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Automobili Turismo e Sport is about to enter the United States, close to a decade on since the historic Italian performance marque was revived following a 50-year hiatus. The company has teamed up with MAXRPM Motorsports based in Brementon, Washington, for its U.S. launch and will initially offer a relatively affordable race car known as the RR Tur...

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Sarà attribuito a Lina Bo Bardi, architetta, designer, scenografa, artista e critica italiana naturalizzata brasiliana, il Leone d’oro speciale alla memoria della 17ª Mostra Internazionale di Architettura della Biennale di Venezia. Se esiste un architetto che meglio di ogni altro rappresenta il tema della Biennale Architettura 2021 questa è Lina Bo...

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In Sicily, tailored clothing is an integral part of a lifestyle that harmonises with the beauty of the place. Passion, patience and care in the choice of fabrics and customer focus are the ingredients of this art. Italian sartorial art Dedication and passion combined with elegance and style are the calling card of Italian tailoring, which uses only...

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You’ve heard of pioneer race car drivers Louise Smith, Shirley Muldowney, Michele Mouton, and Janet Guthrie. Lesser known on the world stage but beloved in her native Italy, Maria Antoinetta Avanzo was the first and most famous female race car driver in Italian history, starting in the Roaring '20s. It was extremely unusual for women to race cars t...

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In an age when the next big celebrity is always on the verge of launching their new signature scent, we at Mozzafiato look for products that stand out for entirely different reasons. Authenticity. Heritage. Deep connections to place and people. Qualities that speak to Italy and the Italian soul. Within our collection, some of the most exquisite sce...

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Italy is about to have an extra aircraft carrier. Never one to waste a useful old ship, the Italian military is considering modifying the vessel to function as a floating launch pad for space rockets. It wouldn’t be the first time Italy has paired up old ships and new rockets. The Italian navy commissioned the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi ba...

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Cesare Colombo (aka, Joe), whose death marks 50 years this year, was one of the great Italian geniuses of the second half of the twentieth century, although Wikipedia insists on defining him as "simply" an architect and designer. Someone has rightly called him the James Dean of Italian design for his life, short but intense (he died of cardiac arre...

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A tiny bean, stolen human remains, a wearable vase, and silky mesh – the inspirations behind Elsa Peretti’s iconic jewellery designs were varied and disparate, but their appeal across the globe is uniform. Inarguably one of the most important jewellery designers of the modern era, Peretti, who died today aged 80, leaves behind a legacy of over 50 y...

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Italian officials have been trying to find a buyer for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena for years. But there’s at least one offer on the table they are reluctant to consider and which has been kept out of the public eye. A group of US investors led by former congressman Norman D Dicks has been courting Italian officials since the second half of 2020...

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Non posso decidere ancora (I can’t decide yet) which holiday in Italy is my favorite, but io so (I know) that the celebration of Pasquetta (Easter Monday) is among my top five because it involves three of le mie cose preferite (my favorite things) including spending the day with friends, a car tripand cibo (food)! Ricordo quando (I remember when) M...

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