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Tourists in Italy
July 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Tourism in Italy hit a record high last year and foreigners made up the majority for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, national statistic bureau ISTAT said last month. Registered arrivals in accommodation such as hotels rose a yearly 13.4...
The landscape behind Mona Lisa are shores of Lake Como in Lombardy
June 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Lo sfondo del famoso dipinto di Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda, è sempre un dibattito senza fine. Alcuni storici dell'arte suggeriscono che lo sfondo fosse immaginario. Altri storici pensano che la vista provenga da una specifica località italiana....
Italy will be able to recover a 2,000-year-old Greek statue from the Getty Museum in California
June 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Un tribunale europeo ha dichiarato che l’Italia ha un diritto su una statua greca di 2.000 anni. La statua attualmente risiede al Getty Museum in California. La statua, conosciuta come La Gioventù Vittoriosa, o L'Atleta di Fano, o ancora Getty...
A new papyrus scroll found under Vesuvius volcanic ash
June 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Un rotolo di papiro sepolto sotto le ceneri dell'eruzione del Vesuvio può aiutare gli storici a comprendere le ultime ore della vita di Platone. Gli archeologi hanno deprecato il rotolo e hanno potuto leggere ciò che era scritto. Platone fu una...
The Mayor of Alicudi ask you to “adopt a goat”
May 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The mayor of a remote Italian island overrun by wild goats has offered to give the animals away to anyone willing to take one in. Riccardo Gullo came up with the idea after a recent census estimated the number of goats on the three-square mile...
After 450 years, eight Piero della Francesca's panels have been reassembled
May 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Eight surviving panels of Piero della Francesca’s Augustinian altarpiece have been reassembled after 450 years, possibly solving one of its enduring mysteries. The celebrated polyptych was created by the early Italian Renaissance master...
Supercar Italian Designer Marcello Gandini passed away
May 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Marcello Gandini, the Italian designer, died at age 85 on March 13. Gandini was known for creating supercars for the super-rich, and such exotic machines as Lamborghini’s Miura and Countach, Alfa Romeo’s Montreal and Maserati’s Khamsin were...
Last mounth, Storms, Strong winds and Landslides to Italy
April 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Extreme weather brought avalanches, storms, strong winds and landslides to Italy last month. A 16-year-old boy died after being hit by an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Plan in Val Passiria in Italy’s South Tyrol region, near the Austrian...
A New amazing Fresco discovered in Pompei
April 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Archaeologists have unearthed a fresco depicting the Greek mythological siblings Phrixus and Helle at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, described the find as a poignant reflection...
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