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E alla fine gemellaggio fu: Abetone e Aspen sono finalmente «sister cities». La cerimonia di firma si è tenuta oggi in un'affollatissima sala consiliare alla presenza dei due primi cittadini, Giampiero Danti e Steve Skadron, dei presidenti dei rispettivi comitati per il gemellaggio, Rolando Galli e Don Sheeley e della coordinatrice statunitense del...

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È dedicata alla storia della nascita degli Stati Uniti d'America la lezione magistrale che il professor Mario Del Pero terrà agli studenti nell'aula magna dell'Istituto Guarini a Modena domani 6 aprile.   L'intervento del professor Del Pero, docente di Storia delle relazioni internazionali all'Università di Bologna, sarà incentrato sul tema...

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The Academia Barilla in Parma is the first international center dedicated to the development and promotion of Italian gastronomic culture.   So the folks there know a thing or two about Italian food and how it should be prepared and eaten. The center recently published 10 Italian cooking commandments according to Academia Barilla.   R...

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Visitors of Bologna's "Pinacoteca" can find paintings that date from the fourteenth century up until the eighteenth century, mostly by regional artists. However, its two most important masterpieces, a painting by Tuscan painter Giotto and the famous "Santa Cecilia" painting by Rome-based Raffaello Sanzio, were brought here from other regions. These...

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Italian Parmesan producers are protesting what they call fake versions of the cheese made in the U.S. that are cutting into their livelihood.   Parmesan cheese — the real stuff, that is, labeled Parmigiano Reggiano — is a globally protected Italian brand. It can only be legally produced in and around the city of Parma, following a strict pro...

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Christmas markets are a beloved tradition in Italy; among them, one of the most famous and the first to open is the Santa Lucia Fair (Fiera di Santa Lucia) in Bologna, beginning today. The Santa Lucia market dates back to the late 16th century, when it was held in front of the church by the same name (now the Aula Magna of the University of Bologna...

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The city of Ravenna in collaboration with The Italian Academy of New York presents the conference "Ravenna after Fifteen Centuries", a unique initiative on March 7th 2013 to support the city's candidacy for becoming European Capital of Culture in 2019.   Ravenna, with a history of more than fifteen centuries and eight UNESCO monuments, is no...

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Un nuovo passo avanti nella definizione del piano che consentirà, dopo anni di tentativi, di esportare mele e pere made in Italy sul mercato statunitense. I vertici del Centro servizi ortofrutticoli di Ferrara e Assomela di Trento fanno sapere che si è conclusa con successo per la produzione italiana la visita dell'ispettore statunitense volta a ve...

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Given its special relationship with film (many of the most important directors come from there, and the University of Bologna hosts the most important program in film studies in Italy), the image of Emilia-Romagna in modern Italian culture has been intensely established by film, and its culture has been strongly influenced by it. The session solici...

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More than 50 years ago, Alma Amadori discovered a case in her home in Ravenna, a province on the northeast coast of Italy on the Adriatic Sea. In this case Amadori found dozens of recipes, handwritten on onionskin paper. More than five decades and three generations later, those same recipes have helped make Via Emilia one of the most acclaimed rest...

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