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At the Holy See Press Office just off St. Peter’s Square, flocks of Italian and foreign correspondents anxiously await the latest news on the health of Pope…

Capri, the southern Italian island that 19th-century English poet Alfred Austin once described as “an isle kissed by a smiling sea,” is about an hour’s ferry…

This weekend marked 461 years since Galileo Galilei came into the world and began building a legacy that would inspire countless curious people to reach for…

Maybe you’ve heard of Gianni Agnelli. You’ve most likely heard of car manufacturer Fiat. But you might not know the rest of the Agnelli family — Giovanni,…

According to Italian folklore, if a pigeon poops on you it portends good luck.  But for the long-suffering citizens of cities like Venice, Milan and Rome…

Location-independent Italophiles around the world rejoiced earlier this month when Italy joined many of its European peers in offering a digital nomad visa.…

Ilias Tzempetonidis doesn’t have the classic background one associates with a casting director at Europe’s top opera houses. He was born into a non-musical…

The trailer for the new Netflix series Ripley begins with a man walking down a damp street under a train overpass. The scene, in black and white, evokes…

Every day is an exercise in creativity for the chefs of the Rome Sustainable Food Project, whether they’re dreaming up ways to get diners to eat beef heart or…

Inside a lecture hall at the Civic Archaeological Museum in Cabras, Sardinia, Dr. Ivo Pirisi leads a rousing talk on tourism and longevity — these days a…