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Padua is known throughout the world as "the city of the saint", in honor of Saint Anthony. The Portuguese Franciscan, born in Lisbon in 1195, died here on the 13th of June, 1231 in the historic neighborhood of Arcella, behind the station, where a beautiful frescoed church, the Sanctuary of Saint Anthony, commemorates the years he lived in the city....

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È di oltre 28 miliardi di euro annui il valore complessivo del business Italia-USA, cioè dei flussi commerciali e turistici attivati nel nostro Paese dalla domanda statunitense, considerando anche la spesa degli studenti americani in Italia.   Il nostro Paese rappresenta la prima destinazione internazionale richiesta dalla clientela ai tour...

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Knights of Columbus Star of the Sea Council 7297 is offering La Bella Italia, a tour of some of the most beautiful cities of Italy, leaving Saturday, Oct. 31, and returning Thursday, Nov. 12. Deposits are due April 10.   The tour goes from Venice to Bologna, Padua, Florence, Siena, Assisi, and Rome. The trip includes 11 nights in first-class...

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The Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice hosts its first grand anthological exhibit of 17th-Century painter Carlo Saraceni; Carlo Saraceni: Un Veneziano tra Roma e l'Europa is a follow-up to the same exposition that recently closed in Rome. The exhibition - down to its curation details - highlights the painter's particular ties with Venice (his birth...

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  WTI Magazine #50    2014 December, 26Author : Associazione Bellunesi nel Mondo      Translation by:   Numerous Italians emigrated to the U.S.A. between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century to seek their fortune. Many of them came from the region of Veneto and from the province of Belluno, even if America was not on...

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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : Mara Franzese for PoisonDrops.com      Translation by:   Arnoldo] [Battois, the Venetian brand of Made in Italy handbags, was selected among 100 international designers to participate in "Origin Passion And Beliefs", which will be held from 8 to 11 May in Vicenza.  

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by Arrigo Mongini   You are cordially invited to celebrate a Venetian Carnevale together on Sunday, February 15 at 3:30pm at the Friendship Heights Village Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.   Guests will enter an ambiance simulating Caffe' Florian in Venice where a "murder" will be staged by professional actors, leaving clues that coul...

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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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Ieri sera a New York una decina di studenti provenienti dalle scuole più difficili dei cinque distretti sono stati i protagonisti di un'iniziativa che difficilmente dimenticheranno. La Palazzo Strozzi Foundation Usa, per il terzo anno consecutivo, ha infatti selezionato i ragazzi più meritevoli per un viaggio premio in Italia alla scoperta dei teso...

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September 10, 6:30 pm — 9:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural Center  - 24 Depot Square, TuckahoeMembers: $60; Member's Guest: $75   Be dazzled by one of the oldest Italian wine making families: the Bertani family. Centuries of expertise, deep ties to the land, and a passion for innovation which sustains the family philosophy ha...

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