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If there is one reason why Italian Americans are especially proud of their ethnic roots, it is because Italy happened to be the birthplace of the first explorers and navigators who “discovered” – or better, “re-discovered” – America at the end of the 15th century. As we all know,  it all began in 1492 with Christopher Columbus’ groundbreaking first...

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Giacomo and I are lost. We are winding through the dark old alleys (called caruggi) of Genoa’s Centro Storico, many only a wingspan wide and forgivingly cool in the summer heat. I’m hungry, having just arrived from New York, as is Giacomo, an Italian winemaker friend who drove from Milan to meet me for dinner. In each shady stone artery a glass win...

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From the unacknowledged tailors in Piedmont in the late 1600s to contemporary international fashion brands like Fiorucci and Diesel, Italians have played an important role in shaping this iconic wardrobe staple way back to its inception. What would you think if I told you that jeans – an icon of American life – are an Italian invention?

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Why do so few people visit Genoa? I ask this question every time I visit the Italian city. Two summers ago, I heard one of the best answers from Mitchell Wolfson Jr., an American who moved to Genoa in 1968 and is the founder of the Wolfsoniana, a museum of decorative and propaganda arts in nearby Nervi. “Verdi put it best,” Mr. Wolfson said. “‘Popo...

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When: April 25th at 6pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450 - What: Staglieno Cemetery Genoa's magnificent, neglected sculpture museum a lecture by Author, Sculptor and Marble Carver Walter S. Arnold Genoa is not on the "grand tour"of Italy- everyone focuses on Rome, Florence and Venice. Very little attention is g...

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Fiat will celebrate 60 years of the 500 at next week’s Geneva Motor Show with the reveal of the 500 Sessantesimo – a limited, special edition version of its supermini paying tribute to the original car released in 1957. The Fiat 500 Sessantesimo, which is Italian for ‘sixtieth’, comes as a convertible only and will go on sale in the EMEA region mar...

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Quest'anno ricorre il Centenario della morte di Santa Francesca Cabrini, Patrona degli emigranti, che ha dedicato anima e vita all'assistenza agli emigranti italiani di fine 800 negli Stati Uniti. Il CISEI - Centro Internazionale Studi Emigrazione Italiana - in collaborazione con il Museo Diocesano di Genova e con il supporto della Fondazione Migra...

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  WTI Magazine #67    2015 September, 4Author : italia.it      Translation by:   Genoa, the Capital of the lively Region of Liguria, is "superb for its people and its walls," as Petrarch characterized it. One could walk right into infinity, treading the city's historic center and enchanting caruggi, the tight and winding streets lined by very ta...

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Monocle's Quality of Life survey ranks cities around the globe according to how 'liveable' they are, based on a complex set of metrics that uses both scientific and subjective data. Factors taken into consideration when drawing up the list include: climate, architecture, crime rate, environmental issues, food and drink, business and design. &...

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di Ruggiero Corcella   Uno studio congiunto tra Unità operativa complessa di Neurochirurgia dell'Istituto Gaslini di Genova e CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center di Montreal ha individuato nuovi geni responsabili della spina bifida. I risultati della ricerca sono stati pubblicati dalla rivista scientifica internazionale Journal of Medica...

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