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Florence marks Easter Sunday morning with a centuries-old tradition called the Scoppio del Carro, or the Explosion of the Cart, which attracts large crowds every year. The ritual is believed to date back to the First Crusade in 1099 when, according to legend, the Florentine Pazzino de' Pazzi was the first man to scale the walls of Jerusalem. His br...

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The great Renaissance masters added egg yolk to their oil paints in order to protect their masterpieces against yellowing and humidity and to prevent the formation of cracks during drying, according to research published in Nature Communications and led by Italian scientists. "So far, scientific investigations of paintings have mostly been aimed at...

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What about visiting Pisa like a local? Of course, after preventing the leaning tower from collapsing to the ground with the force of thought and the laying on of hands. We would never deprive you of the traditional posed photograph, but after that, find out the habits and sights of the city dear to the Pisans with simplicity and a spirit of discove...

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American immunologist Anthony Fauci has agreed to act in an informal capacity as a strategic advisor to Rino Rappuoli, scientific director of the Biotecnopolo biotech hub in Siena, an institution founded by the Ministries of the University, Health, Economy and Industry with the aim of focusing on applied research in biotechnologies and life science...

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West Orange High School students in Sra. Rosanna Zamloot’s Honors Italian class were able to “parla de cibo”--talk about food–with their friends in Florence on March 28, thanks to Google Meet. Students from Liceo Giotto Ulivi, located in Borgo San Lorenzo, a town just outside of Florence, finished their regular school day and returned to share info...

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Anthony Rizzo began the season with no sour grapes: Each of his New York Yankees teammates found a blue box at his locker on Thursday morning before the season opener, most with the player's name embossed in gold. Rizzo purchased 26 boxes, each with two bottles of wine from the Il Cellese winery in Castellina in Chianti, Italy, near Siena. Rizzo vi...

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There are many municipalities looking for residents in 2023. For years, in fact, there have been several boroughs, north and south, paying citizens to incentivize relocation and try to reverse trends that see them increasingly deserted. For some time now, there have been various tax incentives to encourage housing resettlement and repopulation of s...

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Mythology has it that Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty and love, was visiting one of her many lovers on the Italian mainland when she accidentally broke her string of pearls, and in doing so formed the Tuscan Archipelago, the chain of islands that straddles the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian seas between Tuscany and Corsica, of which Elba is by far...

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The Italy of wine rises once again to the top of the world, winning the “Oscar” of the best brands, once again thanks to one of its leading names, the Marchesi Antinori. With the historic winery of the Antinori family, today led by Albiera, Allegra, and Alessia with their father Piero Antinori and CEO Renzo Cotarella, it is at no. 1 of 2023 of “The...

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Every autumn in Tuscan wine country, wine grapes become ready for harvest. This season is very busy for this region of Italy, and many like to celebrate the harvest with a traditional delicacy called "schiacciata all'uva," or grape focaccia.  Focaccia is a savory Italian bread that is typically used for sandwiches or a quick snack. But in this reci...

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