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Tra il 1890 e il 1930 quando operò a New York Ellis Island, porta d'ingresso per gli emigrati d'oltreoceano, si calcola che approdarono negli USA 5 milioni di italiani. Un esodo imponente che giocò un ruolo importante perfino nell'influenzare le musiche delle genti d'America e per mettere in piedi un vera e propria industria discografica appos...

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One reason Sicilians tend to identify with Sicily first and Italy (a distant) second? Sicilian food. The same goes for Veneto in the north or Puglia in the south. Italy is a young country -- it only celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011. Despite the successful export of the "Italian restaurant," the idea of a unified Italian cuis...

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Forty years after their discovery, the impressive stone statues known as the Giants of Monte Prama have been restored through a meticulous effort funded by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Sardinia Region. Today, they are finally on view at the National Archaeological Museum in Cagliari, hosting 28 pieces, and at the Civic Archaeol...

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  WTI Magazine #54    2015 February, 20Author : MIPAAF      Translation by:   The artichoke is a vegetable native to the Mediterranean basin and the first evidence of its consumption as food dates back to the Egyptian and Greek civilisations. In the fourth century BC, Theophrastus mentions it in his history of plants. It was also cultivated in t...

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Time: February 16, 2013 from 4pm to 5pmLocation: Museo Italo AmericanoWebsite or Map: http://museoitaloamericano.orgEvent Type: travel, talkOrganized By: Museo Italo AmericanoAlessandra Gardino will introduce the Museo's exciting new trip for 2013, The Secret Wonders of Sardinia and Corsica and answer any questions you might have.If you are interes...

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Liguria in northwest Italy has retained its title as the region with the highest number of Blue Flag beaches this year as the total number of resorts to be given the prestigious eco-label for cleanliness and sustainability continues to climb, the international Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) said on Tuesday.   In 2015 Italy can...

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January 19 - February 24, 2017. Sardinian Textiles: An Exhibit of Contemporary + Antique Handwoven Art   An exhibit of hand-woven textiles from Sardinia, Italy, opens at the Italian Cultural Institute - San Francisco on January 19, 2017. The exhibit will feature contemporary weavings from the few remaining tessitori artigianali, Sa...

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In the book "The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People," author Dan Buettner reveals what the people around the world who live the longest are more likely to eat. One of the keys to longevity? Wine, beans and family: Sardinia's secrets to living to 100   A plant-based diet, says Buettner and colleagu...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : I borghi più belli d'Italia      Translation by:   Palms along the river swayed by the wind, a line of low tannery buildings, the river-stone paths of the medieval quarter and moreover, its green nuances, its blue sea, and if you are lucky, the griffins flying around the Castle of Malaspina. This is wh...

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  WTI Magazine #82    2016 August 19Author : Italian Botanical Heritage      Translation by:   Villa Devoto and its adjoining park, located in Cagliari, was built between 1915 and 1919 by Girolamo and Oddone Devoto; since 1955, following the purchase by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, it has become the institutional home of the President of t...

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