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Umberto Mucci

Umberto has a degree in Political Science and a master in Marketing and Communication. He is the founder and CEO of We the Italians and the representative in Italy of the Italian American Museum of New York. He gives lectures about History of Italian Emigration to the US, and he has published seven books about Italy and the US

  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : italia.it      Translation by:   The magnificent natural scenery of the Val d'Orcia that extends through the Tuscan hills was inserted onto the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004. Val d'Orcia fuses art, landscape and ecosystem in one geographical space, and is the expression of a series of marvelous natu...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Terre del Piceno      Translation by:   When spring is at its height, on the feast of Pentecost, the historical festival of the Armata di Pentecoste takes place in Monterubbiano. Though it is difficult to date the origins of this festival accurately, there are 16th century documents which attest to its h...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Giovanni Verde      Translation by:   An extraordinarily important figure in the history of Italian enterprise, Adriano Olivetti is the architect of a unique and revolutionary business model, which has combined technological progress with richness of the human community. Engineer and entrepreneur, his mu...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : I borghi più belli d'Italia      Translation by:   The town sprung up along the Brennero road, the most important communication link between Italy and Germany. In spite of the construction of new residential areas, the layout of the town has remained more or less unaltered since the end of the 13th centu...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   The stuffed peppers with meat, sausage, bread and spices are colored caskets of a host of summer flavors and colors. Their colors represent the sun and the heat of summer with a true Mediterranean taste. The peppers, despite being from South America, were...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : italia.it      Translation by:   Far away from the hubs of mass tourism, the coast belonging to the Region of Molise extends for 21.7 miles, from the mouth of the Trigno River to that of the Apulian tributary of Saccione. Its limpid sea, lovely flora and fauna and, above all, its grand artistic and cultu...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Nick Fuoco      Translation by:   Columbus Day is a day that we as Italians hold very dear as a way to honor the Italian heritage and strong immigrant culture of this great Country. Recently, il nostro giorno, Columbus Day, came under attack in the State of Utah via S.B. 170 which was crafted by State Se...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Giosuè Prezioso      Translation by:   We are in May, and soon, in a couple of weeks, we will be enjoying longer days, hotter weeks, and more pleasant mornings: summer is coming! However, 'summer' does not strictly mean 'sun' and 'sunbathing', 'beach' and 'gelato', summer may also mean t-w-e-n-t-y-f-o-u-...

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WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   There are many wines produced throughout Italy that are passito wines, produced with dried grapes, that goes through the appassimento process, which is the actual process of drying out grapes before fermentation. Probably one of the...

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  WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   Designer clothing and handbags, amazing food, fine wines—Italy is known for offering some of the most luxurious items and experiences the world has to offer. But believe it or not, it's possible for anyone to enjoy Italy's world-class landscape and culture on...

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  WTI Magazine #78    2016 April 15Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 78th issue of our online magazine. Spring has boomed in Italy: we have a warm, sunny weather and the many beautiful places of our marvelous country are full of tourists. A recent survey tells us that in the Tripadvisor reviews, America...

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  WTI Magazine #78    2016 April 15Author : Giulia Carletti      Translation by:   Born as the most instinctual and – possibly – irrational response to 20th century scientific and technological innovations, Futurism was an artistic Italian movement celebrating the energy, speed, and power of the machine, thereby advocating the vitality of modern...

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