Invest in Italy: Real Estate
Investinitalyrealestate.com is a portal for presenting Italian and foreign operators with opportunities for investment in real estate owned by the government, by companies in which the government or other public bodies have a shareholding or those with mixed public-private shareholders. The project is part of the framework of initiatives e...
15 Things You Might Not Know About Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man'
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man has evolved over the last five centuries from a thoughtful sketch into the picture of health. But the history behind this sketch is as curious as its image is omnipresent. 1. LEONARDO NEVER INTENDED FOR VITRUVIAN MAN TO BE DISPLAYED. The sketch was discovered in one of the High Renaissance master's person...
Italy's visa portal wins Innovation Prize at SMAU
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' portal "Visa for Italy" will be awarded the Innovation Prize for excellence at the SMAU exhibition in Bologna, an international IT and office furniture fair to be hosted at Bologna Fiere on June 9 and 10. "Visa for Italy", which recorded over two million hits since it first began in April 2015, is t...
Sonoma Christmas, Italian style
I had the great fortune to marry into a wonderful Italian family from Genoa, Italy. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year in Italy when cities sparkle and all Italians anticipate the wonderful foods to come. The festivities last from Saturday, Dec. 24 through Friday, Jan. 6 with families all gathering and reuniting from all...
Sleep like royalty at Italy's castles-turned-hotels
Castello Bevilacqua: This restored 14th-century castle, which was originally created as a fortress by the Bevilacqua family, is designed to impress visitors before they even arrive at the main entrance. Guests enter through a long drive that's flanked with pine trees, and pass through an enclosed passageway first. Once on the grounds, this...
American air force officer pardoned by Italy
Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street in a move he hoped would keep American-Italian relations strong, especially on security matters. President Giorgio Napolitano's office said the head of state...
Alitalia: voli dall’estero verso l’Italia in tre mesi crescita del 3,6%
Dall'inizio del 2014 è in costante crescita il numero dei visitatori che dall'estero arrivano in Italia con Alitalia per motivi di turismo o di lavoro. Rispetto ai primi mesi del 2013, Alitalia ha registrato sui propri voli dall'estero verso l'Italia una crescita del 3,6% - pari a 31.000 passeggeri in più - che conferma il nostro Paese quale meta...
Why Google's Secret Italian Resort Retreat Location Is Surprising
by Larry Holmsted Google, the influential tech giant, spent this week hosting a very low-profile conference for some very high-profile business and opinion leaders. While the event has been widely reported, Google has mostly kept quiet about it. The New York Times, which broke the story, called it the "Davos of summer," comparing...
A Guide to Amaro, Italy's Unruly Bittersweet Export
Amaro is Italy's bittersweet export that's all the rage. "Amaro," the word for "bitter" in Italian, is also a broad and loosely defined category of bittersweet Italian-born herbal spirits flavored through maceration. While consistently enjoyed in Western Europe for hundreds of years, only recently has American interest and excitement in amaro renew...
Mona Lisa's Bones Found?
The identity of the raven-haired beauty painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1504 has long been suspected to be Lisa Gheradini Del Giocondo, the wife of a rich silk merchant. Italian archaeologists trying to solve the mystery behind the identity of one of the world's most famous models said Wednesday that they had found shards of bone which could h...
L’ultimo cartaio di Fabriano: “Io, come un artigiano del ’200”
di Federico Taddia «Io non faccio una carta qualsiasi, io faccio la tua carta, esclusiva e personalizzata. Non mi serve a nulla essere bravo come un artigiano del 1200, sarei solo una rievocazione storica: io voglio essere bravo oggi, utilizzando la stessa tecnica di ieri per realizzare prodotti eccellenti, attuali e appetibili nel contemp...
Musement, the Italian App to travel “as you like”
by Claudia Astarita Musement – the Italian innovative online platform – has launched a new App that works as a real portable concierge. It allows users to live every city as if it was their own, offering a personalized list of all the local attractions. Starting from a list with thousands of "things to do", the user can select the...