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Colorful Italian island Procida has just scooped the prestigious prize of Italy’s Capital of Culture for 2022. The commune island, just off the coast of Naples in Southern Italy is known for its stunning landscapes and abundance of quaint, colorful houses, and as the smallest island in the Bay of Naples, it’s one of Italy’s best-kept secrets, until...

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Decades worth of archaeological finds went on public display Monday in Pompeii, shedding further light on the ancient Roman city destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago. One is a sorcerer's toolbox including dozens of amulets, rings, statuettes and other good luck charms made of ivory, bronze, glazed ceramics and amber -- that were...

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Le Catacombe hanno vinto il premio internazionale “Global Remarkable Venue Awards 2020”. Il riconoscimento con cui la piattaforma di prenotazione online Tiqets celebra i musei e le attrazioni che hanno saputo offrire ai propri utenti esperienze di scoperta “eccezionali”. È la Cooperativa Sociale La Paranza che gestisce, da anni, questo straordinari...

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After he visited the city at the end of the XVIII century, Goethe said "See Naples and then die", and it has become a farsighted statement left to posterity. The beauties of Naples could have not been better described. However, the city also boasts a fascinating singing heritage whose historical origins make folklore and culture intertwine. With it...

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$33,749 may not seem like a huge hammer price for an auction, but the recent sale of the Collection of Neapolitan Christmas Crèche Figures that closed on January 14th on igavelauctions.com was, according to Lark Mason, a rousing success. With a 96% sell-through, the 25 lots included intricately carved and adorned winged angels, the three magi, musi...

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Italy's Culture Minister has declared Procida the Italian Culture Capital for 2022. The smallest island in the Bay of Naples, Procida beat out nine other destinations for the title. Often overshadowed by nearby Capri and Ischia, Procida comprises just two square miles on which a stack of compact, colorful homes conceals narrow, serpentine lanes tha...

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Marina di Camerota is an exceptional destination on the Cilento coast, in the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano. It’s located in one of the most enchanting areas of southern Italy, where nature is beautiful and unspoilt. Between 2000 and 2014 Marina di Camerota has received important awards for its crystal-clear sea and for the tourist la...

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Few places evoke the mythic legacy of the Mediterranean as powerfully as the tiny Tyrrhenian island of Ischia. With its tangles of bougainvillaea cascading over parched rocks, lizards darting between slabs of volcanic tufa and cliffs rearing up over indigo waves, Ischia feels more like a place Odysseus might have visited than a typical Italian holi...

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As an Italian tour leader and travel designer, this past year has been difficult to say the least. I miss my native land, taking my travel clients around, sipping cappuccino or wine, or strolling with a gelato in hand. But while we can’t travel to Italy right now, there’s no stopping us from planning our next adventure. Anticipation of a future tri...

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È stato avviato un protocollo d’intesa tra il Premio “Penisola Sorrentina” e l’ente del terzo settore “Exordium” di Buonalbergo, in provincia di Benevento. L’iniziativa nasce per volontà di Giuseppe Leone, artista sannita, già docente all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli e animatore instancabile del fortore sannita e non solo. l 2021 segnerà il nu...

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