Roma è una città vivace al pari di New York, per questo punto a investire lì. Vorrei fare della Città Eterna la capitale italiana del fitness". Secondo quanto riportato e diffuso dal network televisivo Julienews, lo ha detto Madonna a margine della sua ultima apparizione pubblica in occasione del Met Gala, uno degli eventi più glamour del jet set...

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  WTI Magazine #83    2016 September 16Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   This is a tasty, simple and fast recipe that you can make anytime you crave for a spicy pasta dish. The amatriciana (ahm-mah-tree-CHA-na) is mouthwatering sauce for pasta, made with guanciale (or bacon), tomato and Pecorino cheese. Everything is seas...

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By Whitney Hale   Almost 70 years to the date of combat in the small town of Tremensuoli, Italy, during World War II, the University of Kentucky's Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History along with a researcher in Italy have connected to reveal an amazing discovery about an American GI who served in the battle and left his mark on that communi...

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