Venice’s Jewish ghetto is turning 500. Is it finally time to celebrate?
Campo del Ghetto Nuovo is the heart of Venice's Jewish ghetto, a quiet square just a few minutes' walk from the train station. It hosts the Jewish Museum, three ancient synagogues and the Jewish community's nursing home for the elderly. Not far from the square is a kosher hotel and a kosher restaurant. In the past two decades, Venice's ghe...
Limoncello – Drink of the Amalfi Coast
Almost synonymous with the Amalfi Coast is limoncello, the refreshing liqueur, aperitif, and digestivo made from the large lemons grown in Campania. While controversy exists regarding the origins of this popular drink, limoncello prevails as the drink of choice anywhere along the Amalfi Coast as well as Naples and Sorrento. Native Italians from Sor...
Meet Amaro: The Cocktail Ingredient You Need Now
My first book, Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, came out in 2011, and whether it was a case of prescience or serendipity, its publication coincided with a bitters boom that was taking hold in bars across America. As with any popular resurgence, there's bound to be a backlash. Whether they were housemade blends or new releases...
Panorama d'Italia, un tour all'insegna della fiducia
"È un paese dove tutto funziona male, come si sa. È un paese dove regna il disordine, il cinismo, l'incompetenza, la confusione. E tuttavia, per le strade, si sente circolare l'intelligenza, come un vivido sangue": lo scriveva Natalia Gingzburg nel suo saggio "Le piccole virtù" pubblicato nel 1962, lo stesso anno in cui compariva in edicola la prim...
Imprese Italiane nel mondo - affrettarsi: scadenza entro il 23 agosto 2014 per riconoscimento crediti da pubblica amministrazione - nota Unioncamere
Il Ministero dell'economia e delle finanze ha chiesto ad Unioncamere di attivare la rete delle Camere di commercio sul territorio per informare e sensibilizzarte le imprese sulle opportunità oggi disponibili in materia di pagamenti dei debiti della Pubblica Amministrazione. Al riguardo, sottolinea una nota di Unioncamere, che è operativa u...
The Vatican Boldly Steps Into The Light
Fifteen years ago, I was fortunate enough to take a tour through the Vatican's Sistine Chapel and have the humbling experience of standing beneath Michelangelo's masterpiece, "The Creation of Adam". I could make out the figures of God and Adam all right, but the fresco lacked the 3-D effect other, less famous parts of the ceiling were able...
Winemaking on the Slopes of Sicily’s Volcano
VISITING FRANK Cornelissen 's winery means driving along a dangerously winding road that starts on the shores of the Mediterranean and ends high on the slopes of Mount Etna. Cornelissen, a wiry Belgian-born winemaker, has spent more than a decade in the volcano's northern valley, often sleeping in his cellar, always toiling in his vineyards and for...
Mura Aureliane, riemersi 80 metri di cinta durante i lavori per la metro C
A pochi passi dalla Basilica di San Giovanni, la cattedrale di Roma, un ritrovamento archeologico che gli addetti ai lavori giudicano eclatante: ottanta metri di Mura Aureliane mai viste, che si credevano perdute e che invece erano lì sotto, sotto l'attuale piano di calpestio, intatte, scoperte durante i lavori di scavo per la (futura) metro C. &n...
Art Hub Carrara, the first Italian incubator devoted to artistic professions
by Claudia Astarita Andrea Pugliese, an expert in job policies, has just launched the Art Hub Carrara as a unique Italian incubator for the professions related to contemporary art. Pugliese's idea was the one of connecting the manufacturer sector with the digital one as well as of mixing tradition and modernity. Art Hub aims at fo...
Un Dizionario enciclopedico racconta l’emigrazione italiana nel mondo
by Tiziana Grassi La Grande Emigrazione italiana tra Otto e Novecento ha trovato il suo giusto quadro in un prestigioso lavoro scientifico: il Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Migrazioni Italiane nel Mondo. L'ex presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano, nel suo saluto agli italiani nel mondo, lo ha definito "una vera e propria summa di...
Italian doctor may have found surprisingly simple cure for Multiple Sclerosis
An Italian doctor has been getting dramatic results with a new type of treatment for Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, which affects up to 2.5 million people worldwide. In an initial study, Dr. Paolo Zamboni took 65 patients with relapsing-remitting MS, performed a simple operation to unblock restricted bloodflow out of the brain – and two years after the...
Italy’s creative industry accounts for 2.9% of GDP
by Andrea Biondi The creativity that characterizes "Made in Italy" products is also an industry that accounts for 2.9% of the country's GDP, as shown in a study called "Creative Italy," conducted by EY with the support of the Ministry of Culture and of the main trade associations in the country's cultural sector, including SIAE, the Italia...