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"Forse voi italiani non vi rendete conto di cos'è Roma agli occhi di uno straniero. E' davvero la città eterna, culla di una civiltà bimillenaria carica di ricordi, monumenti, citazioni.   Oggi viaggia con qualche ritardo sul binario della globalizzazione, ma noi intendiamo aiutarla ad uscire dai suoi shock più robusta, più efficiente, più b...

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by Gerard Gilbert   On the morning of 9 September 1943, my father and 500 other mainly British officers stepped through a hole obligingly cut in the barbed wire fence by their former captors at Fontanellato prisoner-of-war camp, near Parma in northern Italy.   Their hosts, having deposed Mussolini two months earlier, had signed an arm...

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by Erica Firpo For millennia, Rome's streets and piazzas have been walked and then some—the focal point of the ancient empire's transit network, there's a reason we have the saying, "all roads lead to Rome."   As the third most visited city in the EU (after Paris and London), it can seem there are few areas left to be discovered, but if you...

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A group of thirty exchange students from Montella, Italy, came to the Montgomery County Courthouse on Monday as a part of the sister cities exchange program run with the Norristown Area School District. The sheriff's department personnel led the group of exchange students around the courthouse.   The students got a run-down of courtroom...

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Tutte le strade portano a Roma. Così la via di Francesco, il Cammino Francescano della Marca, il Cammino di San Benedetto, la via Francigena e la via Amerina si snodano nel centro Italia svelando l'arte, la storia, la spiritualità e le eccellenze dei luoghi attraversati per confluire nella capitale. Cinque percorsi di pellegrinaggio costituiscono i...

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It's no secret that Italians take their food and wine seriously. But in Tuscany, the passion runs much deeper than just producing perfect samples of gelato, risotto and Chianti.The region in central Italy boasts a whole resort built around an olive oil theme, an entire town devoted to knife production, and a natural spring that the Medici fami...

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L'ENIT di New York ha ospitato la presentazione dell'offerta SINA Fine Italian Hotels ad operatori turistici, agenti di viaggio e giornalisti, rappresentanti delle più conosciute e stimate organizzazioni dell'industria turistica Americana come Virtuoso, American Express Traveler, MAPTA, Valerie Wilson Travel, Liberty Travel e dei Media che, anche n...

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by Piers Evans   American Airlines (AA) will fly daily from Miami International Airport (MIA) and Malpensa (MXP) from November 21. With the new service, travellers from Milan can access more than 100 destinations throughout the US, Caribbean and Latin America, said the airline. Due to its growing Italian population and fashion industry, Mi...

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It's understandable why many Americans regard Italy as expensive. I would, too, if I'd ever been foolish enough to pay $20 for an ice cream near Rome's Trevi fountain or take a $120 gondola ride in Venice.   Thankfully, I spend far more time outside "tourist Italy" than in it. Venture beyond the country's big-ticket destinations, and you'll...

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by Luisa Taliento   Alberghi diffusi are true gems created in communities where you can breathe in the history. A model of responsible tourism, they include dozens of structures all over the country, many brought together in the Alberghi Diffusi Association (alberghidiffusi.it), creating an accommodation that is halfway between a home and a...

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