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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will celebrate its 47th Anniversary Gala at the elegant Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 29, 2022. This year, NIAF will salute its 2022 Region of Honor, Tuscany, the birthplace of the Italian language and Renaissance. Hosting the black-tie event will be Maria Bartiromo, a...

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The Isola d’Elba, an amazing island situated between the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Sea, is the largest of the Tuscan Archipelago. It can be easily reached from Piombino with both Toremar, Blu Navy, Moby Line x ferries. There is also an airport on the island, Marina di Campo, that is served by Intersky for international flights (to Friedrichshafen, Mu...

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For people all over the world–including those who have never traveled to Italy–the mere mention of Tuscany brings to mind images of rolling hills ribboned with cypress tree-lined roads and tables set with thick cuts of bistecca fiorentina and glasses of Chianti wine. Few, however, know about the beautiful landscapes and excellent food of Maremma, t...

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September is a perfect month to go on holiday in Italy. Temperatures are still mild but more pleasant than in July and August. The beaches and art cities empty out, without the large crowds of tourists. Prices for flights and accommodation are much lower than in the other summer months.  But where to go in Italy in September? The temperatures are s...

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The quaint town of Volterra, in the Pisa province of Tuscany, is known worldwide as the Italian capital of alabaster. The precious, diaphanous stone has been at the heart of the area’s economy and craftsmanship tradition for centuries, since Etruscan times. But there is more to Volterra than its well-deserved fame as a hub of alabaster art because...

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Seventy-five-year-old Florence Pauli had already come to terms that her family wound never be given the title of Righteous Among the Nations, although they saved Jews during the Holocaust from certain death, endangering their own lives. Fast forward to 2022, and their courageous act has been recognized by the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance...

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For Italians, the August vacation almost always means time at the beach with family and friends. And most people go back to the same beach year after year, as families gather and pass down traditions from one generation to the next. About a three-hour drive north of Rome on the Tuscan coast lies Punta Ala, an exclusive beach resort developed in the...

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The Adventures of Pinocchio first came out in serial form in 1881 in the Giornale dei bambini (“Children’s Magazine”) and was later published as a book in 1883. It was written by Carlo Collodi (1826 – 1890) – whose real name was Carlo Lorenzini as Collodi comes from the name of the hamlet in which his mother was born – who was an Italian author and...

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When I first start getting into wine I had the luxury of meeting Andrea Cecchi at a couple of local events here and was impressed by him and the wines that the Cecchi family have established in their 125+ history in the wine industry. In my search to always seek out wines and grapes on the lesser explored path, when I saw this label that screamed s...

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Would you like to know the real Tuscany? Then you have to travel through the streets of its countryside, among piles of hay, vines and poppies to visit some of the suggestive medieval villages, perched on its hills, such as San Gimignano or Monteriggioni. The village of Monteriggioni is a suggestive medieval centre which is part of the famous Siene...

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