Italian wine: Cantina Vignaioli Wines of the Maremma
This month, I’m highlighting the Maremma wine region, often overshadowed by its neighboring wine regions to the north. Located in southern Tuscany, the Maremma is a stretch of territory between Pisa and Livorno from the north down to the northern part of the Lazio region. Let's learn all about the Maremma including some wines from a cooperative, Ca...
Italian good news: Artificial intelligence enters the Italian classrooms
Technological innovation affects everyone, and the education sector is witnessing a significant revolution. A prime example of this change is the introduction of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based virtual assistant in Italian universities. This new tool, developed by Multiversity in collaboration with OpenAI and Bain & Company, is set to radical...
Italian gardens and parks: Sista Garden
The Sista Garden is located on the outskirts of L'Aquila, 750 meters above sea level, surrounded by mountains and overlooking the valley of the Aterno. It was built in the 60's thanks to Gianfranco Sista, who wanted a wild-looking garden as had been sown by the wind, in a completely natural way. The entrance, a wooden gate covered by Virginia creep...
IT and US: The US-Italy Consular Relations at the 230-Year Mark: Uncovering the Connections Between Two Kindred Nations
The establishment of the first U.S. Consulate General in Leghorn in 1794, closely followed by another in Naples in 1796, marks the beginning of consular relations between the USA and pre-unitary Italy. Yet, the roots of this connection delve deeper into the rich soil of intellectual and scientific exchange that predated that institutional connectio...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 171
Dear friends, What a January! Divided between Italy, Florida and California, our January has been full of beautiful things and people. First, the new yearbook of We the Italians is available, with the 23 interviews (in Italian and English) published during 2022. You can find a preview and buy a copy here. In 2023, we interviewed 20 people, friends...
Italian handcrafts: Ars Canusina
Ars Canusina art handicraft owes its origin in the 1930s to Maria Bertolani Del Rio, a psychiatrist at the San Lazzaro asylum in Reggio Emilia. In 1921 the “Antonio Marro” boarding school was established within the asylum, with therapeutic methods that included learning to make hand-crafted objects. In 1932 the school was invited to participate in...
Italian sport: 2024, a year of Italian challenges and opportunities
The year 2024 will be an extraordinary year for Italian sports with many great events where the Italian athletes will be able to give many satisfactions to the fans. The most eagerly awaited event, of course, is the Paris Olympic Games and the following Paralympic Games, which will offer the greatest sporting spectacle in the world in the summer. A...
Italian land and nature: Hiking in Friuli Venezia Giulia
Friuli Venezia Giulia is a terrain waiting to be discovered: its landscape and scenery, from the mountains in Carnia to the sea of Trieste, it is a neverending show. Nothing's better than exploring this region on foot, traversing the innumerable hiking trails winding through the Alps and along the Karst Plateau. Every part of Friuli can be seen via...
Italian cuisine: Rosemary and Balsamic Marinated Filet of Beef
Roasted meats and wintertime go hand in hand, and in Italy, roasted chestnuts, vegetables, seafood, poultry, and meat take center stage in the colder season. In the United States, roasting is something we usually associate with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, and Easter, but in Italy they’re also enjoyed on other special occasions and as a secon...
Italian books: White as Silence, Red as Song
Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue is a book published in 2010 and written by Alessandro D’Avenia (1977). The author is a writer, teacher, and a screenwriter. He was born in Palermo, where he focused on classical studies during High School, where he was greatly influenced by his religious teacher, father Pino Puglisi. D’Avenia went on to ob...
Italian little Italies: Tempio Pausania, the city of stone
Tempio Pausania, the "city of stone," is a jewel set in Mount Limbara. The ideal place to breathe pure mountain air less than 30 minutes from the sea and the island's most beautiful beaches. The old train station from the 1930s, with paintings by painter Giuseppe Biasi, is the arrival point of the "little green train" that crosses Gallura. With its...
Italian design: Urban Design and Made in Italy of the Stone Industry
Urban Design, that is, the activity of designing urban structures and settlements, is an extraordinarily topical and relevant issue. The scope of the topic appears to be intuitively evident: suffice it to say that, according to the most accredited international studies, by 2050 about 70 % of the world's population will live in cities. The quality o...