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The Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF) held its electoral National Assembly last month in Rome with the Secretary General of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) Dr. Roberto Fabbricini in attendance. The Hon. Leoluca Orlando retained his role at the helm of FIDAF with 71% of the votes. Dr. Fabbricini gave an important speech d...

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If you're planning to visit - or even settle down in - the Italian capital, you'll likely want to blend in as much as possible. But phrasebook Italian isn't going to cut it in the cobbled streets and crowded bars of Rome. To really impress, you'll have to master the local lingo. The Roman dialect was being singled out by poet Dante as the ugliest i...

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Italian-inspired works by 11 current students, three alumnae and two faculty members at Mississippi State are on display Feb. 20-28 in the university’s Giles Hall gallery. Free to all, the “Ciao! Travel ROME” exhibition features paintings, drawings and posters by 14 students from Professor Brent Funderburk’s studio course, “SKETCHBOOK: Journal for...

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Boffins eat your hearts out: the world record holder for the number of university degrees is a cheery but truculent 70-year old Italian. Luciano Baietti lives in the town of Velletri in the Alban Hills near Rome and spends his days pottering around his small house and garden. But at every morning at 3am he pulls out his textbooks and starts studyin...

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On a recent trip to Rome, I spent a lot of time wandering around the cobblestone streets between lively produce markets, searching for Italian delicacies. The weather in Rome at this time of year is akin to midspring for us, and that means artichokes are in season and absolutely everywhere. In fact, artichokes are so beloved by Romans, they are oft...

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It all started with a coffee. When a homeless man asked Dino Impagliazzo for an espresso, the Italian pensioner thought: "Why not help?" Soon he and his wife were making sandwiches for homeless people who hung around one of Rome's train stations. As word spread, the lines for food grew longer. Eventually Impagliazzo switched to hot meals, cooking t...

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There is a “secret” bond between the beauty of Michelangelo’s “Moses” and sunlight: it was discovered by Antonio Forcellino, the restorer and architect entrusted by the Superintendence for the Colosseum and the central archaeological area of Rome with cleaning the masterpiece, within a project for the restoration of the entire Tomb of Pope Julius I...

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Archaeologists are excavating a large semi-circular hall belonging to an Imperial Roman residence located in present-day Piazza Dante amid controversial plans to move the remains to the centre of the square. The so-called Volta Gatti came to light during renovations at the ex palazzo Casse di Risparmio Postali in Piazza Dante, which is set to becom...

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A journey that takes you away from reality, plunges you into a parallel world, history binding the two: from February 4th, the huge “Golden Palace” belonging to Emperor Nero will come to life with a multimedia tour of Domus Aurea in Rome. The experience affords many a thrill: visitors float through time, centuries and millennia flowing beneath thei...

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2017 Summer Programs. American Academy in Rome. Deadline for application: February 1, 2017. Every summer, as part of our commitment to fostering research in the humanities, the American Academy in Rome offers summer courses (rotated bi-annually), which are designed to offer graduate students and early career scholars intensive introductions to fund...

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