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Milan and Turin are combining to bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) sent a letter of intent to the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, stating its plans. While there is usually one host city, the IOC’s new bidding process allows for the Games to be spread over bigger areas, although the competition can o...

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Frank Lloyd Wright, il più grande architetto americano del XX secolo, maestro indiscusso e ideatore dell'architettura organica, è protagonista di una mostra alla Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli. “Frank Lloyd Wright tra America e Italia” rappresenta un vero e proprio viaggio, a cura di Jennifer Gray, tra fotografie, oggetti, cataloghi, litogra...

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On these chilly gray days, my mind races back to a week of spectacular sunshine and even more spectacular wines in the northwestern Italian region of Piedmont. My wife and I tasted so many excellent wines during our time in Piedmont that it’s hard to know where to start. But today I’d like to share two wine experiences that surprised and delighted...

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In Piedmontese dialect, “L’uma sempre fait parej” simply means, “This is how we’ve always done it”. It’s a perfect motto for Guido Gobino chocolate, which incorporates centuries of tradition and constant research to create a product that is authentic and contemporary at the same time. The Gianduiotto Artisanal Laboratory project revolves around ext...

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Appuntamento dal 28 marzo al 1 luglio, quando la Pinacoteca Agnelli ospita la mostra: Frank Lloyd Wright tra America e Italia. L’esposizione curata da Jennifer Gray presenta fotografie, oggetti, cataloghi, litografie e disegni originali realizzati dal famoso architetto statunitense. L’architettura organica, il rapporto con il Belpaese a partire dal...

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Nel quadro delle attività promozionali del quinto Summit mondiale di SelectUSA (area di Washington, D.C., 20-22 giugno 2018) Il Consolato Generale degli USA a Milano organizza tre seminari informativi sugli investimenti negli Stati Uniti che si svolgeranno a Torino (27 febbraio ‘18), Verona (28 febbraio ‘18) e Firenze (1 marzo ‘18) e che vedranno l...

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Looking around the room full of their second cousins in Valpergo, Italy, in 2014, sisters Dee Pollinger, Washington, and Jean Woll, Union, could see some family resemblances, striking resemblances in at least two cases. But they hadn’t needed to see any likenesses. The sisters already knew they had found what they were looking for — family. They ha...

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Turin was declared capital city of Italian chocolate right after the Cateau-Cambrésis peace treaty was signed in 1559: Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, who had served as governor of the Habsburg Netherlands until that year, returned from Spain with some cocoa seeds – one of the American novelties Hernán Cortés had introduced in Europe after conque...

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Italy is to design modules for the future space station orbiting the Moon, sources said Thursday. Contracts worth some $2.5 million plus co-funding have been signed by Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) with Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Orbital-ATK within the framework of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships promoted...

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There’s more to Italy than just the big cities. Don’t me wrong, I love the modern side of Milan and the bohemian quarters of Rome but a traveler visiting just these cities in Italy is missing a lot. One needs to re-consider and explore the unconventional choices as well and maybe add a few days to make it to Turin (an hour from Milan), While search...

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