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As the name says, a "house museum" is a habitation or palazzo that has been transformed into a museum. It could have been the abode of illustrious gentlemen, or of common citizens, site of familiar intimacy or a center of power: that which renders a house museum exceptional is its capacity to re-enact or represent the life that was, the traditions...

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A major new feature recently enhanced Google Translate, the world's most popular machine translation service. Thanks to the implementation of the AI PaLM 2 model, the platform can now translate as many as 110 new languages, including some considered minority or endangered. These proudly include five Italian dialects: Lombard, Friulian, Sicilian, Li...

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Can one ever really understand what it’s like to grow up with a heart split in two? Not a broken heart, but a heart that belongs to two worlds, two identities. I’ve often wondered how one would best describe the strange existence of mixed-race Italians as myself, never really belonging to one place or another but perpetually split in half; our spir...

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Brits are absolutely enamoured with Italy, from the ancient allure of Rome's Colosseum to the romantic canals of Venice. Yet, many yearn for a getaway without the crowds. A travel guru just let slip on an 'undiscovered' Italian haven that promises an unspoilt experience. Remarkably, this serene spot is a mere stone's throw from Pisa, nestled along...

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For many English visitors, the spark was ignited in the 19th century. Hillside villas, dreamlike gardens, an extensive collection of books and artworks, and a tennis club are part of the rich historical legacy of that period. According to legend, it was the ancient romantic retreat of a princess and a soldier. In current popular and tourist culture...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), the City of Genoa and the Paganini Prize have signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding to promote the prestigious Paganini International Violin Competition in the United States, marking a significant step in the Prize's internationalization efforts. The partnership between the Paganini Pri...

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Italy is full of places of extraordinary beauty. There are so many that sometimes we forget some of them, which nevertheless would make and still makes the whole world envious. One of these places, hidden near the magnificent landscape we can enjoy in Imperia, Liguria, is Perinaldo, a municipality also known for gastronomic delicacies of the highes...

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When I visited Bordighera last summer, the lush neighborhoods, Anglo legacy, and settled affluence reminded me less of places I know along the Italian Riviera and more of the Hamptons, New York’s perennial summer playground–at least the East End towns I remember before they became the high-wattage resorts they are today. Granted there are plenty of...

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Grappling with suitcases and rucksacks, the bewildered-looking crowd that piled off the train and onto the platform at Manarola, the second smallest of the five picturesque villages that make up Italy’s the Cinque Terre, could hardly move. But still the jovial Italian steward ushering them into a single file and towards the station’s narrow exit wa...

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There’s a place that’s rarely shown on travel guides, tucked away as it is between the rugged Ligurian Levante and the Tosco-Emilian Apennines, more a crossing point on the way to somewhere else than a destination in itself.  Lunigiana has always been a liminal place, a land straddling multiple identities and histories. Its strategic importance as...

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