We Are The Future: Italy's New Wave Of Visionary Designers
By Chiara Tronville Don't call them young, don't call them new: the designers in this article are the already-recognized evolution of Italian fashion. They did their best, challenging a market dominated by luxury brands, deciding to work for themselves in an uncertain historical period. And they've done it. It can be seen in their...
The abandoned beauty of Italy's 20,000 ghost towns: Stunning pictures of ruined villages left to crumbling in eerie splendour after emigration, natural calamities and pirate raids sent locals packing
by Silvia Marchetti Forget the grandeur of Rome, Florence or Venice. Italy has nearly 20,000 ghost towns that are totally or partly abandoned, the locals having fled due to a mix of factors. Harsh living conditions, including lack of running water and electricity, pirate raids, natural calamities such as quakes and floods, bo...
Uffizi director announces changes to the Vasari Corridor
By Mary Gray A more democratic future lies ahead for what was once the walkway of the Medici Grand Dukes. In a statement released earlier this week, Uffizi director Eike Schmidt announced that he hopes to do away with privileged access to the Vasari Corridor and open it up to the general public. Connecting Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti...
Riparte il volo Venezia - New York: Delta Airlines dà il via all'alta stagione
Delta Air Lines opererà 14 voli a settimana da Venezia verso gli Stati Uniti durante l'alta stagione. A partire da domani, martedì 5 aprile, la compagnia riprenderà il collegamento giornaliero diretto per l'aeroporto di New York-JFK, mentre il prossimo 17 giugno ripartirà il volo da Venezia per Atlanta, che quest'anno festeggia il decimo anniversar...
“That’s right, I come from a family of elves” – What your Italian surname says about you
Have you ever wondered what your Italian surname says about you? You can find out a lot about your family's history from your last name. Many people may not realize what their last name can tell them about their family, this is especially true for Italian-Americans According to Italyworldclub.com, there are three common origins for su...
Ordering coffee in Italy: the 10 commandments
I once met an Italian who didn't drink coffee. He made light of the fact, but you could see that he was tired of having to explain his disability every time some new acquaintance uttered the standard Italian greeting: "Prendiamo un caffè?" ("Fancy a coffee?"). His breezy but faintly passive-aggressive manner concealed, I suspect, deep pool...
Il Trentino ringrazia lo chef eroe d'America Bruno Serato
Una giornata, quella insieme a Bruno Serato, che concilia le grandi risorse in termini di volontariato del Trentino con il tessuto istituzionale e imprenditoriale della nostra provincia. «Dalle parole bisogna passare ai fatti - ha ribadito oggi più di una volta lo chef più buono del mondo - troppo spesso molti di noi parlano ma poi non si danno da...
Il design americano incontra quello italiano
Mentre Hillary Clinton e Donald Trump si fronteggiano per la corsa alla Casa Bianca, c'è qualcuno che cerca di accorciare sempre di più le distanze tra il nostro Paese e quello a stelle e strisce. Come mai? Va detto che gli Stati Uniti rappresentano per l'Italia il primo mercato Extra-UE e il quarto per importanza dopo Francia, Germania e Regno Uni...
Healthy Italian food: a new recipe to guarantee longevity
by Claudia Astarita A few weeks ago the BBC published an interesting article titled "Why do the Italians live longer than us?". Fergus Walsh, BBC medical correspondent, pointed out that although Italians smoke more than Britons, they earn less, their economy is in an even worse shape than the British one, and they spend less on healthcare,...
Dance, music and theater in a festival with international guests
From June 18th to July 16th Tivoli, the sixth edition of the International Festival of Villa Adriana will be held. The villa, which was built by the Emperor Hadrian in the second century and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, thus returns to the stage as great cultural event dedicated to dance, music and theater. The festival, which...
Sicily: 5 free things for visitors to do
Sicily is the Mediterranean's largest island and a trip around this triangular-shaped ancient land can be particularly rewarding for those in search of free things to do. Besides Sicily's sights, smells and sounds — the feast of wildflowers in rainy months, colorful street markets in towns and cities alike, picturesque faces and places aro...
Per battere la crisi artigiani e piccole imprese devono contaminarsi col digitale
di Stefano Micelli A metà dicembre si è concluso a Roma il roadshow di Eccellenze in digitale, il progetto promosso da Google, Unioncamere e Symbola per sensibilizzare la piccola impresa italiana alle potenzialità della rete. Il tour ha messo in evidenza progetti e iniziative in tanti territori italiani, consegnando ai promotori a...