Discovering Italy: the Reggia di Caserta
I confess that I would have liked to have been present for the laying of the first stone of the Royal Palace of Caserta. According to the chronicles of the time, it was a spectacular event. The year was 1752. The chosen date was January 20, a Thursday, coinciding with the 36th birthday of King Charles III of Bourbon. A large number of...
Here’s How American Cities Can Learn From Italian Piazzas
When the paradigm of modernist architecture crumbled, urbanists began a quest for credible alternatives that often took them to the streets and squares of old Italian cities. Deciphering the code of Italy's thriving public life became a process of redemption from the sterilizing over-rationalization of the urban landscape that had been carried out...
FATCA finalmente in vigore in Italia
di Moreno Rota Il 7 luglio 2015 è stata pubblicata nella Gazzetta Ufficiale la legge 18 giugno 2015, n. 95 di ratifica ed esecuzione dell'Accordo intergovernativo tra l'Italia e gli Stati Uniti d'America finalizzato a migliorare la trasparenza fiscale e lo scambio informativo tra autorità fiscali a livello internazionale, per mezzo dell'ap...
Americans, Italians remember battle of Troina
by Cpl. Olivia McDonald U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and AfricaThe American and Italian flags are carried side-by-side down the narrow streets of a Sicilian town; a symbol of the shared history of battle, loss and sacrifice. Marines and sailors with the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa Detachment A joined...
Italy Invades: How Italians Conquered the World
Italy has been the eternal birthplace of empires intent on conquest. Ancient Rome was a great world empire and had a profound influence on all those who flowed in her wake — just think in terms of architecture, government, and language. But what many people don't know is just how many countries Italy has actually invaded? Since the Romans,...
5 panoramic train routes to discover Italy
by Chiara Assi There's something enticing and quintessentially romantic about train travel: watching the landscape changing before one's eyes, crossing remote areas, having time to relax and unwind and take in the views are just some of the reasons why many enthusiasts consider traveling by rail the only way to travel. And while h...
L’Italia dei distretti industriali: eccellenza, competitività e resilienza
L'Italia è un paese unico così come il "Made in Italy" e il dato è inconfutabile, perfetta sintesi tra storie e culture che hanno attraversato la nostra penisola e la geografia voluta dal destino. Valerio Castronovo, storico dell'industria italiana, ha più volte ribadito la presenza di alcune costanti che da sempre contraddistinguono il "Made in It...
Crowdfunding: the future of Italy’s history?
2016 could be the year when crowdfunding saves Italy. Or parts of Italy, at least. In February some ambitious children launched a crowdfunding project to buy the idyllic island of Budelli and re-name it L'Isola dei Ragazzi, keeping it out of the grasp of rich investors. They're not the only ones campaigning to save Italy by unconventional means, as...
Visitare il Quirinale ricostruito in 3D
Uno strumento crossmediale, un software in continuo aggiornamento e il Piano Nobile del Palazzo del Quirinale, come non l'avete mai visto. Da visitare "in un clic". Si tratta di Quirinale 3D VR, un progetto di ricostruzione in 3D realizzato da una giovane azienda della Basilicata, Digital Lighthouse Srl, che lo ha donato al segretariato generale de...
Ivrea, the Italian city candidate to become a Unesco World Heritage site
Piedmont's city Ivrea represents a symbol of the famous Italian architect Adriano Olivetti. Today, the industrial city built in the years between 1930 and 1960 by Olivetti has been candidate to become a Unesco World Heritage site. If the proposal of including the Italian city under the label "Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century" wil...
Biofuel from Tobacco: an Italian invention
On July 15, for the first time, South African Airways completed a flight using a biofuel made from tobacco. The one-way flight carried 300 passengers from Johannesburg to Cape Town using 6,300 liters of biofuel. Thanks to the research of the biochemists of Sunchem, the Italian enterprise who has developed a process to extract biofuel from...
Number of young Italian expats on a steady rise, up 95% in 5 years
by Francesca Barbieri The number of young "expats" who each year leave the country has doubled in the past five years. It has gone from 11,550 in 2011 to nearly 22,500 in 2015, an increase of 95%, a rate higher than the 77% registered by Italian expats of all ages. Looking at the destinations of expats under 30, an analysis by Cen...