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by Andrew Edwards | Mon, 05/28/2012 - 07:34

The name Thomas Coryate is little known today, yet in the time of Shakespeare he was one of Jacobean England's most famous travellers and renowned eccentrics…

Lifestyle

Italy Commemorates 20th Anniversary of Death of Anti-Mafia Prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino

by ITALY | Wed, 05/23/2012 - 04:43

words by Gabi LoganGiovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were two key members of the antimafia pool who, risking their lives, worked tirelessly to investigate…

Culture

Three Women of the Risorgimento, New Italian Documentary

by Elizabeth Ganl… | Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:20

With its first screening on the 7th of March in Rome, the new documentary, Tre donne nel Risorgimento tra amore e rivoluzione (Three Women in the Risorgimento…

Culture

In Search of Magna Graecia

by Sylvia Downes | Wed, 02/29/2012 - 06:13

During my last visit to Italy I was on a mission: to track down the ancient Greeks. Why? Because, during earlier trips to Apulia, and Calabria I discovered…

Culture

The Miracle Of Camp 60 - Part 3

by Philip Paris | Thu, 02/23/2012 - 04:39

Over the following paragraphs Scottish author Philip Paris brings us up to date with the story of the famous Italian chapel in Orkney, which was built by…

Culture

The Miracle Of Camp 60 - Part 2

by Philip Paris | Wed, 02/15/2012 - 06:34

Scottish author Philip Paris continues the story of how the famous Italian chapel in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, came to be created during the…

Culture

The Miracle Of Camp 60 - Part 1

by Philip Paris | Tue, 01/31/2012 - 09:37

Thursday 23rd February is the 70th anniversary of the arrival in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, of around 1,200 Italian POWs. When they were moved…

Closed The Italian Pavilion at Auschwitz

by ITALY | Fri, 01/27/2012 - 03:52

"Visitors look upon the vestiges of this camp and meditate: from wherever you may come, you are not an outsider. See to it that your journey is not in vain,…

Culture

New Pompeii Collapse Revives Debate Over Site

by Natalie Aldern | Tue, 12/27/2011 - 05:39

The collapse occurred at the House of Loreius TiburtinusThe discovery of a newly collapsed historic column has raised concerns just weeks after UNESCO…

Naples to Ring in New Year with Financial Crisis Firework

by Natalie Aldern | Wed, 12/14/2011 - 02:01

As the Italian stock market dips and dives, a new firework has arrived in Naples that mimics the erratic trends of Italy's bond rate. The two weeks leading up…