Sono l’alter ego delle Bandiere Blu per i comuni rurali. Come quei vessilli azzurri certificano i migliori tratti di mare in base a una quantità di parametri ambientali, le Spighe Verdi sottolineano l’attenzione al territorio, alla qualità della vita, all’agricoltura e alla sostenibilità (anche quando, in certi casi, vengano assegnate a località ma...

After experiencing the beauty of the Amalfi Coast, all that’s left to do is sit down and sample some of the typical dishes of the region. Homegrown ingredients are the real highlight of this cuisine, and we’re going to show you some of the traditional recipes that you must try when visiting the Amalfi Coast. 1. Scialatelli. Scialatelli is a type of...

Set in a corner of Mount Falerio above the southern stretch of the rocky Amalfi coast, in the Gulf of Salerno, Albori seems suspended between the sea and the mountain. Àlbori is a miniature of the eternal appeal of the Mediterranean. A cluster of colourful houses on the sea front, leaning against each other between lanes and narrow alleyways. Const...

The mythical etiology of the feast of Our Lady of Carmine is linked to the founding legends related to Our Lady of Carmine. According to tradition, on July 16th, 1251 the Virgin appeared to Simone Stock and gave him a scapular, saying: “Prendi, o figlio dilettissimo, questo Scapolare del tuo Ordine, segno distintivo della mia Confraternita. Ecco un...

  Un porto tecnologicamente avanzato, da cui apprendere la capacità di sviluppare metodi per abbattere l'inquinamento. Dall'altro lato, scali virtuosi nella gestione di passeggeri e merci in un territorio frastagliato e compresso, con waterfront molto vicini se non incassati nelle città. Con queste premesse, i porti di Los Angeles e quelli di Napol...

Fried pizza is as Neapolitan as buffalo mozzarella. It's been sold in Naples, Italy by restaurants like Fiorenzano and Pizzerie Starita, for decades and decades. The owner of Pizzeria Di Matteo once even claimed the fried version was more popular than the baked kind until the 1950s, and it still accounts for a third of the restaurant's sales. Gino...

Campania’s birth and growth can be traced to the merger of two of the greatest civilizations in world history—the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks initially occupied the region as early as the 7thcentury B.C., at which point it became part of Magna Graecia. Several hundred years later the Romans arrived, and the region assimilated into a Greco-Roman c...

Festa e fuochi d’artificio al Consolato americano di Napoli, per i festeggiamenti del 4 luglio, giorno dell’indipendenza americana, giunta al suo 242esimo anniversario. Più di trecento persone hanno partecipato all’evento tenutosi con un giorno d’anticipo martedì 3, nel cortile dell’edificio di piazza della Repubblica a Napoli. “Per il nostro popol...

La Regina di San Marzano, the makers of premium tomato sauces and canned tomato products, today announced their plans to expand into new markets throughout the United States at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. La Regina di San Marzano is a family-owned company bringing authentic Italian tomato sauces and products made with real San Marzano t...

Originally settled in what is Tuscany today, the Etruscans were one of the most important civilizations in ancient Italy. The name Etrusci was given to the civilization by the Romans, and it was from this name that Tuscany's name eventually derived.  The Etruscans existed in Italy before the founding of Rome and, although the exact date of their or...