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Reading the phone book in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy, is like reading Portsmouth’s phone book, with the names Ferrini, Semprini, Bizzocchi, Caminati, Ciotti, Zamarchi, Pesaresi and Riciputi in both, said Portsmouth’s Donna Garganta. She shared that observation with the City Council last week, while urging councilors to approve a “Friendship Ci...

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Here's why you shuold visit Bologna, Italy's capital of food. Why should I go? Known as “The crossroads of Italy”, Bologna is steeped in history, with a stunning opera house and leaning towers — one leans more than its more famous counterpart in Pisa. It’s also a great destination to pair with Florence or Venice. Streets made for walking? Its ­hist...

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Ancora un evento di presentazione per MIGRER, il museo virtuale dell'emigrazione emiliano-romagnola nel mondo, lanciato la scorsa settimana, che questo giovedì, 24 ottobre, tornerà a far parlare di sé a Bologna. Organizzata dalla Consulta degli emiliano romagnoli nel mondo, in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna - Dipartimento Scienze Politi...

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La Nazionale del Parmigiano Reggiano vince 110 medaglie e centra un risultato mai raggiunto al World Cheese Awards. L’edizione 2019 si è svolta per la prima volta in Italia. A Bergamo, in concomitanza con la manifestazione FORME, dedicata al mondo dei formaggi. La giuria internazionale ha premiato quasi il 60% dei caseifici in gara, assegnando al r...

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Bobbio è il "Borgo dei borghi" d'Italia. Il piccolo comune in provincia di Piacenza vince l’edizione 2019 del 'talent' omonimo su Rai Tre, una competizione dedicata ai centri più suggestivi della penisola che ha visto ai nastri di partenza ben 60 sfidanti.La vittoria è stata decretata dalla giuria popolare con il televoto e dai tre giurati presenti...

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In this half-day cycle starting from central Bologna and ending at the small town of Sasso Marconi, you can take in hilly scenery of Bologna’s back country, see where history was made at the villa of radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi and sample some local delicacies in one of the province’s best osterias. The route is entirely flat, mostly along cycl...

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Italy is a magnificent place to visit, even if you’re looking to the heavens. This trip throughout the peninsula highlights some of its astronomical observatories that are open to the public and certainly where charming views can be enjoyed. Let’s start out with the Osservatorio astronomico della Valle d’Aosta (Astronomical Observatory of Valle Aos...

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After more than twenty years, the rules of production for Prosciutto di Parma PDO are about to change. The producers gathered in the protection Consortium have in fact decided to revise the specification governing the production of the iconic Italian ham. The goal is to focus on the characterization of the product to improve its quality, starting w...

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Ferrara, loderò le  tue vie piane/grandi come fiumane,/che conducono all’infinito chi va solo col suo pensiero ardente: I shall praise your flat streets/as large as rivers/that lead to infinity those walking alone with their fiery thoughts. That’s how our Gabriele d’Annunzio, patriotic poet and high representative of Italy’s Decadentismo described...

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During the centuries before unification, the Italian peninsula was an amalgam of kingdoms, republics, city-states, principalities, duchies and marquisates, the domains of an assortment of male sovereigns, doges and lords of different rank. But a number of women from the Middle Ages (e.g., Matilda of Tuscany) to the 19th century managed to take cont...

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