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by Valerio Viale   Peppe Voltarelli, a Calabrian folk singer-songwriter, with a musical career spanning over twenty-five years and two prestigious "Tenco Awards" under his belt, has been touring campuses across the States to present his latest book + CD, Peppe Voltarelli sings Profazio.   He has been sharing this multimedia journey wi...

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by Porter Fox   The trip began years before we met, when Sara wrote a short story about the perfect marriage. It started like this: "____ and I are moving to Europe to paint and make love, right after he finishes his diamond floor. We will live in a gigantic home filled with magic and passion.   One of our favorite things to do in the...

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Si è tenuta oggi presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington, in collaborazione con il Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale dei Carabinieri e l'Ufficio di Collegamento Interpol, la cerimonia di consegna di otto volumi antichi che si ritiene appartengano all'Università di Napoli.   Tali volumi erano entrati recentemente in possesso della Fondazio...

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By March 30, the private companies that want to bid in the public tender granting the concession to use the former royal residence of Villa Favorita, near Naples, must submit to the State Property Office an economic offer and a renewal plan for this historic property.   As the royal residence of Bourbons, the dynasty that reigned in Southern...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Giovanni Verde      Translation by: Giulia Carletti   One can easily recognize the unmistakable smile of Renato Carosone. His smiling face while playing the piano, as it were an easy job, reveals Carosone's slight greatness. Renato Carosone (Naples, 3 January 1920) studied piano from a young age, encou...

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By Virginia N. Sherry For the third consecutive summer, native Staten Islander Frances Curcio traveled to Contursi Terme, a small town in the Campania region of southern Italy, to continue exploration of her family's roots.   The search started with her maternal grandfather, Salvatore Cipollaro, who immigrated to the U.S. from the town in 1...

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  WTI Magazine #37    2014 July, 2Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin      Translation by:   This week I'm going to focus on the wines from Avellino in the Campania region of southwestern Italy. You may also know this area and coast by way of the Gulf of Napoli or one of my favorites, the stunning Amalfi Coast. If you haven't been I strongly recomm...

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By Mary Cadden Forget Lake Como, that body of water is SO over. It's all about the coast of Italy, the Amalfi coast to be exact. And Celebs know the Italian port city of Positano is the perfect spot to vacation this summer. It sure is where we want to go. Home to the lemon liqueur Limoncello and gorgeous sunsets, Positano is quickly becoming the g...

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by Chiara Beghelli   For a great number of travellers the ideal vacation is not made up of extreme adventures or exhausting city-tours. Quite the contrary: for them, relaxation and distance from the chaos and the stress of the daily routine seems to be the preferred solution.   These travellers seek a secluded lifestyle similar to tha...

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di Vincenzo Pascale   L'indipendenza Americana fu, non solo un momento della storia dell'Occidente realizzatosi attraverso una sanguinosa guerra coloniale con il contributo di truppe delle maggiori potenze europee dell'epoca, ma fu un evento storico segnato da una straordinaria azione diplomatica condotta da Benjamin Franklin, sia come Ambas...

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