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The Italian gardens are some of the most beautiful sights to behold. There is the Italian Renaissance garden, a style that emerged in the late 15th century at villas in Rome and France. The style is an inspiration of the Italian traditional ideology of beauty. The landscape and view of the gardens are incredible. One can enjoy the sounds, smells, a...

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A nursing home in north Italy has created a "stanza degli abbracci," or Hug Room, to allow its elderly residents to hug their loved ones without risk of covid-19 contagion. The Domenico Sartor home, at Castelfranco Veneto near Venice, has installed a special anti-contagion curtain, made of soft transparent plastic, making an all-important embrace p...

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November 19th • 7:00-9:00pm EDT. Organized by casa Belvedere. with Anita Sanseverino and Louis Leonini. Although the city of Venice is the most well-known part of the Veneto, there are islands, towns and cities that are far older,with a history all their own. In this presentation Louis and Anita will explore the histories of great cities such as Ve...

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It took me a few years to realize it, but one of the things I love most about living in Verona is the existence of four distinct seasons. Growing up in the central belt of Scotland, it wasn't always easy to distinguish between one season and the next. That’s certainly not a problem in Italy. Summer is long and hot. Winter is cold and short. In betw...

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E' opera del pasticcere padovano Francesco Luni è il “miglior panettone del mondo 2020”: questo il responso del Campionato Internazionale della Federazione Internazionale Pasticceria Gelateria e Cioccolateria “The best Panettone of the world 2020”, che ha consacrato il dolce preparato dal pasticcere veneto della Pasticceria Estense di Padova. Erano...

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Many among the dwindling tribe of residents of the city of Venice take great pride in calling themselves Venetians, inheritors of a proud legacy, stewards of traditions and of ways of life that exist only in La Serenissima. But who has a right to consider themselves Venetian? Any past concepts limiting “real Venetians” to those born there or even t...

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The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park was officially opened in 1990. The Park covers not only the Belluno Dolomites, but also the Feltrine ones, namely the mountain groups: Vette, Cimònega, Pizzocco, Monti del Sole, and Schiara-Talvèna. It is renowned for its naturalistic circular itineraries which generally run at modest altitudes and are dedicated...

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A long-delayed flood barrier successfully protected Venice from a high tide for the first time on Saturday, bringing relief and smiles to the lagoon city following years of repeated inundations. “Today, everything is dry. We stopped the sea,” city mayor Luigi Brugnaro told reporters after raising a glass in celebration with some of the engineers an...

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How did the upstart Venetian Republic manage to sustain a single government for 900 years, longer than all others in the world, past and present? The reasons are a distant mirror worth looking back at to understand the weakness of governments today. That’s centuries more than the Han Dynasty or any government in the Roman empire, and even longer th...

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Meet the “Romeo and Juliet” of the pandemic. A couple met on neighboring balconies during the coronavirus lockdown in Verona, Italy — where the tale of star-crossed lovers is set — and now they’re engaged to be married. Michele D’Alpaos, 38, said it was love at first sight when he spotted Paola Agnelli, 40, performing a violin rendition of the Quee...

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