Italian sport: Two Italian tennis queens in Queens!
WTI Magazine #68 2015 September, 18Author : Simone Callisto Manca Translation by: Two Italians on top of New York, the first time of two Italian tennis players in the final of a Grand Slam tournament. And yet, two friends, from the same region, Puglia, expression of a Southern Italy where young people often fail to have the same oppo...
Italian wines: Di Majo Norante of Molise Rocks the Mediterranean
WTI Magazine #78 2016 April 15Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: Like some of the other regions we have covered since the beginning of the New Year, Molise is one of those regions not well sought after or on the list of your must go to regions within Italy. It's surrounded by a number of region...
Italian traditions: Easter in Italy
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Italia.it Translation by: A visit to Italy during the Easter holidays is an experience of a lifetime: from north to south, cities and towns throughout the Peninsula are celebrating during this time, with processions, religious rites, holy representations, sagre or food fairs, and folkloristic tr...
Italian Cuisine: Panzerotti
WTI Magazine #67 2015 September, 4Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: Panzerotti are so Italian that there is no a real translation into English, like pasta, pizza or focaccia. They are prepared with a dough similar to that of pizza or focaccia and are stuffed with tomato and mozzarella, closed to a half moon shape and...
Italian art: Donato Bramante
WTI Magazine #68 2015 September, 18Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: In common belief, it is thought that Donato Bramante was born in Milan or rather in Lombardy, but the truth is that he was born in 1444 in Fermignano, a small town near Urbino in the Marche region. In fact, the typical education from the center part of Italy,...
IT and US: At the Italian table healthy cooking with love
WTI Magazine #78 2016 April 15Author : Margherita Bossetti Nigris Translation by: Ever since she was a child, growing up in her hometown of Como, she has loved to cook: making a big mess but also learning delicious recipes such as lasagne or ravioli, Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn has learned well, putting her skills to the test every day...
Italian language: Bocciare (To reject)
WTI Magazine #9 2013 Dec, 13Author : Alessandro Masi Translation by: The verb, used today mostly in the figurative sense, originates in games like bowling or billiards, in which you win by rejecting (bouncing) something. The latest news tells us of failures, rejections that threaten to undermine the entir...
Italian culture and history: Ferrara and the Po River Delta
WTI Magazine #27 2014 Apr, 25Author : italia.it Translation by: Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna, with its invaluable testimonies from the Renaissance, is one of 49 Italian sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List, inserted in 1995. The Po Delta Regional Park, a highly precious natural ecosystem, was inserted on the List in 1999 for being a u...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 57
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: We the Italians would like to wish you a Happy Easter! Spring has come, Italy is beautiful, and herein Italy everybody's thinking about how and where to spend this holiday. The motto here is "Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi" (Christmas you're your family, Eas...
Destinazione Italia: measures 1 and 2
WTI Magazine #9 2013 Dec, 13Author : Destinazione Italia Translation by: Developed in close coordination with the economic policy priorities set out in the Economic and Financial Planning Document, Destinazione Italia establishes a set of measures to foster inbound investments in a cohesive and structural...
Great Italians of the Past: Sandro Pertini
WTI Magazine #27 2014 Apr, 25Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: In the week of April 25, a date that commemorates the liberation of Italy from the Nazi-fascist yoke thanks to the intervention of the Anglo-American forces and of the Italian partisans, remembering Sandro Pertini, such an extraordinarily human...
IT and US: Saving San Filippino
WTI Magazine #67 2015 September, 4Author : Rita Richardson Translation by: Why should people worldwide give their money, their time and their talents to restoring a small, ancient, boarded-up church in a small town in Tuscany? Because Oratorio San Filippino is not just any church. It is a modern day pilgrimage site. You won't find it...