The mayor of Ostana, which lies in the mountains of the Piedmont region, says the new arrival is a "dream come true" for the tiny community, which has seen itspopulation plummet over the past 100 years. Baby Pablo, who was born in a Turin hospital last week, takes the number of inhabitants to 85, although only about half live there permanently, La...

The Province of Turin's Royal Palace of Venaria hosts an exciting exposition documenting thirty years of theatre and fashion. Historic collaborations between Italy's fashion maestros and the greats on the international stage make for a fascinating journey through elegance, imagination, and the threatrical costume. More than 200 costumes from theat...

IEM (International Exhibition Management) rinnova il proprio impegno nel promuovere la cultura del vino nel mondo attraverso la conoscenza del patrimonio vitivinicolo italiano e il sostegno a iniziative di formazione rivolte ai giovani. Sono arrivati in Italia i primi vincitori dei Simply the Best, i premi attribuiti all'eccellenza dell'Italia...

by Daniel Strohl   The long and slow collapse of the Bertone coachbuilding corporation appears as though it will come to an end this month as Lilli Bertone, the widow of company scion Nuccio Bertone, has put up for sale the last vestiges of the company, including dozens of concept cars and the rights to the Bertone name itself.   Afte...

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 6:30pm The program will start at 6:30pm with a tasting of some of themost renowned Piemonte's wines. Professor Spedaliere will take you on a virtual journey through the region discovering unique medieval towns and villages, where its historic castles, and cobblestones streets make it seem as though time has never stop...

by Silvia Donati The star of Italian Carnival celebrations! The first official record declaring Carnival a public celebration in Venice dates to 1296, when the Senate of La Serenissima made the day before Lent a holiday of fun and merrymaking.   In this respect, masks have always been a central component of the Venetian carnival, used to te...

La scelta di istituire il 2013 quale Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti rappresenta una grande opportunità per la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale e scientifico italiano e per la promozione del Sistema Paese sia nella sua componente culturale, sia in quella produttiva costituita dal Brand Italia.   Torino ha risposto all'in...

Turin is ready to host the Salone Internazionale del Libro, in its 27th edition, at Lingotto Fiera. The theme this year is the Common Good, in the spirit of Primo Levi's ideas on work ethic and a "job well done".   Such refers not only to the attentive curation of books and other publications, but also to broader concepts, particularly demo...

  WTI Magazine #80    2016 June 17Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   When one talks about the great wines of Italy everyone always talks about nebbiolo, especially the wines of Barolo and Barbaresco topping the charts. What about the variations of nebbiolo that are hiding in the shadows behind th...

di Alessandro Gazzera   Nel paese che eternamente rimane legato al calcio la domenica, allo sci nella stagione invernale e al ciclismo con il suo Giro d'Italia c'è spazio anche per uno sport americano: l'hockey su ghiaccio.   È il 1908 quando a Torino si gioca la prima partita di hockey su ghiaccio, tra il CP Valentino Torino e la sec...