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by Laurence Connell | Wed, 02/22/2023 - 07:30
In early 2020, much of the world’s attention was focused on the northern Italian city of Bergamo as it became one of the first places outside China to…
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/26/2023 - 03:15
International Holocaust Remembrance Day — Giorno della Memoria in Italian — is celebrated around the world on January 27, the date in 1945 on which the…
by Phoebe Hunt | Thu, 01/19/2023 - 03:04
It’s 1982. Stefano Dallari, a young dentist from Reggio Emilia, has found himself on a training placement in Ladakh, northern India. He is researching a thesis…
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/05/2023 - 04:43
The funeral mass for the late Pope Benedict XVI began this morning at 9.30am at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. With current pontiff Pope Francis presiding…
by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:24
Bergamo and Brescia — neighboring cities in Lombardy that were at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic back in early 2020 — are on the brink of a major…
by Amy Gulick | Mon, 12/19/2022 - 11:20
While Italy’s cast of Christmas characters includes some very familiar figures — Babbo Natale (Santa), naturally, and La Befana, the frumpy Christmas witch who…
by julie.james | Fri, 12/16/2022 - 14:07
The first time I visited the Jewish ghetto in Siena was by accident. I’d just stumbled my way out of the Palazzo Pubblico — the civic seat of the Sienese…
by Annalisa Coppo… | Wed, 08/10/2022 - 09:56
Imagine it’s July 2, 2022, and you happen to be in Siena. Screams echo and tears well up in the eyes of people around you. Faces appear almost deformed by…
by porticando | Fri, 07/15/2022 - 06:15
Italy is traditionally associated with a mild Mediterranean climate, warmth and “soft” sunshine. But let’s face it: at the peak of summer, sometimes this…
by Laura Morelli | Thu, 04/14/2022 - 00:27
Nearly everyone on the globe recognizes the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, whether or not they have seen the iconic portrait in person in the Louvre.…
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