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Lake Como has long been a popular getaway for holidaymakers seeking an elegant lakeside retreat, with the towns of Bellagio and Como attracting tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of visitors a year. Its appeal is by no means new. Lake Como was one of the major luxury European hotspots of the 1960s, providing a haven for Hollywood stars and wealthy...

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Full box for Italy. Two years after the next Winter Games, in Milan and Cortina in 2026, it will be able to hang the Olympic rings for a second time. In winter, too. For a smaller event. Meeting on Saturday July 20 in Paris, six days before the opening of the Summer Games, the IOC Executive Board finally decided the question of the next edition of...

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As the name says, a "house museum" is a habitation or palazzo that has been transformed into a museum. It could have been the abode of illustrious gentlemen, or of common citizens, site of familiar intimacy or a center of power: that which renders a house museum exceptional is its capacity to re-enact or represent the life that was, the traditions...

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The development of furniture in Lissone has roots that go back a long way: at the beginning of the twentieth century, the industries relating to wood, plywood, veneer, mirrors and accessories made with metal, marble, fabric or paint all flourished, while the carpenters of Brianza travelled around Africa and South America looking for high-quality lo...

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A major new feature recently enhanced Google Translate, the world's most popular machine translation service. Thanks to the implementation of the AI PaLM 2 model, the platform can now translate as many as 110 new languages, including some considered minority or endangered. These proudly include five Italian dialects: Lombard, Friulian, Sicilian, Li...

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For Cristiana De Filippis, work is a passion, and Maria Colombo casually reconciles her theoretical analyses of fluid behavior with her private life in which she has just become a mother for the fourth time: they are the two Italian winners of the most important European prize for mathematics, awarded by the European Mathematical Society, a veritab...

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Fans who came from overseas for the Swift's two dates at San Siro numbered more than 18 thousand, 14% of the total audience. And the induced revenue from the concerts on Milan is 180 million euros. Taylor Swift is the most-listened-to artist in the world, and her origins on her mother's side are in Cilento, Campania. "We are Swifties in Italy." Fly...

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Emanuele Rabotti, the owner of the renowned Monte Rossa winery in Franciacorta, loves challenges. During the peak of the COVID pandemic, he decided to revive the Pusterla vineyard, highlighting its historical and winemaking heritage. The vineyard’s origins date back to 1037 when the royal monastery of Santa Giulia cultivated grapes on the slopes of...

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It is a pleasure in this new interview to host someone who, before emigrating from Italy to the United States, came from another country to Italy. The relationship between the emigration of those who become new Italians and the emigration of those who move to America from being Italians is fascinating, and Cornelia Pop, whom we welcome to We the It...

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Milan—a beguiling blend of old and new, perhaps better known for its cutting-edge fashion and design scenes than for its historic architecture—is a city that rewards curiosity.  Its beauty “is not necessarily the facades, such as in Paris, or the ancient ruins, as in Rome,” said Italian architect and designer Hannes Peer. “It’s not an obvious beaut...

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