Italy in Brief

Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/12/2023 - 17:01
Italy is seeking UNESCO recognition for the ancient Appian Way, a key strategic route during the Roman Republic. The process has already been, one might say, a…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 01/10/2023 - 08:31
Pompeii’s Roman-era domus, House of the Vettii, referred to by the archaeological park’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel as “the Sistine Chapel of Pompeii,” is…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 12/27/2022 - 11:54
In Italy and (somehow) twiddling your thumbs in this quiet period between Christmas and La Befana (January 6)? Put down the panettone and step outside: Crowds…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 12/20/2022 - 05:12
The 19th-century wing of the Royal Apartments in the Royal Palace of Caserta — centerpiece of its city and the Versailles-rivaling vision of Bourbon King…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Fri, 12/16/2022 - 01:38
Actor Stanley Tucci has stopped searching for Italy — for now, anyway. As part of a wider CNN rebranding that brought about cancellation of all its original…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 12/12/2022 - 11:05
He’s remembered for renouncing his riches and devoting himself to a life of poverty. But Saint Francis of Assisi — one of the two patron saints of Italy and…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 12/08/2022 - 13:10
While traveling by air is often faster than by train, these days flying is rife with delays, understaffed airports and airlines, and holiday-hijacking…
Culture
by Toni DeBella | Tue, 12/06/2022 - 12:27
The Azzurri, Italy’s beloved national football team — darlings of the international football (soccer) scene — failed to make it to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 12/01/2022 - 11:55
It’s Verona’s “turn” for a little love from UNESCO: The city’s annual festival of street games, Tocatì — “it’s your turn” in local dialect — has been inscribed…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 11/29/2022 - 14:37
A new free-access online database maps out more than 1,400 monuments, buildings, street signs and plaques that bear witness to Benito Mussolini’s fascist…