Italian art: The Farnese Palace in Caprarola
WTI Magazine #8 2013 Dec, 6Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti In Caprarola, a small town in the northern part of Lazio, in the heart of Italy, there is one of the five most interesting palace of Italy. It's the Farnese Palace. The Farnese were a prominent family in the history of...
IT and US: Italian American Museum receives visit from 93-year-old quasi immigrant
WTI Magazine #44 2014 October, 1Author : Joe Carella Translation by: Ever since the Italian American Museum (IAM) in New York City's Little Italy put the original shipbuilder's model of the SS Giuseppe Verdi on exhibit in May, it has been searching nationally for passengers who might still be alive and who were among the more than 70...
IT and US: You, Me & Sicily!, the island’s points of light!
WTI Magazine #45 2014 October, 15Author : Eszter Vajda Translation by: "You, Me & Sicily!" is a TV program that sprang from conversations that I had in the winter of 2014 with author/attorney Alfred Zappala in Massachusetts. Alfred has written 3 books (4th one out in December) on Sicily. He also lives and practices law in Catania 7 m...
Great Italians of the Past: Giulio Cesare
WTI Magazine #54 2015 February, 20Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: The name of Giulio Cesare - Julius Caesar - echoes everywhere in the Western world. The very word "Caesar", over time, has acquired an independent meaning, becoming synonymous with "commander", the charismatic leader of a people.
Italian report: Real Estate and Construction market overview
WTI Magazine #56 2015 March, 20Author : ANCE Translation by: The Italian real estate market is considered in Europe one of the most stable and interesting for opportunities and values. The long awaited recovery in the Italian real estate market started in 2013 and continued in 2014 with a total of € 5.3 billion of direct investment i...
Italian land and nature: The Coast of Trapani and the Egadi Islands
WTI Magazine #61 2015 May, 29Author : italia.it Translation by: The beautiful coast of the Province of Trapani is spaced in between enchanting bays and beaches that greet the transparent sea. At turns resounding with tones of green and deep blue, the waters run towards the spectacular panorama of the Egadi Islands. This setting, a dr...
Italian lifestyle: The new look of Modo Luce's Florinda (Desnuda)
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : Living Adamis Translation by: Nude look for the new version of one of the top sellers of the Modoluce suspension catalog, characterized by baroque opulence, which is interpreted with unprecedented lightness. Everything in sight for Florinda Desnuda that, totally stripped of the coating in pleate...
Explorers, Emigrants, Citizens #8
WTI Magazine #8 2013 Dec, 6 Author : Paolo Battaglia Translation by: November 27, 1872 - Sister Blandina Segale went to a mission in Trinidad, ColoradoSister Blandina Segale was born Rosa Maria Segale near Genoa, and was four years old when she came to Ohio.As a young nun, Segale was sent to Trinidad, Colo...
Italian traditions: The contest of the frog, Fermignano
WTI Magazine #28 2014 May, 1Author : folclore.it Translation by: The Sunday after Easter, Sunday "in albis", takes place in the Marche small village the Palio della Rana (a Palio is a traditional contest between the neighbourhoods of the town). The seven districts of Fermignano will compete in the race pushing a wheelbarrow on which...
Italian art: Angiolo Mazzoni
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: There are artists in the history of Italian art and architecture that have never achieved a wide reputation, a status that crossed generations, names that people rarely knows and recognizes. Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande is one of those names, and this condition of ob...
Italian wine: Donnafugata and the unique grapes of Sicily
WTI Magazine #44 2014 October, 1Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: The Donnafugata winery holds 160 years of experience with owner Giacomo Rallo combining his experience with his wife Gabriella and her experience in the industry. The two combined, along with their two children Jose' and Antonio, are one of the limited w...
Italian wine: Touring the Ascheri winery in Piedmont
WTI Magazine #45 2014 October, 15Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: One of the best meetings I had while in Piedmont was my private tour of the Ascheri winery in Bra, Italy. I was fortunate enough to have it organized for me through Martignetti's due to my work with the distributor. I entered behind the gates that day l...