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Milan Expo 2015 marks the first time Italian wine has been represented with a pavilion of its own at a world fair. The wine pavilion, called Vino - A Taste of Italy, tells the story of the past, present and future of Italian wine, its traditions and its advances. It is on show in the food-themed Universal Exposition in Milan, which runs throu...

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The second edition of Milano Unica New York ran from January 24-26, with a total of 61 Italian firms participating in the show. "The trade show was supported by the Ministry of Economic Development, in partnership with the Italian Trade Agency, and in collaboration with Sistema Moda Italia," a Milano Unica press release said.   Fabrics...

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From the North to the South, many are the Italian cities which are famous for their wonderful architecture, rich history and breath-taking views: from Florence and Rome to Venice and Milan, tourists from all over the world come to Italy and regularly fall in love with its majestic architecture and the charm of its cities.   But there's anoth...

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John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King. Tre figure iconiche di quel momento della storia americana in cui i civil rights, i diritti della minoranza afroamericana alla piena cittadinanza, divennero priorità politica e sprone alla lotta sociale.   Sono loro i protagonisti, insieme a uomini e donne anonimi ma pieni di forza e vo...

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Ha debuttato ieri al Jacob Javits Center Milano Unica New York. Sono 87 gli espositori in arrivo dalla Penisola che aderiscono a questa "vetrina", che si svolge in concomitanza con la settimana newyorkese del tessile. "Proud to be Italian" è il claim scelto per la trasferta su un mercato in decisa crescita.   Nel 2014 gli Usa sono risutati i...

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Milan is like an onion, the more layers you peel back the more there is to discover. It's a normal part of everyday life in Italy that routine digging work can reveal significant discoveries on every street corner.   So when workers discovered ancient walls of a medieval city going back to 16th century, some may be as old as the 13th century...

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by Marco Carminati   Giuseppe Verdi is the most popular, most performed and most widely loved among Italian composers, and Italy takes pride in being not only the Maestro's birthplace, but also the setting for most of his life. Today, we can still visit the places where Verdi lived and worked: the houses he inhabited, the theaters he went t...

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The Italian Specialization at the Graduate Center (CUNY) is happy to invite you to the lecture by Prof. Vincent (University of Manchester) entitled "Dialect meets standard: the literary and linguistic history of Milan." The lecture will take place on Friday, March 27 from 4.00-6.00 pm in the Comparative Literature Department, Room 4116.   Th...

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By Tom Vanderbilt "YOU ARE IN PARADISE," Massimiliano Locatelli says with a smile. We are seated at a Lake Garda–shaped, python-skin-covered table of his design, in what feels like heaven's skybox: a plexiglass-enclosed conference room that seems to float in the upper, vaulted reaches of San Paolo Converso, a 16th-century former church and convent...

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Si chiude domenica a Manhattan la prima edizione americana di Mondomusica New York, manifestazione gemella di quella organizzata da CremonaFiere nell'omonima città lombarda per mettere in mostra il meglio della tradizione liutaia italiana.La mostra, dal 15 al 17 marzo, si tiene tra il Metropolitan Pavillon e l'Altman Building, nel quartiere di Chel...

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