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Vendemmia on Mount Etna: Tenute Mannino Di Plachi
October 2019 | Francesca Mignosa
Tenute Mannino Di Plachi is located in Viagrande, a town surrounded by beautiful, green hills rich in lush vineyards in the Catania province of Sicily. The farm dates back to the 1800s with a long history of winemaking. Today, the modern facility...
Celebrating Giacomo Leopardi
October 2019 | Mary Manning
L’Infinito di Giacomo Leopardi ha compiuto 200 anni: per celebrare adeguatamente uno dei testi poetici più famosi ed amati della lingua italiana, tra le tante iniziative organizzate lo scorso maggio si è svolto a Recanati - cittadina natale...
About the Author: Giuseppe di Lampedusa
October 2019 | William Giovinazzo
In 1861, Count Klemens von Metternich said that Italy was nothing more than a geographic expression. Indeed, when he said this it was just a year after the Handshake of Teano. One short year could hardly wipe out millennia of campanillisimo, a...
October Birthdays
October 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The leaves are falling and the wine is harvested! It’s a perfect time to toast some of our favorite Italians’ birthdays. On October 12, we remember Luciano Pavarotti who quickly became one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. His...
Living Santa Cristina’s Misteri: A Heavenly Bolsena Day
September 2019 | Anne Robichaud
Bolsena, Italy is a town in northern Lazio on the eastern shore of Lake Bolsena. The comune is known for a miracle said to have occurred in the Basilica of Santa Cristina in 1263 when a Bohemian priest reported bleeding from the Host he had...
Anthropologist Katia Ballacchino on the New Italians and Ancient Traditions Coexisting
September 2019 | Francesca Mignosa
La Gazzetta Italiana ha intervistato l’antropologa Katia Ballacchino, che da alcuni anni studia il folklore celebrato dalle comunità locali dell'Italia centro-meridionale.L'antropologia è lo studio scientifico dell'uomo e del comportamento...
September Birthdays
September 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
As summer nears its end and fall quickly approaches, we celebrate some of our famous Italians this month.
Academy award-winning actress Sophia Loren turns 85 on September 20. Born in Rome, Loren was named as one of the 25 greatest female...
About the Author: Emilio Salgari
August 2019 | William Giovinazzo
When I was a boy, I loved the great adventure authors typically read, in my day, by adolescent males. You know the list; Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Vern, Tolkien, and the like. They transported me from my little pedestrian corner of the world to...
The Rise of Coaching in Italy with Sonja Caramagno
August 2019 | Francesca Mignosa
La disciplina del “Coaching”, esportata dagli Stati Uniti, dove è nato negli anni ’60 ad opera di Timothy Gallwey, si è diffusa in Italia in tempi relativamente recenti. Le sue radici nascono nello sport, nelle neuroscienze, e nel business...
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