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Many people in Benevento don't know, or maybe easily forget it, but their amazing city shows lots of its ancient beauties just under their very noses, for free (or almost). That's because the so-called City of Witches is a place full of Roman and Middle Age (and more) mindblowing sightseeings at zero cost, and as a sort of open-air museum, it can b...

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When we talk about travels in Campania too often we think of the coastal cities, the sea, the city of Naples, or even the Vesuvian archeology of the buried cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabia. In this way, however, we tend to underestimate the importance of the Campania hinterland: an area rich in surprising beauty among nature, art, archaeo...

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ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC pieces of Roman architecture was the triumphal arch. Hundreds were built all over the former empire, but only about 50 are still standing, and very few are preserved in a good state. The best-preserved example is the Arch of Trajan in Benevento. It was built by emperor Trajan between 114 and 117 to celebrate the victories in...

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L’America e la Mia Gente, novità letteraria fresca di stampa edita da MnM print edizioni, è la prima traduzione italiana dell’opera di Mario B. Mignone (titolo originale: The Story of My People - From Rural Southern Italy to Mainstream America, Bordighera Press 2015). Un’autobiografia e insieme un racconto dell’esperienza di emigrazione vissuta in...

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«Il Robot Spargisugo è un’innovazione unica nel panorama europeo e grazie a un braccio meccanico e a un sistema di visione ottica, calcola esattamente il centro del disco di pasta e con un movimento rotatorio, che si ispira al gesto del pizzaiolo distribuisce uniformemente il pomodoro». Giuseppe Esposito, responsabile Ricerca e Sviluppo dello stabi...

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“E’ l’italiano l’esame di lingua straniera più diffuso e in più rapida crescita nelle scuole degli Stati Uniti d’America”. Lo rende noto Margaret Cuomo (sorella di Andrew, attuale governatore dello Stato di New York), presidente della Italian language foundation (Ilf) di New York , alla vigilia del suo arrivo in Italia con il chairman Louis Tallari...

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"In the name of the Assumption, / brothers, beat yourself": to this invitation, pronounced with a stony voice by the Capo dei battenti, hundreds and hundreds of devotees kneel down on the churchyard, the chest begins to be struck with blood, while the painting of the Madonna leaves the church of Guardia Sanframondi, Sannio, in the Province of Benev...

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