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by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/12/2014 - 01:30
The historic building that housed the Italian Embassy in Washington will be turned into a luxury condominium. The Neo-Renaissance building dates back to 1925…
Culture
by Carol King | Sat, 02/01/2014 - 02:00
While Milan’s La Scala is Italy’s most famous opera house, the Real Teatro di San Carlo (St. Charles Royal Theatre) in Naples takes credit for being the oldest…
Culture
by John Bensalhia | Mon, 01/27/2014 - 09:20
John Bensalhia kicks off his look at the Italian Renaissance with a brief guide as to its origins, the main players and the schools of thought behind this…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 01/14/2014 - 04:01
Italian fashion houses Prada and Versace will fund the cleaning and refurbishing of damaged parts of the historic Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan,…
Lifestyle
by Anonymous (not verified) | Tue, 12/03/2013 - 05:00
The highly anticipated new terminal at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Guangdong, China opened on November 28 following three years of work by…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 11/20/2013 - 05:00
In the photo: Villa Tolomei in Florence A new initiative aiming at transforming 117 state-owned historic and artistic buildings into luxury resorts,…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 10/27/2013 - 07:00
If Lapo Elkann were a house, it would look like the one designed by French architect Florent Lesaulnier, who has dedicated a bizarre project to the Agnelli…
Culture
by Carol King | Thu, 09/26/2013 - 06:00
Italian company Piacenti Spa, based in Prato, Tuscany, is to restore Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, reports the ‘Vatican Insider’. The Church of the…
Culture
by Carol King | Sun, 06/30/2013 - 14:20
UNESCO has inscribed Italy’s Medici Villas and Gardens to the World Heritage List. Twelve villas and two pleasure gardens in the Tuscan countryside make up…
Lifestyle
by Carol King | Sat, 05/04/2013 - 03:35
The Acquario di Genova (Aquarium of Genoa) has a new pavilion dedicated to cetaceans – the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins and porpoises.…