Italy in Brief

Culture
by Alexa Ahern | Sat, 02/17/2024 - 10:40
During the first week of February, a dairy cow named Ercolina found herself before Milan’s Duomo being milked for passersby to the cry of “Drink real not…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 02/12/2024 - 16:00
“Boredom” may not be the most typical sentiment of a winning Sanremo tune or a tormentone estivo (a summer earworm — which most winning Sanremo tunes go on to…
Lifestyle
by Toni DeBella | Mon, 01/29/2024 - 06:00
Roaring back from a two-set deficit against the tournament’s third seed Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner stunned the tennis world on Sunday with his gutsy, come-…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:20
Ed., May 4, 2024: We’re re-sharing this article after the 69th edition of Italy’s David di Donatello Awards, where Io Capitano took home top honors for Best…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:41
Ahead of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee year in 2025, restoration plans have been unveiled for Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s soaring Baldacchino (Baldachin), the 17th-…
Culture
by Toni DeBella | Thu, 01/11/2024 - 13:12
Pesaro will hold the title of Italian Capital of Culture in 2024, following on the heels of twinned 2023 capitals Bergamo and Brescia. The official kickoff…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:30
The city of Venice has announced that it will begin limiting the size of tourist groups in an effort to reduce the impact of overcrowding that’s plagued the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 12/12/2023 - 13:50
Archaeologists in Rome working near the Colosseum have unearthed a lavish ancient home that holds an extraordinary mosaic wall, the Ministry of Culture…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 12/11/2023 - 07:00
Archaeologists at Pompeii have uncovered a “prison-bakery” where enslaved people and donkeys were confined to grind grain for bread in harrowing conditions,…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Sat, 12/09/2023 - 07:00
Italian opera singing took its place on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list earlier this week, just as Milan’s renowned Teatro alla Scala…