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The irresistible and legendary beauty of Italy’s Amalfi Coast has drawn millions of visitors and inspired artists, writers, and musicians for centuries. Each town along its 30-plus miles of famously winding, narrow S-shaped curves, tunnels and hairpin white-knuckled turns has its own unique charm.   Most Italians and other experienced motorists lov...

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Saturday December 8, 2:00 pm. Garibaldi Meucci Museum. 420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island, NY. Admission: $10; open to the public. Contact: Carol Berardi 718-442-1608. A lecture and DVD presentation by Anita Sanseverino and Lou Barrella featuring the unveiling of a newly created Presepe Napoletano by Brooklyn Artist John Miniero. A Neapoltan Presep...

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The Umberto I Gallery in Naples was built between 1887 and 1890, and now represents one of the most famous outcomes of the so-called Risanamento – the great urban planning operation that radically changed the city at the end of the 19th century, with new squares, streets and buildings replacing pre-existing ones. The new plan was officially motivat...

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When: November 17 - January 6, 2019 - Where: The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Gallery 203 After its widely popular debut in 2013, our spectacular 18th-century Neapolitan crèche returns once again this holiday season. One of the very few and finest examples of such a work outside of Naples, the crèche is an intricate Nativity scene...

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While the Amalfi Coast is world renowned as a glistening getaway for the summer’s international jet set, there is something almost quaint about visiting the region in the autumn months.  The crowds begin to subside by mid-October without ever really clearing completely. Temperatures drop to a balmy 15 degrees and the air begins to smell of campfire...

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Archaeologists have found a fresco in an ancient Pompeii bedroom that depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter, disguised as a swan, and a legendary queen of Sparta from Greek mythology. The figure of Leda being impregnated by the god in swan form was a fairly common home decoration theme in Pompeii and Herculaneum, another town destroyed i...

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The region of Campania holds classic treasures like the Palace of Caserta and archeological sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum. Seductive resorts like Amalfi and the island of Capri attract visitors from all over the world, but the Cilento Coast of Campania has remained one of Italy’s best-kept secrets. The Cilento coastline stretches south of S...

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Non sempre la diplomazia e’ un mestiere facile, specialmente se l’interlocutore e’ un popolo che ha subito una guerra fratricida, ma quando uno ti tende la mano per risalire dal fosso profondo ove si e’ precipitati, non si deve guardare in faccia il Salvatore perché sia degno di noi. Aiutare il prossimo certe volte odora di bruciato e i primi ad av...

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Scampia, Secondigliano, San Giovanni a Teduccio. L’istituto tecnico Fermi, il carcere e la Federico II. Cosa hanno in comune? La multinazionale Cisco. Che ormai da tempo ha deciso di investire su Napoli, anzi sul capitale umano napoletano. «Perché qui abbiamo trovato bellezza ma soprattutto competenze. Il nostro ceo, Chuck Robbins, è rimasto affasc...

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Sarah di cognome fa Pompei. In realtà il cognome della sua famiglia era Pompeo, ma un errore di trascrizione all’anagrafe ha interrotto questa storia. Sarah non è italiana però, è statunitense, nata e vissuta in California, figlia e nipote di emigranti: suo nonno sbarcò a New York ad inizio ‘900. E lei è cresciuta in quell’America che è stata la ca...

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