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After completing our annual month of Italian language study in Rome, my wife Carole and I headed south for yet another tour of Southern Italy’s many cities, towns, and villages.  We had traveled to the South on at least three previous visits. Our itinerary included stops from the totally unknown to the familiar, including the now famous UNESCO Nati...

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Italy is to seek world heritage status for its leg of the Francigena Way, a much-tramped pilgrim's route which once linked Canterbury in southern England to Rome via France and Switzerland. Seven regions are backing the application to secure Unesco protection for the section of the famous hiking route that starts in the Alps and winds through plain...

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Pizza finds a place on every country's table and is topped with countless delicacies, each country creating its own - more or less - orthodox version of this quintessentially Italian food. Yet it remains Neapolitan in the  minds of all of us and having a pizza in Naples is certainly on the bucket list of more than a foodie.  Neapolitan pizza, or “v...

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By Beatrice Bondi Lunedì sera presso la Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò della New York University è stata inaugurata la mostra fotografica Renaissance Ideal Cities, che vede protagoniste le due affascinanti città rinascimentali Pienza e Sabbioneta, entrambe riconosciute Patrimonio Mondiale dell'Umanità dall'UNESCO. Seppur situate in due differenti r...

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L'Appennino tosco-emiliano è ora ufficialmente Riserva dell'Uomo e della Biosfera e si aggiunge alle altre 630 riserve Unesco: Si è svolta infatti ieri a Bologna la cerimonia di consegna ufficiale della pergamena alla presidenza del Parco Nazionale.   Nella serata di ieri l'evento si è svolto davanti ai sindaci di 38 comuni delle province em...

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The Festival that brings two months of art and music to those rose-hued rocks, the Dolomites, is on its way back to the range this summer: the 20th season of Sounds of the Dolomites, marked by world-class music and crowds both Italian and foreign, is even more spectacular for its astounding natural setting, also an UNESCO World Heritage Site. &nbs...

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According to ANSA, Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced 80 million euros of funding for cultural projects in Italy including renovation of Rome's Colosseum and Florence's Uffizi Gallery.   Italy's superior council for cultural assets and landscape has approved the allocation of the funds for large-scale projects in 2015-2016...

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by Claudia Baroncelli From breathtaking frescoed palaces to wonderful churches, beyond its most popular buildings, Palermo also boasts many lesser known yet beautiful spots must discover while in town. And with Le Vie dei Tesori festival running until the 1st of November, you can enjoy guided tours and events through the city's hidden treasures....

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"It's with great satisfaction and pleasure that we present to New York the Nativity Scene (the traditional Italian "Presepe") created by the worldwide known artist Franco Artese. The first Italian artisan/artist to have the privilege of presenting a Presepe in St. Peter's Square, Rome in 2012, during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, as an expressio...

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Una diplomazia culturale italiana orientata a fidelizzare gli utenti stranieri al nostro paese. È questa la sfida lanciata da Destinazione Italia, il piano del Governo per attrarre investimenti esteri, che vede la Farnesina e la rete diplomatica come perno dell'iniziativa.   Investimenti esteri per industria museale e restauro Per far ciò,...

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