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One of Naples' favourite sons, the late great comic and film director Massimo Troisi, on Monday received a posthumous honorary degree from his home town university. Troisi, who died at 41 in 1994 a few days after wrapping his last great film Il Postino, for which he got two Oscar nominations, graduated in "Discipline of Music and Entertainment, His...

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Since mid-January, the Via Appia regina viarum has officially begun its journey to UNESCO with the signing of the memorandum of understanding for the site's candidacy on the World Heritage List. Aiming at that summa of wonders march new dossiers in the proposal stage, some of them quite advanced. Italy already leads the world with its 58 registered...

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Sunday gravy may be the most indelible image of Italian-American culture. Sunday gravy – also called Sunday sauce — is a meat and tomato sauce served over pasta and a staple of home cooking in American cities with a large Italian immigrant population. A vat of sauce overflowing with sausage, meatballs, ribs, or whatever else your family told you wa...

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It was the year 1928 when a vineyard was planted in Cerreto Guidi, halfway between Florence and Pisa. Among these rows, today, we find Sangiovese as the protagonist, together with canaiolo and colorino, but also plants of trebbiano and malvasia, historically the grapes that gave life to Chianti. The first rare wine of this week is produced by Alber...

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Archaeologists in Italy unearthed a massive hall where an emperor and knights partied some 2,000 years ago. The hall, discovered by researchers at the Università di Napoli L’Orientale in Naples, was located in the seaside home of Vedio Pollione, a Roman knight and politician who lived in the 1st century BCE, according to the school. Located on a cl...

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If you ever wondered if a visit to Ravello Italy should be on your Amalfi Coast bucket list, the short answer: Ravello definitely should be! I explored the stunning beauty of Ravello Italy, nestled high in the mountains, and it was filled with charm, incredible views, and a quiet escape from the hustle of other towns on the Amalfi Coast.  Plus, Rav...

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Among the greatest tenors of all time, an Italian "voice" in the world, an absolute interpreter of bel canto and the Neapolitan tradition, but also a caricaturist, an entrepreneur of himself and the embodiment of a personal social redemption. Right in the midst of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of his birth, Enrico Caruso (Feb. 25, 1873 - A...

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At this year’s 57th annual Super Bowl, where the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Phoenix, Arizona, Francesco and Enzo Marra, Neapolitan immigrants and residents of the Washington, DC area churned out thousands of pizzas for the occasion. The Super Bowl’s  audience of 113 million people, connected between TV and streaming, was the...

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Countless times I have found myself in an airport lounge reading something while I wait to board my next flight. And to this day, I still vividly remember that incredibly humid evening and the impressive not-so-bad espresso at Changi airport in Singapore. As an Italian man passionate about the fine art of tailoring, it is not infrequent for me to c...

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The Sorrento peninsula extends from Castellammare di Stabia to the promontory of Punta Campanella at the far extremity spectacularly overlooking the Gulf of Naples: between sea, nature walks, archaeological sites and astonishing locations, here are 6 masterpieces that reveal all its beauty. Sorrento: the city of Torquato Tasso Sorrento enjoys a sce...

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