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US travel agents put their enthusiastic stamp of approval on the scenery, history, hospitality and food and wine of Romagna. On a whistle-stop tour of Romagna's hilltop and seaside highlights a group of travel agents and tour operators from all over the US tasted the delights of Romagna.   Hosted by Best of Romagna, US travel trade operator...

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Palazzo Incontro displays an exhibition of photographs by the US photographer, musician, writer and movie director Gordon Parks (1912-2006) who is best remembered for his photographic articles for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.   Entitled Una storia americana, the exhibition comprises photographs by Parks that deal...

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Rome's outlying suburbs are among some of the neighbourhoods chosen to feature in a new street art project aimed at creating an 'alternative' tourism itinerary in the capital, local culture authorities announced Thursday.   The project has seen the creation of 40 works by street artists in as many locations in the course of two months. These...

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The famous Trevi Fountain in Rome is filled once again with water as a year-and-a-half-long restoration come to a close.   The $2 million renovation was funded by the fashion company Fendi, thanks to the Italian government's passage of a new law offering a tax bonus equal to a 65 percent deduction for donations to cultural sites. Called...

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On Tuesday, December 4th, AUR Communication and Business students received first, second and third place awards following a wine label competition run by Thompson International Marketing, a company specializing in trade and customer service in the wine sector. Prof Bob Sonnabend brought Thompson International to AUR as one of the "clients" for his...

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Italian is among the top five languages studied in the world. This is showed by the 22 thousand students who come to the Peninsula every year to deepen their knowledge about Italian language and culture. Italian attracts mostly young people and students who account for 43,4% of the total number (Asils Report 2012). Literature, art, design and fash...

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by Nick Vivarelli   Rome's long-in-the-works $300 million Cinecittà World theme park, designed by multiple-Oscar-winning production designer designer Dante Ferretti and based on films shot at the famed studios, including "Ben Hur," several by Federico Fellini, and Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," was unveiled on Thursday (July 10) with...

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Terme maschili e femminili, una stazione di posta e un luogo di culto. In sostanza, un vero e proprio "hub" risalente a duemila anni fa.   Una stazione dotata di strutture di servizio, per il corpo e per lo spirito, destinate a confortare il tragitto di viaggiatori e trasportatori, moltissimi, impegnati a raggiungere i moli di Portus (oggi F...

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by Suzy Strutner   Did you know there was an island right in the middle of Rome? It has quite an enchanting history. Legends abound regarding Isola Tiberina's origins -- the most common one holds that the ancient Romans summoned it into existence when they threw the crops of their evil ruler, Tarquin the Proud, into the Tiber River. &n...

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Could another Italian international be making his way to Major League Soccer? Months after Sebastian Giovinco left Juventus to join Toronto FC, Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi has been linked to MLS, with Italian outlet Corriere dello Sport reporting on Saturday that the 31-year-old is considering a move to the league.   Toronto, Orlando Ci...

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