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di Riccardo Chioni   Non c'è dubbio che la città di Greenwich in Connecticut respira e parla italiano, i dati lo confermano.Qui si registra infatti la più alta densità di italiani d'America con una particolarità che li contraddistingue: provengono tutti da due paesini, Rose in provincia di Cosenza e Morra de Sanctis in provincia di Avellino,...

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by Lance Armstrong   A tradition continued at East Portal Park at 51st and M streets last weekend, as descendants of immigrants from Castanga in the Calabria region of Italy presented the 17th edition of the Calabrese Picnic.   The Sunday afternoon and early evening gathering drew more than 100 people of Italian descent who enjoyed po...

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The province of Catanzaro is one of the four provinces in the region of Calabria in southern Italy. Catanzaro occupies both sides of the Calabrian Apennines and in the central part of the province is the isthmus of Catanzaro, a long narrow valley connecting the north and south parts of the coastline that feature beautiful white sandy beaches. &nbs...

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The Italian Diaspora Studies Summer School is a three-week summer program at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende) that takes place June 15th through July 3rd. The Summer School is designed to introduce participants to cultural studies of the Italian Diaspora from a variety of academic perspectives and to foster development of individual...

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Here in our home, one of our Christmas traditions is making gingerbread cookies and one gingerbread house each year. (CLICK to see what we built last year.) I often wondered if there is something similar in Italy and in fact, I discovered something very similar to gingerbread in Calabria... the Mostaccioli, a shaped, honey and spiced, unleavened ha...

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  WTI Magazine #56    2015 March, 20Author : Italian Botanical Heritage      Translation by: John Cabot University   Villa Caristo, property of the Caristo family, is an important rural mansion of the XVII century. It represents a prestigious and symbolic example of Baroque art in Calabria, so worthy to be included in the philatelic collection o...

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The public is invited to attend the 2015 Celebrazione Italiana at 5 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road. The event celebrates Italian-American heritage and raises funds in support of the educational partnership between UW-Parkside and the University of Calabria in Calabria, Italy.   The 2015 Celebraz...

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by Jerry Finzi   In a land ravaged by earthquakes, floods and volcanoes from time to time, it's no wonder that in Italy, one will occasionally discover one of the many Ghost Towns... Perched high on a rocky outcrop, with buildings precariously built under overhanging cliffs, is the beautiful remains of Pentedattilo, a village in southern Cal...

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Il 5 maggio, prima domenica del mese, Rocca di Neto, piccola cittadina calabrese della provincia di Crotone, era in festa in onore della Madonna di Setteporte, patrona della città. Da questa parte del mondo, lo stesso giorno erano in festa anche altri Rocchitani. Al Sand Castle di Franklin Square a New York (come di consuetudine della comunità Rocc...

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Free and open to the public, please RSVP by calling 530-432-3260 Author Karen Haid will present her award-winning book Calabria: The Other Italy along with an illustrated introduction of this lesser known region in the toe of the Italian boot. A book signing will follow. The public is invited to attend and an RSVP is requested. Call 530 432 32...

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