Dizionario delle migrazioni: le due Italie si ricongiungeranno?
by Goffredo Palmerini Monumentale volume, cartaceo e cd, sull'emigrazione italiana, di capitale importanza per la diffusione della conoscenza e della storia del fenomeno. Il Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Migrazioni Italiane nel Mondo, edito da Ser ItaliAteneo e Fondazione Migrantes e curato da Tiziana Grassi, Enzo Caffarell...
Arancini perfetti in dieci secondi con una macchina brevettata in Sicilia
di Giulia Cimpanelli Sua maestà l'arancino. Il re dello street food siciliano è conosciuto e diffuso in tutto il mondo. E se i siciliani ne rivendicano giustamente i diritti d'autore e discutono tra Est e Ovest sul suo nome (arancine a occidente e arancini a oriente), nel resto d'Italia e del mondo in molti cercano di copiarlo. Ma nonosta...
Il piccolo villaggio centenario nascosto all'interno di una grotta in Sicilia
by Annastella Palasciano La Grotta Mangiapane, conosciuta anche con il nome di "Grotta degli Uffizi", è una delle più importanti del territorio trapanese, in Sicilia. Il nome deriva da quello di una famiglia che abitò all'interno di minuscole case a partire dal 1819, e che si dedicava principalmente all'agricoltura e alla pesca. Oggi è la...
Reading the Feminine: Women Writers in Sicily
by Andrew and Suzanne Edwards In the course of researching the works of authors concerned with matters Sicilian, be they foreigners or native-born and bred, we are constantly dismayed at the ratio between men and women. Readers will not need telling in whose favour that ratio falls. As we're not only talking about islanders, but the liter...
Musica Vesuviana celebrates 5th year with more music, more art, more fun
On June 24, 2015, Musica Vesuviana kicked off its fifth annual Summer Music & Art Camp in Italy. Students from all over the United States landed in Naples, Italy, embarking on a two-week excursion to S. Marco di Castellabate (Salerno) to discover the historical, cultural and artistic sites of southern Italy while studying music and art. This y...
Fall in Emilia: a gourmet tour to discover Balsamic vinegar and other food treasures
by Grazia Solazzi There is no better time than fall for visiting Italy. The weather is mild. It's low season, and autumn foliage brings some additional charm to the already captivating Italian countryside. Also, many of the food products that have made Italy famous are ready now: wine, mushrooms, truffles... Fall is perfect for a gastronomic to...
Discovering the Fonte Avellana monastery through the eyes of an impromptu hermit
by Nicola Gardini Although little visited, the monastery of Fonte Avellana, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region, is one of the most prominent literary places in the world. It was in fact celebrated in the Divine Comedy. If it is not as popular as the churches of Gubbio, just a few dozen kilometers away, or th...
Italian Carnival is €200 mn very serious affair
by Francesco Prisco There is little to joke about when it comes to Carnival's value as a tourist attraction. The celebrations attract international attention and move a turnover of over €200 million. And this year is no different. Italy will host hundreds of more or less significant events based on local traditions, and is ready to re...
Quality of life in Italian cities: where people live better
The Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has recently published the 26th edition of its annual charter on the "Quality of Life" in Italy. Milan made a great performance in the last year. In fact, compared to 2014 when the city was ranked 8th, in 2015 the Lombard metropolis reached the podium, achieving the second position. This great success i...
Marriage 'Made in Italy' gains ground
Italy is the European destination of choice for couples wanting to get married abroad, according to figures from Italy's observatory on international weddings published at the weekend. On a global level Italy comes second only to the Tropics and Hawaii, followed by France, Greece and India, the observatory added. Marriages 'Made in Italy'...
Verona: Sol&Agrifood “racconta” l’agroalimentare italiano di qualità
Le eccellenze dell'agroalimentare italiano tornano protagoniste a Sol&Agrifood. Il salone internazionale di Veronafiere, dal 10 al 13 aprile, in contemporanea a Vinitaly, propone le migliori produzioni made in Italy nel campo dell'olio extravergine di oliva, ma non solo: paste e prodotti da forno, birre artigianali, formaggi, cioccolata, caffè,...
Looking at Rome as you never did before
To me, history is like morning coffee, I need it to function. I always loved it, since I was a child, and I've ended up making it the subject of my master's degree and of my doctorate. No wonder, then, I got very curious about the creation of a new app dedicated to Rome and how it looked like in different moments of its glorious past. &nb...