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The piazza is as Italian as it gets: not as an architectural or urban feature, but rather from a cultural and social point of view. In small villages, it’s where people meet, discuss and buy food, when it’s market day. In cities, the piazza is the equivalent of a grand palace’s living room, the place where you show the best your home has inside.  W...

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The long-running debate about cruise ships sailing through the waterways of Venice, Italy took a turn on March 25 with ministers from Italy agreeing to a temporary ban on large cruise ships docking in the historic city. When the cruise industry returns to service, large ships will divert to a nearby industrial port. “In order to protect a historica...

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On March 25, 2021, the city of Venice kicks off celebrations for the 1600th anniversary since its founding. To mark this important milestone, a number of events are being planned and will continue until at least March 25, 2022, with the goal to highlight the history, the culture and the qualities that have made Venice the unique place it is, belove...

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The mayors of Venice and Florence, Italy's world-famous cradles of art and history, published plans on Monday to help them rebuild on a "new model" of tourism. The plans, set out in a nine-page booklet, include more policing and more funds for public transport, but also better regulation for guides and for short-term accommodation rentals. The two...

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Sarà attribuito a Lina Bo Bardi, architetta, designer, scenografa, artista e critica italiana naturalizzata brasiliana, il Leone d’oro speciale alla memoria della 17ª Mostra Internazionale di Architettura della Biennale di Venezia. Se esiste un architetto che meglio di ogni altro rappresenta il tema della Biennale Architettura 2021 questa è Lina Bo...

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The video clip was reportedly made this morning, 22 March, in front of the city's Punta della Dogana customs house where the Grand Canal meets the Giudecca Canal. The news is being reported by Italy's newspaper of record, Corriere della Sera, and local newspaper La Nuova Venezia, and has been shared on Twitter by Venezia Pulita / Clean Venice.

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For the first time, 6th-generation Italian bakery Olivieri 1882 is making its signature Colomba di Pasqua dessert available in the US. Available for Easter and other springtime celebrations, Olivieri 1882’s Colomba comes in a variety of bespoke flavors including White Chocolate & Berries, Triple Chocolate, Amarena Cherry, Apricot Salted Caramel and...

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Dear friends, today I start this editorial with a good news about me and I want to share it with you: I received the first dose of anticovid vaccine, and next April 2 I will have the second one. I believe that for me it was fate that a wonderful Italian nurse, Celeste Radatti, inoculated me with an American vaccine. Two flags, One vaccine! On this...

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The Prosecco hills - between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, in the province of Treviso, in the north-east of Italy – are an extraordinary land, where an internationally renowned wine is produced, a small world of the past covered with vineyards worked by hand on steep slopes that in July  2019 received an important recognition: the title of Unesco’s...

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Vicenza, a city to live in its every detail, to discover street by street, to admire from the very first moment. It is one of the most beautiful places in Veneto and in all of Italy, where architecture happily marries with city planning: palazzi, villas, monuments and churches contribute to the harmonious splendor that form this city.  Vicenza poss...

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