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On the Cover: Giardino dell'Iris
In Florence, Italy rests a truly unique place - Giardino dell'Iris, the Iris Garden. Near Piazzale Michelangelo, this special garden is the only botanical garden dedicated to this flower variety in all of Europe. The Iris Garden was created with…
A Look Back: A Traditional Wedding in Veneto
La Gazzetta Italiana is headed into our 30th year of publication. We continue to give 100 percent of our time to the Italian American community and we are always looking at ways to improve. This year, a big goal of ours…
Calcio: Gli Azzurri - The unthinkable has happened: Italy 0 - 1 North Macedonia
The Azzurri, for the second consecutive time, will not be in the World Cup coming this winter in Qatar. This happened on their home turf in Palermo with a crowd of 34,129. Italy controlled possession 61 percent to 39 percent…
Il Volo: Then and Now
As Il Volo continues their 2022 European Tour and their North American Tour begins this fall, we thought it would be fun to look back on an article originally printed in August 2011 and written by the late Paul Sciria.…
Letters from the Old Country by Ben Lariccia
{mprestriction ids="*"} Many immigrants were in regular contact with their families back home. Those who were illiterate had people who wrote for them. Correspondence from Italy was often read aloud to the entire family. Letters could contain money or a reference…
Bambi’s Sicilian Mother
“Mother? Where are you, mother?” If you have seen Disney’s “Bambi,” you know this scene. In the interests of those who haven’t, I won’t go into more detail. That scene, as well as the others between Bambi and his mother,…
The 1960 Rome Olympics
The 1960 Rome Olympic Games, also known as the SVII Olympiad in Rome, Italy, were spectacular, moving, and memorable. The 1960 Rome Olympics catapulted athletic competition worldwide like never before.The 1960 Games were held from August 25 to September 11…
All’s Fair in Love and War: “The Italian Prisoner”
Burgundy Bend Press recently announced the release of “The Italian Prisoner,” a work of historical fiction written by Elisa M. Speranza. Set in the Sicilian community of New Orleans’ French Quarter, the novel illuminates a true but little-known story involving…
