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by Barry Lillie | Sat, 02/22/2014 - 03:00
Opera dei Pupi (Puppet Theatre) is a traditional form of Sicilian entertainment and it seems that almost every souvenir shop in Palermo sells marionettes. But…
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/31/2014 - 02:00
Often overshadowed by neighboring Trentino with its famous Dolomites, Valtellina, a vast area extending for 200 kilometers within the northern region of…
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/31/2014 - 01:30
Last December, a 13-meter-high red horn appeared in front of Caserta’s Royal Palace.
The sculpture, titled Good Luck Caserta, sparked an outcry, as we reported…
by Carol King | Sat, 01/25/2014 - 01:30
Genoa is famous for its home-grown seafarers like Christopher Columbus, however, the merchant class that funded ventures to the New World and grew wealthy…
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 12/19/2013 - 04:00
The red horn of discord. The giant installation in the shape of a horn placed in front of Caserta’s Royal Palace has caused an outcry.
The 70,000-euro horn…
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 12/10/2013 - 05:00
Religious processions in four Italian communities each featuring volunteers bearing an enormous structure on their shoulders have been added to the United…
by Carol King | Mon, 10/28/2013 - 06:00
The Sesia-Val Grande in northwest Italy has been included in the UNESCO list of Global Geoparks.
Italy has nine Global Geoparks. The recent addition means…
by Magda Lauer | Tue, 10/15/2013 - 07:30
The signing of The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent state in 1929. With little more than 400 citizens including Swiss guards,…
by Carol King | Thu, 09/26/2013 - 06:00
Italian company Piacenti Spa, based in Prato, Tuscany, is to restore Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, reports the ‘Vatican Insider’. The Church of the…
by Myra Robinson | Sat, 09/21/2013 - 09:18
How could you not love Venice! Many of us at ITALY Magazine have lived in or close to Venice, some of us still do. And it breaks our heart when we hear people…
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