La Stazione Toledo vince il premio della "International Tunnelling Association"
Nuova soddisfazione per Napoli. La Stazione Metro Toledo ha infatti vinto nelle scorse ore il premio della "International Tunnelling Association" nella categoria "innovative use of underground spaces". Si tratta di un riconoscimento importantissimo a livello internazionale: l'Oscar delle opere in sotterraneo nella categoria "Uso Innovativo...
Escape to the Italian countryside
by Rick Steves To connect with the rural charm that defines Tuscany, consider exploring by car and staying not in towns but in farmhouses. Savvy travelers can slow down and get a taste of Italian rural life in the traditional-yet-cozy lodgings of a countryside B-and-B or an "agriturismo" -- a working farm that takes in guests. As...
Il settore orafo vola sui mercati esteri
Tra i mercati esteri la Svizzera si posiziona al primo posto tra gli sbocchi commerciali dei gioielli italiani. Il 2015 sarà sicuramente un anno da ricordare per il settore orafo grazie all'incremento nel fatturato del 3.8%, dovuto in particolare dall'andamento favorevole delle esportazioni. Oltre alla Svizzera ottime performance si regist...
Il "boss delle torte" Buddy ad Altamura per ritirare una targa onorifica
Il pasticcere italo-americano Buddy Valastro sarà ad Altamura il prossimo 20 maggio. Il Sindaco Giacinto Forte gli consegnerà in aula consiliare una targa in omaggio alle sue origini altamurane. Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro è un pasticcere e personaggio televisivo italo-americano, noto al pubblico mondiale per il suo programma di successo "Cake Boss"...
How to find the perfect Agriturismo in Umbria
The picturesque region of Umbria is one of most popular destinations in Italy for a lot of reasons. It has a spectacular array of medieval towns, verdant hills (they don't call it 'The Green Heart of Italy' for nothing), and earthy, mouth-watering cuisine that often highlights seasonal, foraged specialties like mushrooms, wild asparagus, and truffl...
The Gorgeous Italian City You’ve Never Heard Of
Matera, famous for its "Sassi," is a city in the region of Basilicata located essentially where the heel of the "boot" of Italy starts. "Sassi" means rocks, but in this case we're not talking about big boulders like those of Stonehenge. Here, the Sassi—the first site in southern Italy to be taken under UNESCO's protective wing, in 1993—are two anci...
Seven Tuscan white wines to discover this summer
The Italians created their classification hierarchy, the Denominazione di Origine (DOC), 50 years ago to highlight their best wines. So what was Italy's first DOC, the one the Italians most wanted to trumpet? Brunello di Montalcino or Barolo would be reasonable guesses. But no , it was Vernaccia di san Gimignano. Brunello di Montalcino became Ital...
Corno di Capra, the Italian heirloom variety of pepper
By Chiara Assi When it comes to peppers, we all know the basics: bell peppers are sweet, habaneros are extremely hot, some are good fresh, some are better dried. But have you ever heard of a sweet pepper called "Corno di Capra"? The name literally means "goat horn" in Italian and, if you look at it, you can see why: this Italian heirloom...
Strong US demand and Europe recovery help FCA beat expectations
Automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said on Wednesday its 2014 sales grew a better-than- expected 11% to €96.1 billion, and forecast they would grow another 12% this year, indicating it is on track so far to reach its target of selling 7 million cars in 2018. The carmaker's sales benefitted from strong US demand for its Ram pickups, where...
Italian artist Angelo Filomeno talks fashion and art
"A month to a month and a half." That is how long Italian artist Angelo Filomeno works on one of his pieces for. "I never work on more than one piece at a time. I don't have multiple projects going on," Filomeno said. "If I were to work on more than one idea my head would be hit with multiple axes and explode." When depicting this idea tha...
A new App to protect Made in Italy
by Claudia Astarita Identyclick - a new Italian startup – has launched an innovative App "Know what you eat and drink". It allows consumers and companies to check on the origin of the products they usually buy. In recent years, Italian food associations and consortia have strongly supported the need to have a deeper control on foo...
Esplorando i borghi gioielli d’Italia
Le vacanze estive sono ormai lontane ma l'autunno può ancora regalare emozioni. Oggi vogliamo guidarvi in tour che vi porterà alla scoperta di alcuni borghi, gioielli del nostro paese: realtà costituite da pochissimi abitanti che ci regalano l'immagine di un'Italia ferma nel tempo. Si tratta per lo più di piccole cittadine, spesso risalenti al...