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by Mary Tedesco   Exploring and finding our Italian family history helps us not only to understand our ancestors, but also to understand and appreciate ourselves. It is an incredible journey. Some will strive to trace their tree back to the Roman Emperor Constantine while others simply want to discover the names of their great grandparents....

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Castel Sant'Angelo, one of the most important monuments in Rome, located on the right bank of the Tiber River, was originally built as a mausoleum for Emperor Hadrian around 123 AD. Later in the course of history, it became a fortress, a papal residence, a prison and finally, today, a museum.   Built opposite the Campus Martius as a tomb of...

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by Raffaele Di Zenzo   SPQR: SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUSThe Senate and the Roman People: A.D. MMXV, MMDCCLXVIII A.U.C. SALVETE OMNES! PAX ROMANA ET PAX AMERICANA SINT SEMPER VOBISCUM. CAESAR AUGUSTUS IMPERATOR, PONTIFEX MAXIMUS IN MONTE CAPITOLINO, ROMAE. SALUTEM PLURIMAM DICIT OMNIBUS IN IMPERIO ROMANO ET IN AMERICĀ PRO MAXIMĀ ROMAE GLORIĀ...

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Roma, 5 febbraio 2013Ambasciata Americana Buongiorno a tutti! Ė un vero piacere per me darvi il benvenuto presso la sede dell'Ambasciata Americana, in occasione della conferenza sul ruolo ed il futuro dell'industria farmaceutica Americana in Italia. Ringrazio tutti gli illustri ospiti presenti qui oggi che hanno accettato il mio invito, nonostan...

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By Emanuele Pettener Rick Zullo is an American blogger, teacher, and relentless Italophile. He was born in Chicago, raised in Florida, but always dreamt of Italy. After a 17-year career in dentistry, he left the United States to live in Rome where he met his wife.   He is now writing a series of ebooks which strive to decipher Italian cultu...

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  WTI Magazine #21    2014 Mar, 14Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   In common belief, it is thought that Donato Bramante was born in Milan or rather in Lombardy, but the truth is that he was born in 1444 in Fermignano, a small town near Urbino in the Marche region. In fact, the typical education from the center part of Italy, espec...

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Il nuovo ceo di Intel, Brian Krzanich in occasione del Maker Faire a Roma ha presentato la scheda Intel Galileo, il primo prodotto di una nuova famiglia di schede di sviluppo compatibili con Arduino. Arduino e' la principale piattaforma hardware open source nella community di maker e nella didattica. Krzanich ha annunciato una donazione di 50.000 s...

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„La colonna traiana è stata 'srotolata' nel suo sviluppo lineare. A presentare l'installazione il sindaco di Roma, Ignazio Marino, che si è anche improvvisato guida con un gruppo di turisti inglesi, e il sovrintendente capitolino Claudio Parisi Presicce.   Questo, ha detto Marino, "è un progetto importante che riguarda la valorizzazione una...

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The walk to Dario Franceschini's office is in itself testament to Italy's vast heritage. Past countless paintings lining the corridors of the culture ministry, he sits dwarfed by high walls adorned with books. In any other capital, such a scene might seem as if it were put on for guests, but in Rome it feels more as if Italy has simply run out...

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While most visitors inexplicably wait until summer to descend on the shiny cobblestone streets of Italy's Eternal City—when the country's capital literally bakes in the debilitating midday sun, necessitating at least three gelati daily and just as many cold showers—the spring is truly prime time to visit. Milder temperatures, a host of special even...

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