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I spent last winter in Trieste, Italy–the city where I lived for part of my childhood and where I attended grade school. Trieste is located on the Adriatic Sea, a little over 100 miles east of Venice, on the border with Slovenia. It has a population of approximately 240,000 inhabitants in the city proper and a total of 410,000, including the metrop...

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Its climate, with the dry Bora wind that blows over the karst plateau and towards the gulf; its history, shaped by Habsburg domination; and its geographic position, almost part of the Balkans; render the fascinating city of Trieste one of the most particular art cities in Italy, and of a notably mitteleurope character. Located in Italy’s extreme no...

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It may be hard to believe, but there are still fantastic, beautiful places in Italy that aren’t overrun with travelers. Some of them, in fact, aren’t far from popular tourist areas, which make them an excellent add-on to a trip.  One example is the province of Friuli Venezia Giulia, northeast of Venice. It has beautiful scenery, fascinating histori...

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As migrant children were recently being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, Lidia Bastianich’s own refugee story has an eerily familiar ring. The accomplished Italian chef and restaurateur takes a break from award-winning cookbooks to unpack her own immigrant story in the just-released “My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family,...

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Woodpecker Disco – Cervia, Emilia-Romagna: Woodpecker disco is a domed nightclub nestled in a pine forest near Cervia, in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The structure was designed by architect Filippo Monti and began operating as a club in the late 1960s. It was considered one of the most popular clubs of the Adriatic Riviera until...

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Fincantieri has launched Fincantieri Services USA, which will be a national hub for all services and after sales activities on the group's cruise ships and forms part of its US business development strategy, the Italian shipbuilding giant said on Friday. Fincantieri Services USA "will become a reference point for American shipowners in the US servi...

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“You’re going to walk out of here crooked,” says my friend Michelle—not an outlandish statement, except it’s 10:30 in the morning. We’re the only sober people at Gruden Stanislav, a sparsely decorated, wood-beamed osmiza (or tavern) on the hilly and—as I would find out—oddly unique northeastern fringe of Italy. A fire crackles in the stone fireplac...

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Trieste is famous for its cold, gale-force Bora wind, and indeed, all manner of creatures and people have blown through the seaside city in Italy’s far northeast, next to the Slovenian border. Dinosaurs and Neanderthals once roamed the limestone hills of the Karst region, and legend holds that Jason and the Argonauts sailed in with the Golden Fleec...

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Trieste will be European Science Capital in 2020, the head of the Trieste International Foundation, Stefano Fantoni, announced Tuesday at a press conference with Friuli Governor Debora Serracchiani and Trieste Mayor Roberto Dipiazza. Trieste beat Dutch university cities Leiden - which will now be science capital in 2022 - and The Hague in the final...

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The “Made in Italy” brand is among the most famous in the world. It represents excellence that is undoubtedly Italian, ranks high among well-known brands in the global market, and is positioned in the high-quality market segment. This year, as part of Montclair State University’s Business Italian course, we students explored the links between Made...

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