The clay deposits found in Trentino influenced the establishment of ceramic-tiled stove production in certain geographical areas, amply documented by historians, from the 14th century until the mid-19th century. Sfruz, Vermilion and Molina di Fiemme seem to have been the towns most specialised in the production of stoves; in other areas, such as in...
READ MORECertainly not lacking for cultural excellence, Italy is not only the cradle of Roman, Renaissance and Baroque art, but it also plays a rather important role in the international modern and contemporary art scenes. Museums, galleries, cultural institutions and the artists themselves are organized into collectives: art in Italy follows the flux of ev...
READ MORENestled in the Dolomite foothills, a few kilometres north of Verona, Trentino is often overlooked by travellers as they race up to the ski resorts of Alto Adige. It’s a shame, because this small region has a lot to offer. The landscape here is gentler than the far north, and boasts a wild expanse of unspoilt forests and rivers. There are some wonde...
READ MOREGambero Rosso, an Italian media company that has covered the best food, wine and travel of Italy since 1986—and which publishes an authoritative Wines of Italy guide annually—announced various categories of wine winners for this year. Their designated Winery of the Year is Cantine Ferrari, which produces sparkling wines in the northern Italian Tren...
READ MORETuesday, September 25, 2018 at 6:00 pm. Entrance: Free. Location: Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan, #1450. Presented on the occasion of EXPO CHICAGO. Daniela Ferrari, Curator at MART Museum of Trento/Rovereto and Frida Carazzato, Curatorial Assistant, Museion Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano will participate in this event....
READ MOREIl Console generale degli Stati Uniti a Milano, Elisabeth Lee Martinez, è stata in visita in Trentino Alto Adige. Dell’incontro con Kompatscher parliamo in altro articolo (vedi). Ma a Bolzano ha avuto modo di incontrare il Presidente Rossi presso la sede dell'Eurac. Alla console il presidente Rossi ha illustrato le specificità e i punti di forza d...
READ MOREResearchers at the Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO) of the University of Trento have discovered a molecule that can correct DNA alterations causing genetic diseases and cancer, according to a study published by Nature Biotechnology out on Tuesday. "We have devised an experimental method through which we obtain a molecule - evoCas9 - which is...
READ MOREWhat do the Emmy Awards, Ferrari Trento sparkling wine, biodiversity, bees, and sustainability have in common? Everything. This year, you couldn’t have one without the other. The Official Sparkling Wine of the 69th Emmy® Awards season, Ferrari Trento is quite literally the toast of Italy and the preferred sparkling wine on red carpets from Hollywoo...
READ MOREUp to just fifty years ago, the waters of Lake Tovel – in the Non Valley, in the province of Trento – used to turn red in the summer. People – who’ve come here at almost 2,000 meters of altitude since Antiquity – of course came up with a famous legend to explain the phenomenon. They say the queen of Ragoli, Tresenga, refused the matrimonial pursuit...
READ MORETrento, Italy–based Aquafil, a producer of polyamide (nylon 6), announced the opening of its first carpet recycling facility in the United States. Aquafil Carpet Recycling ACR #1 will invest $10 million in a leased 116,890-square-foot building in Phoenix, AZ, to set up its technology to recycle nylon 6 waste from carpets back into raw material, fur...
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