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I migranti di ieri e i loro discendenti, integrati nel Paese dalle tante frontiere e delle sconfinate opportunità per tutti, accolgono il presidente della Regione Puglia, Michele Emiliano, che inerviene a New York all’Assemblea Continentale per l’America del Nord per il rinnovo del Consiglio Generale dei Pugliesi nel Mondo. La legge regionale 23 de...

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Seventeen university students from across the nation will participate in the 2018 Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program, an all-expenses-paid educational and cultural initiative sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) that takes Italian American students to Italy each summer. This year’s tour will send student...

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Marco Landi è nato a Chianciano, in Toscana, che decise di lasciare diversi anni fa per trovare la sua strada professionale. “Un giovane toscano partiva dal suo paesino con in mano solo una valigia contenente i valori che gli aveva trasmesso la famiglia”. Così si descrive e si rivede Landi, nell’intervista a StartupItalia!, in quel momento della su...

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The 21st edition of 'La Notte della Taranta', a festival dedicated to folk-music traditions of the Salento area in southern Puglia, will open this year on August 2. The event will include over 100 hours of live concerts with 360 artists and 40 concerts of local 'pizzica' music to be held across Salento. The festival's traditional closing concert in...

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A team of scientists spent three years looking for aged trees to study, and Pollino National Park, where Italus lives, has many examples of trees that have lived for hundreds of years. When they saw Italus, they knew this tree was remarkable. Dating Italus was tricky. Inside the tree, much of its core wood has disintegrated, which made it impossibl...

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It began with a tarantula bite in medieval Italy. As venom coursed through victims’ bloodstreams, bodies twisted and jerked. This spastic dancing came to be known as a side effect of tarantism, a psychological illness that was believed to occur after someone was bitten by a spider. The convulsive dancing inspired a music genre, tarantella, that rou...

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Ad Aeroporti di Puglia arriva lo statunitense Alexander D’Orsogna, sarà lui il nuovo direttore commerciale della società. L’innesto di un manager di spessore internazionale come D’Orsogna – country manager per l’Italia della compagnia Vueling e con esperienza in Qatar Airways – è un passaggio fondamentale per raggiungere gli obiettivi che Adp si è...

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No, its not just because the pizza you'll find in Italy's smaller cities will likely be cheaper than comparable pies in the big touristy ones like Florence and Rome. It's because to overlook places in Italy off the main tourist track is committing a travel sin of the highest order. Sure, I love Venice as much as the next person, but the summer thro...

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Italy’s most popular destinations—Rome, Venice, Florence, the Cinque Terre—are endlessly alluring, but in peak summer months they can be crowded and expensive as well. The country’s classic attractions—great art, architecture, food, wine, medieval villages and beautiful country landscapes—can be found outside its famous spots, but where are the bes...

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NIAF is pleased to announce its 2018 Region of Honor: Puglia! The famous heel of Italy’s boot, Puglia boasts sun-bleached coasts, Medieval towns perched atop mountainsides and a regional pride rooted firmly in its agricultural communities that are still relatively untouched by widespread tourism. NIAF looks forward to visiting Puglia this summer on...

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