There are four natural springs inside the Park of the Terme di Boario, each one characterized by different mineral concentrations and beneficial features: Antica Fonte, Igea, Fausta and Boario. At the center stands the Ancient Fountain Pavilion, a domed loggia, built in the early twentieth century in Art Nouveau style by architect Amerigo Marazzi....
READ MORERoberto Angotti‘s Italian American Baseball Family has been selected as a finalist in theSPORT MOVIES & TV 2018 Festival in Milan, Italy. Submitted by Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) with Italian subtitles, Italian American Baseball Family features Lawrence Baldassaro, author of “Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball” and “Ba...
READ MOREGirando tra le stanze del Castello, la Dama Bianca potrebbe non riconoscerne più le fattezze. Quello che per lunghi 40 anni è stato un luogo ricoperto di rovi, esposto al saccheggio e all’incuria umana, oggi è un castello ritrovato, fulcro di cultura, arte, bellezza e pensiero positivo sul territorio. Stiamo parlando del Castello di Padernello, man...
READ MOREMilan is one of Italy’s most metropolitan and contemporary cities. Attracting travelers and business people from all over the world, it has become one of Europe’s most popular destinations. Among the new mirrored-façade skyscrapers and designer boutiques, old Milan hides many secrets and mysteries. Dating back to the early Middle Ages, Milan has...
READ MOREL’Italia è ricca di borghi, castelli, chiese e musei da visitare. Il nostro paese detiene anche il primato per numero di siti tutelati dall’Unesco. Su un totale di 1.031, infatti, l’Italia ne vanta ben 51. Tuttavia, oltre ai luoghi di maggior fama, lungo la Penisola è possibile imbattersi in posti che, o perché abbandonati o perché poco frequentati...
READ MOREScoperta in Italia un’arma capace di colpire il tumore del seno, controllando la crescita delle sue cellule staminali. Pubblicato sulla rivista Oncogene, il meccanismo apre la strada a nuovi farmaci capaci di colpire selettivamente il ‘motore’ del tumore, ossia di interrompere la proliferazione delle cellule staminali che lo rigenerano continuament...
READ MOREMontresor family/Facebook Blue-eyed Alessandro Montresor looks to the side of the camera with a tube in his nose. An appeal by Italian parents desperate to find a bone marrow donor for their 18-month-old son has inspired action. Alessandro Montresor, also known as Alex, has a rare immune disorder that affects "only 0.002% of children" and can only...
READ MOREDuring the Shoah (Holocaust), Jews were rounded up and loaded into cattle cars. They were then trucked off to concentration camps like Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Bergen Belsen or other deportation points at Fossoli and Bolzano. Now, the platform has been preserved by the Shoah Memorial Foundation as a Holocaust memorial. There, an exhibit presents...
READ MOREItaly-America Chamber of Commerce Texas director Alessia Paolicchi has just returned from Piacenza where she led a delegation of Houston business people to attend a start-up conference at Incubatore Inlab. The trip was organized by Incubatore Inlab, the Catholic University Piacenza, the Piacenza Chamber of Commerce, Confindustria Piacenza, the Asso...
READ MOREAn upper part and a lower part: this is the main feature that makes this Lombard city which lies at the foot of the Orobie Alps and overlooks the Val Brembana instantly recognisable.
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