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"When I was a boy growing up in Genova, my hometown, I loved two things: one was the sea and the other was cinema. The sea is immense to explore, and cinema is something that takes you in a different world, a fantastic world.” Italian architect Renzo Piano spoke about his passion for movie-making as soon as he took the stage during the opening of t...

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Over the last couple of decades, all the major motorcycle brands have been getting bolder and more creative. Technology in the motorcycle industry has come a long way, and sportbikes seem to always be improving. The old cliché of Italian bikes being the most stylish is no longer a given. Other European makes have become bolder, challenging various...

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Italian restaurants are ambassadors of the Italian lifestyle in the world, and also a vehicle for knowledge and promotion of Italian gastronomic excellence. This is why the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and Fipe-Confcommercio (the Italian Federation of Public Places) have decided to collaborate in order to enhance Italian restaurants and their promoti...

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The Park of Beauty, Brunello Cucinelli’s Edenic 250-acre redevelopment project in the valley surrounding his Solomeo, Italy, headquarters, features a youth soccer stadium, hiking trails, lush vineyards, golden wheat fields, and silvery expanses of alfalfa leading to a travertine exedra with the inscription “Tribute to Human Dignity.” And this April...

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I’m brapping around Manhattan on a Centenary Edition Moto Guzzi V7 bedecked in charcoal and olive-green livery. An 850cc V-twin which makes me want to hit the Swiss countryside and find some barbed-wire fence to jump, à la Steve McQueen in The Great Escape. Sadly, the proxy has to be Park Avenue; a venue with its own inherent risks, challenges, and...

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Very few car brands across the world conjure up emotions like the Italian car brands. Names like Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lancia. All convey different emotions, but all of them are the same in that they show us what a car is really about. Of those brands, Lancia is sadly no longer what they were, and Maserati has not exactly...

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In Sicily, when we talk about the products of the earth, besides being unique and sometimes unobtainable in other parts of the world, they also have very particular names and that obviously vary even within Sicily itself.  When it comes to Sicilian vegetables, Sicily does not fear comparisons: for centuries it has been producing veggies with genuin...

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Italian luxury fashion label Dolce & Gabbana has designed an installation that celebrates Italian artistic heritage at the country’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The undulating baroque-style structure is typical of the architecture of the 18th century gardens of southern Italy and it stands near the pavilion’s botanical garden. The elegant octagona...

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Today, when we think of personal mobility vehicles, we think of electric scooters, Segways, folding bikes. But in 1946, it wasn’t like this. The king of micromobilty was the bike (or our own feet), and only a few people had the privilege of owning a motorcycle. However, in those times of difficulties, Italian motor vehicle manufacturer Piaggio deci...

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Before seeking the best balsamic vinegar, it helps to know exactly what it is—namely, unfermented grape must, aka whole pressed grapes complete with juice, skin, seeds, and stems, and then cooked down and aged. At its finest, it’s a sweet yet sour elixir that can transform a simple arugula salad or ripe strawberry into something transcendent. The h...

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