Regione: incontro con il Cda della National Italian American Foundation
Il Presidente della Regione Giuseppe Scopelliti e il Presidente del Consiglio regionale Francesco Talarico hanno ricevuto a palazzo Campanella, sede del Consiglio regionale, i rappresentanti del Consiglio d'Amministrazione della National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), presenti in Calabria per una serie di riunioni. La delegazione americana - i...
Student concludes semester-long quest to compare Italy, America
At the beginning of the semester, I asked myself: Which is better, America or Italy? The answer came to me a while ago, and even though I get the feeling it won't be surprising, this is a good time to reveal it. Getting to know Italy was just like getting to know new people. At first it might be hard to imagine them with any serious proble...
Cisterne, mosaici e terme private. La collina del Pincio scopre i suoi segreti
di Sara Grattoggi Un singolare affaccio sulla storia del Pincio, nel ventre della sede di Mediobanca a piazza di Spagna. Dove nel 2000 gli scavi condotti da Paola Virgili portarono alla luce un ninfeo riferibile agli Horti Luculliani e terme private con straordinari mosaici del IV secolo d. C., costruite su una domus romana del II. E sui m...
Sean Penn's daughter Dylan Penn lands new campaign for Italian designer Ermanno Scervino (and shows she has mother Robin Wright's stunning looks!)
She's the daughter of Hollywood royalty but now Dylan Penn's becoming a star in her own right, as the face of an Italian fashion label. Stunning Dylan, who bears a close resemblance to her actress mother Robin Wright, is the face of Ermanno Scervino's spring/summer 2015 campaign. Read more Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk...
Italian Food Excellence: Green Pistachio of Bronte D.P.O.
The Etna, in Sicily, is the higher volcano in Europe. A black mountain, covered in ash from which emerge lava rocks. This landscape, arid an inhospitable, is the ideal soil for Pistachio growing, the "gold green" of Bronte, appreciate all over the world. Its main characteristic is the intense green color and the sweet, delicate, aromatic t...
Restauri Domus Aurea: "Nel giardino la mappa della casa di Nerone"
Le fioriture azzurre nelle aiuole di acciaio corten richiamano il disegno della fontana che sorgeva al centro della corte neroniana. In un gioco di rimandi e suggestioni che si svilupperà in futuro in tutto il giardino, permettendo agli ambienti della Domus Aurea di "specchiarsi" in superficie, attraverso le geometrie e i colori della nuova vegetaz...
Mappa dei dialetti in Italia
Ecco una mappa dettagliata che ci mostra la grande varietà di dialetti in Italia. La mappa creata da Sima Brankov nel suo blog Language Maps mostra l'infinita varietà delle lingue parlate nella penisola. I dialetti sono stati raggruppati in 7 categorie. - I dialetti Gallo-Italici: Piemontesi, Lombardi Occidentali, Lombardi Orientali, Ligu...
In Turin’s Royal Library a manuscript Legendary in name and in deed
by Marco Carminati Miniatures are marvels of Medieval and Renaissance art that are only accessible to a happy few. Except for the large illuminated books made for church choirs, which could be consulted on the book rests by dozens of monks at the same time, or the liturgical books that were read by multiple people (Bibles, Missals...
The Moorish Heads of Sicily
...Otherwise known as Pot Heads! I like the ambiguity in the phrase Moorish Heads. When the Moors invaded Sicily from North Africa in the 11th century, they built ceramics workshops all over the island and taught the Sicilians to make brightly coloured majolica, an art form which gradually spread throughout Sicily. One of the excavate...
Five Italian alpine huts for a summer chill-out
Italy's alpine huts, or 'rifugi', provide the perfect - and inexpensive - place to get some peace and quiet and escape the heat of the Italian summer. And the good news is that they are not as inaccessible as you might think. But what can you expect from a rifugio? Those in super-remote, high-altitude areas might not offer flushing i...
Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle in Merano, Italy has plants from around the world
by Connie Pillsbury I was treated to a wonderful surprise botanical garden in Merano, Italy, this summer while traveling in the South Tyrol, the Southern Alps in northeast Italy. Merano, or Meran in German, (not to be confused with Milan), is a town of 38,000 people in a lush valley surrounded by scenic peaks. For years it's...
Alfa Romeo Giulia adds amazing style to fantastic performance
Audi S4? BMW M3? Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG? These are questions buyers typically ask themselves when they're thinking about buying a European sports sedan. They're all very good, none will really disappoint, but they're all lacking something: soul. There's a new competitor entering the market soon, offering capabilities and features very much...