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by Alex Sakalis |
Spend enough time in Italy and you’ll start to notice something about the names of city streets: They’re predictable.
When I go to a new city, I can…
by Eric Millman |
In old-town Syracuse, Sicily, at the corner of Via della Giudecca and Via del Crocefisso — “Ghetto” and “Crucifix” streets, respectively — an all but forgotten…
by Eric Millman |
This week marks a full century since the actor Marcello Mastroianni entered our world. Now, nearly 30 years on since he exited, it remains quasi-illegal to…
by Alex Sakalis |
Practically every aspect of Pablo Picasso’s life and art has already been picked apart. But his brief sojourn in Italy in 1917, when the artist was 35, remains…
by Toni DeBella |
The Venetian gondola is an Italian icon — and the gondoliers who pilot them have one of the most recognizable professions in the world.
Since 1094, the…
by Alexa Ahern |
If you’ve watched any Italian athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics in recent days, you may have noticed a recurring thread: The color blue. Unlike…
by Toni DeBella |
Via Appia is a 2,300-year-old autostrada.
Its innovation was unmatched in ancient Rome, and it opened up the gateway to migration and commerce. The…
by Toni DeBella |
Florence’s Bargello Museum reopened its Maiolica Room and Islamic Hall to the public earlier this week after a nine-month reconfiguration.
The Maiolica Room,…
by Laurence Connell |
In October of last year, after featuring in a 4-0 victory against Malta, then-20-year-old Destiny Udogie described making his first appearance for Italy’s…
by Giulia Riva |
Of all the revitalization efforts happening across Italy’s endangered rural villages — some hyper-local, others more widespread throughout the nation — the…
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