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A new Tibetan bridge, billed as the highest in Europe, was inaugurated on Saturday over the Vigi valley in the central Italian region of Umbria. The structure, which is suspended 175 metres above the valley floor, is more than 517 metres long with 1,023 steps. It takes the intrepid visitor between half an hour and 45 minutes to walk across the susp...

Just a couple of videos on social media were enough to intrigue and push many people, especially from Northern Italy, to try Gelà Monfrà, the meat ice cream made in Piedmont. "People even travel fifty kilometers to taste it; they've come from Milan specifically, and even a group from the surrounding area of Pavia," explains Alessio Macchia, the cre...

As it did for most people who spent time in the Willamette Valley, Nick’s Italian Cafe quickly wove its way into Thomas Ghinazzi’s life. After his daughter was born in 2014, the year he moved to Oregon, his parents brought Nick’s takeout to the hospital. Nick’s was the first place he and his wife ate out after getting married. And it was the obviou...

Volcanic ash rained down, followed by a fiery flood of pyroclastic rock and toxic gas; the noonday was cast into darkness. Where only moments before a normal August afternoon had been underway, now lay mayhem and devastation. The opulent villas, commoners’ homes and shops, bakeries, artisan laboratories, food vendors’ stalls …all were buried under...

Dr. Pacchioni’s book The Image of the Puppet in Italian Theater, Literature, and Film (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) has received the Nancy Staub Award for Excellence in Publications on the Art of Puppetry from the Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA), USA. The award is meant to honor books, articles, or dissertations that are exempla...

How would you describe an emotion? Well, we picture it like this: the intense and deep blue of the sea, a cliff full of vitality and colors, the lightheartedness of the boats docked side by side in the port, all of this under the suggestive and majestic shadow of a promontory on which stands a magical village framed in the spectacular setting of th...

Joining more than 30 design showrooms and stores in the Georgetown Design District, Molteni&C has made its debut in D.C.. The Italian designer furniture company is an exciting new face in the stretch of design stores across M Street, taking up residence just steps away from the main entrance to Cady’s Alley. Situated on the west side of Georgetown,...

If you’ve had the chance to spend Easter in Italy, you’ll know that settimana santa (holy week) is taken seriously. The religious holiday is marked up and down the country with street processions and devotional ceremonies in the lead-up to Easter Sunday, or Domenica della Resurrezione. Given Italy’s mania for all things food, it comes as no surpris...

For the first time in 19 years, Italy returned to the US to play international soccer. With the eloquent Luciano Spalletti at the forefront, Gli Azzurri leave New York on a high with two victories in the bag and, more importantly, a restored bond with millions of Italian-Americans.  “We received a wonderful reception, a hug full of love and affecti...

If you're looking to follow in the footsteps of Amanda Holden and Alan Carr by buying a property in Italy, there are a few key things you need to know in advance. The celebrity pair were seen buying an older property in Tuscany and renovating it as part of the second series of their BBC One TV show, Amanda and Alan's Italian Job. Whether you want t...

For decades, Chef Boyardee-brand pasta products have been a staple for afterschool snacks, or special dinners treats, college dorm room standbys and smiling face across U.S. grocery stores. While the line now offers around 30 variations of tomato-sauced pasta products in canned or microwavable bowl form, the original product was a single box contai...

Clocks in Italy and across Europe will "spring forward" by one hour at 02.00 Central European Time (CET) on Sunday 31 March 2024. The custom dates back to more than a century, before the advent of electricity, and was designed to take full advantage of all the daylight hours during the working day. However the practice - which means we will lose an...