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As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, some city blocks never experience heat wave temperatures. How is this possible? Civilizations have recognized the power of cities to heat themselves up and cool themselves for centuri...

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It wasn’t Lauren Morrow’s first time traveling abroad. The University of Nebraska at Kearney senior has spent time at all-inclusive resorts in the Bahamas and Cancún, Mexico. Those family vacations are fun, but you don’t get to truly experience the culture, she noted. Morrow was looking for a chance to really explore a foreign country and dive deep...

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Bulgari Hotel Roma has been crowned the best hotel in the world by Virtuoso Travel, a leading global network of agencies specialising in luxury travel, in its 2024 rankings. The recognition was welcomed by Italy's tourism minister Daniela Santanchè who wrote on X: "Italy never ceases to excel. Now even the best hotel in the world is Italian. It is...

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An elegant residential area, the Aventino district stands and takes its name from one of the seven hills of Rome, the southernmost one. In ancient times the Aventino Hill was the most isolated and difficult to access, today it occupies a central and strategic position, between the Circus Maximus, the Baths of Caracalla, the Tiber River and the Test...

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Cement is a ubiquitous material — from towering buildings to bustling highways. Among industrial materials, cement production releases the most carbon dioxide. Traditional cement production is an energy-intensive process, requiring temperatures of over 1450 degrees Celsius. This entire process releases enormous amounts of heat-trapping carbon dioxi...

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The artichoke, il carciofo, has been the cornerstone vegetable of Rome since ancient times. Today more are cultivated in Italy (367,000 tons) than anywhere else in the world and more artichokes are eaten in Rome than any other city.  According to a recipe in De Re Coquinaria by Apicius, they were pickled in honey and vinegar, and seasoned with cumi...

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When the first slivers of sun began to make their way onto the terrace of my Roman apartment on a balmy March day, I stuck my head into them like a cat, relishing the feel of the heat on my skin. Perhaps it was the contrast that gave way to this distinct pleasure. Only days earlier, I had been caught in a treacherous rainstorm while making my way f...

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The U of A Rome Program is spearheading an exciting project under the guidance of Francesca Riccardo from the faculty of architecture. The project, SustainabITALY, brings together a group of students to explore sustainable architecture and its significant impact on the built environment. In collaboration with the Local Association of Architects in...

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Villa Borghese is located in the heart of Rome city center, with its monumental main entrance located in Piazzale Flaminio close to Piazza del Popolo. Built in the XVII century by the cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, Villa Borghese is one of the biggest park of the eternal city and the only one site of the old town included in the...

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“There is nothing more irresistible to an artist than an invitation to come to Italy, and Rome in particular,” Pepi Marchetti Franchi, founding director of Gagosian Rome, tells me. And she’s right. For centuries, the Eternal City has captivated imaginations with its legendary stories of gladiators; its gorgeous cityscape of travertine temples, baro...

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