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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   It was the set of "Ben Hur", "Elena di Troia" (Helen of Troy), "Francesco" (Francis of Assisi), "Cleopatra", "Il tormento e l'estasi " (The Agony and the Ecstasy) and most of the classic Federico Fellini movies, considered a prestigious location, with a high poten...

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  WTI Magazine #54    2015 February, 20Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by: John Cabot University   One of the beautiful characteristics of Italy is its high concentration of art. Anywhere you find yourself in Italy, interesting historical and artistic sites are close at hand. What is extraordinary about this feature is that many times,...

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The official library of the Holy See is undertaking a massive digitization project designed to upload hundred of thousands of books and images from its physical archives into an online database.   As Business Insider reports, nonprofit organization Digita Vaticana Onlus was founded in 2013 with the goal digitizing 80,000 manuscripts. That's...

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Molten mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and yeast are the aromas that punctuate summer in Rome. On a recent day, 7-year-old Filippo Virgo has a hankering for pizza — a classic of the Eternal City. The problem is that Filippo has celiac disease. This means he gets sick from eating gluten — a protein found in wheat and other grains. Pizza is usu...

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Cercare, osservare, censire e, quindi, capire i nuovi giovani italiani all'estero. Si è parlato della cosiddetta "nuova mobilità" questa mattina all'assemblea plenaria del Cgie, giunta all'ultimo giorno di lavoro alla Farnesina.   Indicato dal segretario generale Elio Carozza come il tema che farà "da filo conduttore delle prossime commissio...

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One reason Sicilians tend to identify with Sicily first and Italy (a distant) second? Sicilian food. The same goes for Veneto in the north or Puglia in the south. Italy is a young country -- it only celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011. Despite the successful export of the "Italian restaurant," the idea of a unified Italian cuis...

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Più sinergie a sostegno dell'internazionalizzazione della ricerca scientifica e maggiori collaborazioni tra gli attori italiani che si muovono sulla scena globale.   Nasce da questa esigenza l'intesa firmata oggi tra il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e l'Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) con la quale si è voluto dare un maggiore im...

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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   Lazio often falls into a very widespread misconception in the collective imagination: many people think of it as if would completely correspond to Rome, as if the capital of Italy was expanding to cover the rest of the region or even if the territory around Rome wou...

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  WTI Magazine #61    2015 May, 29Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   Have you ever considered volunteering your time to a worthy cause? These days, more and more students are getting involved in local activism and community service. Social consciousness is a defining feature of global citizenship, and when put into action, a v...

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Lazio and Florida are joining forces in the name of innovation, thanks to a cooperation agreement signed in Miami between the Rome Research Consortium in (CRR) and Enterprise Florida, in collaboration with the Roman Industrial and Technology Pole. The objective of the agreement is to support each other in the investment and development of new busin...

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