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Emperor Nero's golden palace, the walls of medieval Siena and the foundations of Venice will all receive sorely needed restoration funds after Italy approved a planto spend €300m ($325m/£220m) to protect its cultural heritage. Caring for thousands of years' worth of art and architecture is a perennial problem in Italy, and many sites have been...

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WTI Magazine #1    2013 Oct,18Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by: The Language Institute   The Borghese Gallery is a place of rare beauty, conceived and experienced as a large container of powerful art and politics. In 1606, Cardinal Scipione Borghese wanted it right from the start with the intention of having a huge display case in whi...

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By Mauro Battocchi   ELIS (Educazione, Lavoro, Istruzione, Sport) is a remarkable professional school in the Tiburtina district of Rome that educates students in many trades from metalworking and cooking to computer science and more. In the vein of computer science, their programs are especially strong, offering professional instruction and...

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The Pontine Marshes, wetlands southeast of Rome, are prime for spring and summer weekend excursions. The Marshes (Agro Pontino in Italian, in the Province of Latina) are known for such beauties as the Parco del Circeo, historico-artistic gems as Sabaudia, with its 1900s Rationalist architecture, San Felice Circeo, struck on the same-named promontor...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a master anatomist as well as anartistic genius. He dissected numerous cadavers and developed a profoundunderstanding of human anatomy. Among his best-known artworks are thefrescoes painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–1512), in Rome.   Currently, there is some debate over whether the fre...

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Per presentarsi ha scelto un video caricato su YouTube il nuovo ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti a Roma, John R. Phillips. "Rappresentare gli Stati Uniti d'America in Italia ha per me un significato speciale e personale. Sono nipote di immigrati italiani e sono cresciuto in una famiglia italo-americana molto unita. Sono onorato che il Presidente Obam...

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Leonardo Zangani was born and raised in La Spezia and still sports his Italian accent proudly. Now he's using his knowledge of his home country to help Michael Reagan establish the (President Ronald) Reagan Legacy Foundation in Italy.   Zangani and the son of the late president are "very good friends," Zangani said enthusiastically from his...

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by Chiara Baroncelli   Have you ever slept into an igloo or at the top of a lighthouse surrounded by mountains or sea? And what about spending a night inside a mill or on the top of a tree? Such places do actually exist in Italy. Hard to believe?   From Trulli in Puglia to a new age monastery in Umbria passing by an ancient and rich i...

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by Alex Schechter   There's a reason Italy ranks as one of the top-visited destinations in the world. Actually, there are a lot of reasons. Its exquisite beauty, its relaxed pace, its startling integration of the ancient and the modern—it all contributes to the magic.   Whether you're flying down pistes in the Dolomites, or sunning yo...

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"Italy - US Relations in a Global Economy" è il tema della conferenza in programma il prossimo 11 giugno all'American University of Rome (AUR) che la promuove con la Niaf. I lavori inizieranno alle 15.00 nell'Auriana Auditorium dell'ateneo con l'intervento di saluto del Presidente Niaf Joseph V. Del Raso e della deputata di Scelta Civica elett...

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